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  • October 2018 Newsletter: Automation – So Fresh and Lean

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    Brian McMorris

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  • EtherCat Drives from Applied Motion Products

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    Brian McMorris

    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

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  • FAST Telescope in China Uses Thousands of Moons/AMP Servo

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    Brian McMorris

    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

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