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How micromotors are helping eliminate inefficiency in EV charging

How micromotors are helping eliminate inefficiency in EV charging

According to Next Green Car, there were over 535,000 plug-in electric and hybrid car models on UK roads in May 2021. As the ban on new diesel engines approaches, we’ll soon all be swapping gas for electricity. But bulky cables and charging infrastructure could cause a nuisance on our streets. So, should we start exploring other electric vehicle (EV) charging options? Here, Stewart Goulding, managing director of planetary gearhead supplier EMS, explores the role drive systems could play in EV charging.

3rd September 2021
Autumn is here – a time to reflect

Autumn is here – a time to reflect

Autumn is upon us once again and that can only mean one thing: it’s time to stop, look back at the summer period and understand how things went. Did you see electrical equipment under stress? Unexpected breakdowns? Emergency repairs needed on critical equipment?

3rd September 2021
Motor selection for electronic pipettes

Motor selection for electronic pipettes

The production of multiple vaccines against Covid-19 has highlighted the important work done in research laboratories around the world. The accuracy and precision needed in support of reproducible results to enable such rapid drug development is increasingly reliant on automated systems. The motorised electronic pipette is an excellent example of just such a product.

2nd September 2021
Fastener challenges for hybrid and electric vehicles

Fastener challenges for hybrid and electric vehicles

In 2021, the UK replaced France as Europe’s second largest electric car market, after 31,800 new electric vehicles were sold in the first three months of the year. As emissions legislation tightens, government incentives increase and demand spirals, manufacturers are rapidly scaling up their electric vehicle (EV) and hybrid vehicle manufacturing. Here Justin Lawrence, applications engineer at TFC, discusses the challenges when producing hybrid and electric vehicles and explains how they can be overcome.

2nd September 2021
Control requirements for effective food production standards compliance

Control requirements for effective food production standards compliance

Food production safety detection and rejection systems demand accuracy and control sufficient to ensure not just an effective system, but one that maintains throughput and uptime. This combines a need for optimum motor control that can integrate with an automated system with real time data sharing to guarantee that standards are met.

2nd September 2021
What makes a corrosion resistant bearing?

What makes a corrosion resistant bearing?

As the name suggests, corrosion-resistant bearings can be used in applications where corrodible materials wouldn’t suffice — think food processing, chemical manufacturing, pharmaceutical production and bearings for marine applications. But, what materials suffice? Chris Johnson, managing director of miniature bearing supplier SMB Bearings, explains.

2nd September 2021
Advanced backstopping clutch technology cures problem on famous cog railway

Advanced backstopping clutch technology cures problem on famous cog railway

The famous Mount Washington Cog Railway in New Hampshire has been transporting visitors to the highest peak in the Northeastern US since 1869. At the summit, 6,288 ft. above sea level, the mountain experiences some of the most extreme weather conditions in the world with wind chill temperatures down to -102°F. A directly measured surface wind speed of 231 mph is a Northern and Western Hemisphere record. The 6-mile, 3-hour round trip features an average grade of 25% (some sections approach nearly 38%).

2nd September 2021
Sick

Sick"s Mini InspectorP611 packs in machine vision power

Sick has launched an ultra-compact and ultra-powerful all-in-one 2D vision sensor, the InspectorP611, which can be set up rapidly to conduct highly-reliable inline machine vision inspections even in the tightest of machine spaces, or when mounted on robot arms.

2nd September 2021
OKW

OKW"s new smooth-top SLIM-CASE for mobile electronics

OKW’s innovative and elegant new SLIM-CASE for mobile devices is now available in a smooth-top version for installing displays, push buttons and LEDs. Ergonomic SLIM-CASE (IP 54/65) is the new-generation handheld enclosure for mobile measuring and control applications, wireless communications, IoT/IIoT, healthcare, laboratories, offices, safety engineering and environmental technology.

2nd September 2021
Variohm EuroSensor leads the way for motorsport sensors

Variohm EuroSensor leads the way for motorsport sensors

Subjected to large temperature extremes, elevated shock and vibration levels as well as exposure to dirt, oil and corrosive fluids, sensors used in the motorsports industry for monitoring position, pressure and temperature see some of the harshest conditions imaginable for instrumentation measurement tasks.

2nd September 2021
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