We are pleased to announce that Futura Automation, Scottsdale, AZ, and Sanyo Denki Motion group have partnered up to provide motion control solutions in the American Southwest and beyond. Futura Automation will begin designing in Sanyo Denki servo and stepper drives and controllers on all its projects and solutions requiring precise motion control. Futura Automation
What you (may have) missed in Anaheim, CA Demos from the ATX West trade show earlier this month StepSERVO Motors and Drives for EtherCAT Networks 4 axes of SS-EC StepSERVO Drives and HT-SS StepSERVO Motors being controlled by a Beckhoff controller. The four axes are daisy-chain connected back to the controller with standard Ethernet cables
One of the more impressive engineering feats of the past 25 years is the FAST (Five-hundred-meter Aperature Spherical Telescope) in China. According to Wikipedia: "It has a novel design, using an active surface made of metal panels that can be tilted by a computer to help change the focus to different areas of the sky.[5] The cabin