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Using Siemens software to help develop a race boat

02/02/2029

In the middle of 2014, the Land Rover BAR team began a 2 ½ year timetable to design, evaluate and verify an ACC (America’s Cup Class) catamaran.

Bringing simple but ground-breaking concepts together

02/02/2029

When the founder and CEO of Lontra, Steve Lindsey, came up with the concept for the Blade Compressor in 2008, it was something that nobody had seen before.

Time to get the ball rolling

02/02/2029

Roller screws are often an order of magnitude more expensive than common ball screws – but are the technology of choice for many demanding applications, says Phil Nicholas, Business Development Manager, Linear and Actuation Technology at SKF.

Linear motion - the most basic of all motion

02/02/2029

This article examines a couple of diverse applications involving linear motion products to illustrate how Newton’s first law of motion (objects that do not experience any net force will continue to move in a straight line with a constant velocity until they are subjected to a net force) drives the work of linear motion product manufacturers to increasingly design sophisticated applications.

The rise of linear robots

02/02/2029

Linear motion – that is motion along a straight line, which can be described mathematically using only one spatial dimension – is the most basic type of motion.

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Using Siemens software to help develop a race boat

Bringing simple but ground-breaking concepts together

Time to get the ball rolling

Linear motion - the most basic of all motion

The rise of linear robots