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    Comparing Electric and Fluid-Power Actuators

    Andrew Zaske
    Oct. 13, 2021
    Why are electric actuators increasingly replacing hydraulic and fluid-power actuators in demanding applications?
    Adding sensors to equipment

    Leveraging Sensor Data to Manage Assets

    Dan Phillips
    May 13, 2021
    When you can see the temperatures of motors, the speeds of conveyor belts and the vibration levels of bearings and gearboxes, you can predict the future.
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    Post-COVID workplace notes

    What Did We Learn?

    May 4, 2021
    The year of COVID had a profound effect on our work habits and professional relationships.
    Old and new industrial equipment

    Bringing Legacy Machines into the 21st Century

    May 4, 2021
    There’s no reason not to connect older machines into computer networks and make them part of the IIoT.
    Hannover Messe website

    Hannover Messe Adapts and Changes

    Bob Vavra
    May 4, 2021
    It’s a digital transformation for industry and for trade events.

    More content from May 2021

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    Actuators over coronavirus backdrop

    Post-Pandemic Future of the Pneumatic Actuator Market

    Nikhil Kaitwade
    April 27, 2021
    The transportation, industrial automation and mining industries are slated to have a major impact on the pneumatics actuator market going forward.
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    Hydraulic press

    Hydraulic Presses: Matching Energy to Work

    Peter Nachtwey
    April 27, 2021
    Turns out, press control is a fairly complicated endeavor.
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    Dust collector

    Pulse Valves: An Efficient Solution

    Jeremiah Newton
    April 16, 2021
    Dust collection systems benefit from lower energy and maintenance costs.
    Servo motors

    Getting the Right Stepper or Servo Motor for Electric Actuators

    Ed Hess
    April 16, 2021
    As usual, the needs of the application play a major role in determining which is the best type of motor to use.