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Electric vehicle pioneer favours wireless test rigs

Electric vehicle pioneer favours wireless test rigs

A company that has been at the forefront of electric vehicle design and development for over 20 years has supplied a test rig based on a wireless torque sensor to a world renowned UK University automotive research facility.

Factors to consider when selecting capacitive displacement sensors

Factors to consider when selecting capacitive displacement sensors

When selecting a non-contact capacitive displacement sensor, a number of key factors need to be considered, including target size and shape, guarding method and bandwidth. As well as clean environments, the sensors can also operate in dirty, dusty industrial areas too, says Chris Jones of Micro-Epsilon.

On-board electronics make linear actuators safer and smarter

On-board electronics make linear actuators safer and smarter

Where traditional electric linear actuators have provided the most basic machine functionality, the increasing integration of advanced electronics is making today’s actuators safer, smarter and easier to network with agricultural, construction and mobile off-highway equipment.

Robot arms are getting everywhere…

Robot arms are getting everywhere…

Recent developments are opening new opportunities and catapulting the industrial robot arm into a journey around the production environment.

The everyman guide to motion engineering

The everyman guide to motion engineering

Machine designers and specifiers increasingly have to look at creating motion control systems. It is quite a complex specialism, so Gerard Bush of INMOCO has compiled the following guide.

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