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Quiz: Should you choose a motor starter or VFD?
Should you upgrade to a variable-frequency drive or stick with a motor starter?
Drives
Motor starters vs. VFDs: find the right fit for motor control
Anna Townshend
When to upgrade to variable-frequency drives and when to stick with starters
Drives
How to engineer a smarter drive selection process for motorized equipment
Tobey Strauch
Consider application requirements, environment, safety, control and communication, as well as machine maintenance after installation
Control
How can generative AI simplify complex PLC programming?
Anna Townshend
Retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) tools help large language models improve code program organization units
Motors
Servo motion makes cup-filling machine more flexible and faster
Rick Rice
Co-packer replaces mechanically cammed operations
Courtesy of Beckhoff USA
Electromechanical
Adaptive automation provides machine application flexibility
Tobey Strauch
Beckhoff XTS shortens changeover times and reduces equipment footprint
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VFDs and their many advantages
Control Intelligence
Starting motors with variable-frequency drives (VFDs) reduces peak demand charges, softens mechanical stress, and improves control in systems from conveyors to pumps and fans....
Encoders
What is an encoder?
Tobey Strauch
How encoders convert mechanical movement to electrical code
Drives
What benefits do VFDs provide for manufacturers?
Besides reducing energy costs, what can variable frequency drives do for you?
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Motion opens new facility in Western Canada
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Kollmorgen IC Ironcore DDL direct drive linear motor
Kollmorgen
Motors
SEW-Eurodrive DR2C motor
SEW-EURODRIVE, Inc.
Drives
SEW-Eurodrive WES series stainless steel drives
SEW-EURODRIVE, Inc.
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Wauseon Machine enables sustainable manufacturing with electric end former
Capabilities in rapid prototyping, reverse engineering and heat treating enhance end-to-end support for manufacturers
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Alva Industries names successor to founder Jørgen Selnes
Oliver Skisland becomes CEO of frameless-motor manufacturer
Drives
What can VFDs do besides reduce energy costs?
Jeremy Pollard
How to achieve speed control with motors and drives
Motors
What are the advantages of servo motors?
What are servo motors, and what functions do they provide?
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