One of the most challenging and widespanning areas of design work involves motors and motion control. Choosing the right motor and related control circuitry is one thing. Getting it all to fit into ...

Interactive configurators, real-time data access, RFQ automation, expert-guided product selection and error prevention are becoming standard online tool features ...

The job of an engineer hasn’t changed in the 90 years since Machine Design first published. The role is still to improve the performance and lower the cost of problem-solving devices, as well as the ...

Promising to simplify the design of multi-axis drives using servo and stepper motors, the Copley Motion Objects (CMOs) library works with LabVIEW graphical programming software to eliminate the need ...

There are a number of software platforms that allow users to build advanced animations like vectoring, CGI, stop-motion animation, and motion graphics that yield cinematic assets with fluid ...

Festo’s new System Configurator is a free online engineering tool that enables OEMs, system integrators and distributors to design complete automation systems — including pneumatic and electric motion ...