Automation and Control

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  • Video: Air bearing rotation stage with large aperture for test, metrology and precision manufacturing

    A new large motorized rotary air bearing has been added to the existing families of PIglide air bearing rotary stages available from PI (Physik Instrumente).

  • New pressure transmitter from Krohne

    Krohne, a manufacturer and supplier of industrial process instruments, has introduced its Optibar PM 3050, which is a compact pressure transmitter for pressure and level applications, designed for use in the food and beverage, water and wastewater, iron and steel, OEM/automation and other process industries.

  • Team is transforming manual resuscitators into automated resuscitators

    Researchers at the University at Buffalo and the Buffalo Niagara Medical Campus are turning manual resuscitators into automated resuscitators to fill COVID-19-related supply chain ventilator shortages.

  • CCEFP Summit delayed

    Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Center for Compact and Efficient Fluid Power (CCEFP) Summit scheduled for May 19-21 is now postponed until September 22-24, at the University of Minnesota.

  • Fluid power companies offering free online trainings, resources amid pandemic

    Amid the COVID-19 pandemic, assorted fluid power organizations and companies are offering complimentary online training course.

  • Einride to provide Swedish grocery with electric, self-driving trucks

    A fleet of trucks is expected to be up and running by 2025.

  • New fluid end from Gardner Denver

    Gardner Denver High Pressure Solutions (HPS) has launched its new fluid end: the Gardner Denver VX Hydraulic Fracturing Pump Fluid End (VX).

  • Underwater brittle star-inspired robot crawls underwater

    A team from Carnegie Mellon University has developed a soft, untethered underwater robot that mimics the shape and behavior of the brittle star, a relative of the star fish.

  • Is your industrial dust collector a compressed air guzzler?

    Some dust collectors run much more efficiently, which can reduce compressed air consumption by 70%.

  • A smarter plain bearing developed by igus

    The intelligent bearing warns of specific wear level, enabling machine and equipment operators to plan maintenance, repairs or part replacement in advance.

  • NASA finds Earth-size exoplanet orbiting a habitable zone

    The rocky planet could support liquid water and potentially life.

  • Engineers develop process for 3D printing flexoskeletons

    A team of engineers at the University of California, San Diego, have devised a new technique for 3D printing soft, flexible robots.

  • Disinfecting robots join the fight against COVID-19

    In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, researchers from Nanyang Technological University in Singapore have developed a robot that is capable of quickly disinfecting large areas.

  • Oil giant is testing methane detection technology

    Drones, ground-based mobile and fixed-position sensors and satellite-based technologies are being evaluated to identify effective methane leak detection solutions.

  • Acoustic monitoring detects component tolerance, reduces downtime

    Sensors effectively provide machinery and equipment with a sense of hearing for quality assurance during manufacturing.

  • Citizen scientists: Dive in and help NASA classify corals

    Both fluid lensing and gaming opportunities can be leveraged to map the ocean floor with a level of detail previously possible only when teams of divers were sent under water to take photographs.

  • Piston-gear pump assembly with common suction port

    The piston-gear pump assembly with common suction port is designed to provide a compact tandem pump configuration for mobile machines that use both types of hydraulic pumps to power implements and other equipment.

  • Flexible Ethernet cables for e-chains with CC-Link IE field certificate

    Highly flexible Ethernet cables for use in energy chains have been tested and certified for use in North American markets.

  • NASA to deliver nine instruments to the moon as foundation for future missions

    Masten Space Systems will deliver the payloads for NASA.

  • AI, pressure waves used in technique for detecting leaky pipes

    Researchers at the University of Adelaide in Australia have devised a method for detecting leaky pipes using artificial intelligence (AI) and pressure waves.

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