Providing sink/source currents up to 10 amps and an output voltage swing of 160V-pp (-30V to +130V), the piezo driver delivers up to 1200 watts of peak power. A temperature…

The Windoor Realfly vertical indoor wind tunnel in Empuriabrava uses variable speed drives (VSDs) to control the fans that generate winds of 150-300 km/hour. Source URL: ABB helps enhance Spanish…

The global energy transformation brings challenges and opportunities for the power sector. These include ensuring power availability and managing complex grids with a growing number of diverse, distributed energy resources…

(Image courtesy of Jabil.) Jabil has been aptly described as the biggest company most people have never heard of, but it’s been making waves recently with the announcement of Jabil…

Advanced Robotics for Manufacturing (ARM) has recently announced the selection of 11 projects resulting from ARM’s second formal technology project call announced in May 2018. According to the institute, ARM…

Job gains and robust growth in the U.S. stand in stark contrast to the darkening outlook for international manufacturers. (Image courtesy of Bloomberg.) It’s hard to take the pulse of…

FARO 3D Reality Capture Focus platform updates. (Image courtesy of FARO.) FARO has released SCENE 2019, a software platform that optimizes the FARO Focus Laser Scanner product family. SCENE 2019…

Like any finite resource, concerns about power consumption pervade every facet of engineering. With the number of Internet of Things (IoT)­–connected devices expected to push beyond 21.5 billion in 2025,…

We all know the value of implementing IoT condition monitoring, but what does it take to connect existing machines to the cloud? We spoke with Daymon Thompson at Beckhoff to…

The INS1000 embeds ACEINNA’s 9 degree-of-freedom inertial sensor technology to achieve Automotive Dead Reckoning performance in GNSS challenged environments like urban canyons, heavily tree lined roads, tunnels, underpasses, bridges, etc.…