Armed with even with the most-sophisticated motion controller, engineers can still find it difficult to attain precise linear motion unless the mechanical components are appropriately designed for the ...

The newly developed flexible milling kinematics with hybrid drive on a linear axis machines a carbon fiber-reinforced polymer (CFRP) vertical tail plane on a 1:1 scale with high precision. Source | ...

A line of dual-axis linear motors from Baldor Electric Co., Fort Smith, Ark., the HoneyComb Series, uses linear stepper motors to drive an XY base. The motor comprises two parts, a forcer that ...

Mori Seiki's NN1000DCG 5-axis machine. Many shops are solidifying their competitive standing by incorporating 5-axis machining and taking on low-volume, high-accuracy complex jobs. But in this process ...

Renishaw exhibited its new XM-60 multi-axis calibrator at IMTS 2016, Chicago, USA and AMB 2016, Stuttgart, Germany. The XM-60 is capable of measuring all six degrees of freedom from a single set-up, ...

The modular machines envisioned by the Industry 4.0 initiative are rapidly making their way to factory floors, bringing with them a new level of flexibility for handling the complex processes needed ...

A portable milling machine with a split-rail system that allows configurations for both linear milling and gantry milling was introduced this week by Climax Portable Machine Tools. It has a rigid, ...