Giuseppe Giana Spa is using Redex Andantex TwinDRIVE rack and pinion drives on a new generation of large machine tools that achieve such high precision that the need for finish grinding can often be eliminated.
20th February 2009
Users are finding that Igus lubrication-free DryLin R linear plain bearings can replace rolling element linear guides and give a substantially longer operating life.
18th February 2009
1st Pass Ltd has developed a cost-saving subsystem that enables dynamometer test rigs to share a single calibration unit based on a digital TorqSense transducer from Sensor Technology.
Tony Ingham of Sensor Technology explains how torque monitoring can identify problems before they become critical in continuous process industries.
Sensor Technology's TorqSense non-contact torque transducers are being used to achieve much improved control of dry bulk handling.
Researchers at the University of Manchester have demonstrated vastly improved dynamics for servo systems using a non-contact TorqSense torque transducer from Sensor Technology.
Festo has worked closely with Engineered Arts, supplying fluidic muscle pneumatic actuators that control the major movements on a humanoid robot called RoboThespian.
29th January 2009
The Antaris 2.5 small wind turbine benefits from Igus igubal self-aligning spherical bearings.
28th January 2009
Igus designed the special iglidur J bearings that were fitted to the mountain bike ridden by Sabine Spitz when she won the Olympic gold in Beijing.
