Motion Control Features

Precision motion control with a soft landing

Precision motion control with a soft landing

Motion control components do exactly what they say on the tin – they move things “in and out, up and down, round and round” – to coin the phrase used often by one of the UKs leading manufacturers and distributors of motion control products, LG Motion.

Revolutionising handling and transport in industrial automation

Revolutionising handling and transport in industrial automation

Superconductors could offer tremendous potential for industrial automation, enabling clean and low power contactless handling and transporting of objects.

HepcoMotion enchants Parisian shoppers with a festive window display

HepcoMotion enchants Parisian shoppers with a festive window display

Christmas is getting closer and Paris likes to mark this in style! Every Christmas, both visitors and residents of Paris are enchanted by the Christmas window displays at the large department stores in the city.

Time to get the ball rolling

Time to get the ball rolling

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

Linear motion - the most basic of all motion

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.

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