Who likes to have greasy hands?
By Stefan Niermann If you have kids, you might be familiar with this scenario: Your child might quickly scarf down some fries and then wipe their greasy fingers on their shirt. Annoying, right? Nobody...
By Stefan Niermann If you have kids, you might be familiar with this scenario: Your child might quickly scarf down some fries and then wipe their greasy fingers on their shirt. Annoying, right? Nobody...
By Stefan Niermann Why don’t we wear shoes made of lead? This may seem like a silly question but bear with us while we get to our main point about equipment design. The fact...
By Erin Kemal You may be surprised at the complexity of car actuators. These are constantly working secretly to convert energy into movement. This can be for a multitude of functions and operations, such...
By Erin Kemal Industrial robots are being used more and more in so many industries, no more so than the manufacturing industry. But why are these industrial manufacturing robots so important? Also, what constitutes an...
By Shizu Yamaguchi Here, we’ll cover two ways to increase the speed of your linear actuator. But first, note that the linear actuators referred to in this article are known as slide tables and...
By Florian Schiller Frost, ice and snow collecting on critical surfaces of an aircraft can quickly compromise safety. Any amount of buildup impairs an aircraft’s aerodynamics and in the worst case, can cause stalling...
By Nicole Lang There has been a monumental shift toward material handling or logistics robots (such as AGVs like the one pictured below) to help warehouses run smoothly and efficiently, . However, to ensure...
By Avory Brookins Photo: “201014-N-RG482-0033” by Navy Medicine, licensed under Public Domain Mark 1.0 The COVID-19 pandemic has sparked an increase in demand for UV disinfection robots, which use ultraviolet radiation to kill germs in the air and/or...
By Shizu Yamaguchi So, you want to know what a lead screw pitch is. We’ll dive into that here and define a few additional terms related to lead screws. Pitch The pitch of a...
By Zoe Moser In general, efficiency indicates the effectiveness of a device when conversion losses are taken into account. Efficiency, abbreviated with a small eta (η), describes the relation between the delivered power (effective...