‘Spindle Speed’

An Engineeringtalk guide

Start with the news release Micro stepper motors bring pictures into focus from EMS, which we summarised at the time by saying "Electro Mechanical Systems has supplied Precistep micro-stepper motors to Life Optics to allow it to develop a compact, reliable and light-weight head-mounted microscope.". Several months prior to that, we featured the news release Thermometers feature advanced signal processing from Ircon: "Ircon has introduced the Modline 6 Series of infrared thermometers with advanced signal processing and background-reflected energy compensation capabilities. ".

In November 2009, we covered the news from ABB Automation Tech (Drives and Motors) - take a look at ABB drives reduce swimming pool energy bills which says: "ABB drives have helped a UK holiday park operator save GBP77,000 a year on energy bills for its swimming pools. ".

Take a look also at the news release from Hamamatsu Photonics , CMOS digital photo IC for colour sensing, as well as Laser Design system checks injection mould tooling from Laser Design, and Actuator system for sampling applications from Heason Technology.

Latest stories...

Airchannel helps timber specialist save energy (November 2009)

Airchannel has installed a variable speed compressor for DG Heath (Timber Products) that will provide a 50 per cent energy cost saving per annum.

CPS launches Corob First 70 automatic dispenser (November 2009)

CPS Color, a supplier of advanced tinting systems, has launched the Corob First 70 automatic dispenser.

Guide covers specification of rail conduit systems (November 2009)

A guide to specifying flexible conduit systems for the rail industry has been launched by Adaptaflex.

Fluke offers trial promotion of Ti9 thermal imager (November 2009)

Fluke is offering handheld Ti9 electrical thermal imagers for electricians with limited or no experience of using them to inspect, repair and verify electrical infrastructure and equipment.

DC motors engineered for transportation purposes (November 2009)

Rotron brushless DC motors from Ametek, engineered for applications on board heavy-duty transit buses, coaches and other vehicles, deliver long-life power solutions serving up to 60,000 hours.

Mobilescan HD helps gun grip maker improve quality (November 2009)

A custom gun grip manufacturer has improved the quality of its products by using the Mobilescan HD portable 3D laser scanning system from NVision to reverse engineer the original grips.

Renishaw Tonic benefits wide-format printing (November 2009)

Renishaw's Tonic incremental linear-encoder system offers advantages for wide-format printing.

Designing joints and structural adhesives (November 2009)

Sally Sinai, technical manager of ITW Plexus, considers the issues that should be considered before designing joints to be bonded together with structural adhesives.

Hybrid bearings enable faster spindle speeds

A novel design effectively addresses the major limiting factors to achieving higher speeds with aerostatic bearings
Single-row cylindrical bearing ups spindle speeds

A completely new kind of high precision cylindrical roller bearing, developed by SKF, enables high-speed spindles to achieve very high rigidity without design compromise.