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731Motion ControlIndustrial Devices Offers the Impulse Microstepping Drive
Industrial Devices Corp. (Petaluma, CA) is now offering the Impulse Microstepping Drive. The Impulse utilizes the power of a DSP and features...
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905Automotive ElectronicsAxiomatic Technologies Releases New DC Motor Controls
Axiomatic Technologies Corp. (Canada) announced the release of microprocessor-based, variable-speed dc motor controls for battery-powered electric vehicles, including small pallet trucks, sweepers,...
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Batteries and Portable Power
Texas Instruments Declares Quarterly Cash Dividend
The board of Texas Instruments Inc. (Dallas, TX) declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.02125 cents per share of common stock. The dividend will be payable August 20, 2001, to stockholders of record on July 31, 2001.
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805Motion ControlBaldor Expands Flex Range with New Servo-Motor Drives
Baldor (UK) has expanded its Flex range of digital servo-motor drives with new higher-power versions that operate directly from 400V/460V three-phase supplies....
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1.6KComponentsAllegro Announces the A3959 Motor-Driver IC
Allegro MicroSystems Inc. (Worcester, MA) announced its next-generation pulse-width-modulated (PWM), current-controlled, single full-bridge motor-driver IC based on DMOS technology. The new A3959...
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Motion Control
GE Fanuc Automation Names Jeff Christensen New President and CEO of Motion Business
GE Fanuc Automation (Charlottesville, VA) has named Jeff Christensen as the new president and CEO of the GE Fanuc motion business. In his new position, Christensen will provide strategic direction and leadership to the combined PLC and Whedco motion business. Ed Amonsen, CEO and general manager of Whedco, will report to Christensen, who will report […]
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2.9KAutomotive ElectronicsMabuchi Motor Announces the RF-370CB Series of Miniature Motors
Mabuchi Motor Co. Ltd. (Japan) announced the RF-370CB Series of miniature motors that measure 24.4mm x 30.8mm, with a shaft diameter of...
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Motion Control
Micromech Debuts the H and L Series of Drive Indexers
Micromech Ltd. (UK) debuted its new H and L Series of DIN rail-stepper drive indexers with integral CANbus interfaces. The new drive indexers come with over 50 protocols, in particular, the European standard DS301 and DS402 CANopen. Micromech reports that the new DIN rail-stepper drive indexers are configurable in simple multi-axis docking stations that mechanically […]
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Motion Control
GeckoDrive G201 Microstepping Drives Available from AutomationSolutions
The G201 microstepping drive from GeckoDrive Inc. (Santa Ana, CA) is now available from AutomationSolutions (Petaluma, CA). The G201 drives weigh 3.5oz and measure 2.5in x 2.5in x 0.85in. They provide speeds up to 200,000 microsteps per second with ultra-smooth 10-microstep circuitry. The G201 drives feature adjustable mid-band stabilization and opto-isolated step and directional units. […]
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Communications Power
SL Industries Announces Further Restructuring, Seeks Potential Acquirers
SL Industries Inc. (Mt. Laurel, NJ) announced that its board of directors recently approved a series of business restructuring actions in its power eletronics group. These actions include adjusting manufacturing capacity and reducing personnel. The first of these actions involves a personnel reduction of 175 employees at the company's Condor DC Power Supplies (Oxnard, CA) […]
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Batteries and Portable Power
SatCon Completes Acquisition of Inverpower Controls
SatCon Technology Corp. (Cambridge, MA) announced that it has completed its acquisition of Inverpower Controls Ltd. (Canada). SatCon paid $100,000 in cash and issued 400,000 shares of common stock as consideration for the purchase. Henceforth, the Inverpower brand name, facilities and assets will be incorporated into SatCon's power systems business unit. "We are very pleased […]
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816Motion ControlNeckar Motoren Releases the IP65 Range of Brushless Motors
Neckar Motoren (Germany) has released its IP65 range of ac and dc brushless motors and gearboxes. All units have totally enclosed terminal...
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Motion Control
Baldor Develops New Generation of Intelligent Drives
Baldor (UK) has announced a new generation of all-in-one drives with integral motion-control capabilities. The new intelligent drives are updated versions of the intelligent drives Baldor released three years ago. They now feature a plug-on configuration of field-bus and encoder interfacing, as well as higher through-put and operation from three-phase supplies.
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689Motion ControlGE Fanuc Automation Offers New VersaMax Micro PLCs
GE Fanuc Automation (Charlottesville, VA) introduced the latest additions to its VersaMax family of micro PLCs, two new ac-powered CPU models and...
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Motion Control
Baldor Introduces the WBSM Series of Servo-Motors
Baldor (UK) has introduced a new range of servo-motors designed to withstand high-pressure cleaning. Baldor claims that the WBSM Series, introduced at PPMA 2001, delivers higher speeds, accelerations and positioning accuracies. Application areas for the series include bio-pharmaceutical, food packaging and processing lines. Among the protection features incorporated into the WBSM Series are white epoxy […]
