Motion controls sales fell by 6.9% in 2024 in ‘rough year’ Revenues in the global motion controls market slumped by 6.9% during 2024, representing a drop of more than…

May 1, 2024 · Binder has equipped the straight versions of its 709 and 719 snap-in series connectors with a new over-moulding that supports single-handed mating and un-mating, and improves resistance…

Like all automated facilities, warehouses are potential targets for cyberattacks. Fleur Baars, business development and sales director, and Julian Gonzalez Verbeek, director of technology at…

About Us This is the Web site of the UK-based magazine, Drives & Controls, which, for more than 35 years, has been the publication that readers turn to for news and information on the worlds of motion control, automation and mechanical power transmission.It also provides comprehensive coverage of allied subjects such as machine safety, industrial communications, hydraulics, pneumatics and sensors.

Jan 17, 2025 · ABB has announced high-speed versions of its ACS880 variable-speed drives designed to improve the efficiency of high-speed applications such as turbo blowers and compressors,…

Dec 19, 2024 · China has overtaken Germany to become the world’s third-largest user of industrial robots with 470 robots per 10,000 manufacturing workers (known as “robot density”) compared…

Mar 1, 2024 · The Welsh drives-maker Invertek Drives has produced its three millionth VSD (variable-speed drive) just three years after hitting the two-million mark.

Feb 26, 2024 · Control Techniques has announced a variable-speed drive designed to maximise the efficiency of sensorless permanent magnet (PM) motors, cutting their running costs while optimising system…

Dec 23, 2024 · Emerging technologies such as smart conveyors and machine-integrated robots could open up new markets for suppliers of motion control equipment. Samantha Mou, a China-based research analyst with Interact Analysis, examines the possibilities. Due to high interest rates, excessive inventories and sluggish demand, …

Apr 20, 2023 · The Taiwanese automation supplier Delta has launched three Codesys-based motion controllers for single-axis movements as well as synchronous multi-axis motion applications such as gearing, electronic…