Rolling-ring mechanical drives are simple, efficient, robust, and can eliminate the need for electronic controls. Bob Eisele, Amacoil Inc., Aston, Pa. Rolling-ring drives are friction drives that ...

Linear motion guideways constitute the backbone of many precision engineering applications, enabling constraint and guidance of moving components with high accuracy. Recent advancements have focused ...

Bearings housed in carriages and tables can ride on round shafts or square profile rails. Bearings housed in carriages and tables can ride on round shafts or square profile rails. We'll review the ...

As robotics technology continues to evolve, the application scenarios for linear actuators are becoming increasingly diverse. In addition to the aforementioned fingers, wrists, elbows, and knees, ...

In a homework problem for this course, students are asked to consider the motion of a system made up of a plate (having a mass of m) which is pinned to a cart B (having a mass of M) at corner O. The ...

Editor’s note: In Part one, we looked at an intro and the basics of linear regulator and switching power supply operation. This final part two will look at design considerations of the switching power ...