Abstract: Safe environment contact, and high-performance motion control are typically conflicting design goals. Admittance control can improve safety and stability in contact with a stiff environment ...

In many Oracle Fusion Cloud ERP environments, the default answer to configuration change control is still: “audit is enabled.” Oracle can track changes for configured objects and attributes, but in ...

The full-closed-loop feed servo system of a computer numerical control (CNC) machine tool uses a linear encoder on the load side for position control, requiring high accuracy, fast response, and good ...

Boiler instrumentation and controls go hand-in-hand—and when something isn’t working, knowing how to troubleshoot the loop matters. In this installment of Weekly Boiler Tips, we break down how a ...

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Among all power factor correction (PFC) topologies, totem-pole bridgeless PFC provides the best efficiency; therefore, it is widely used in servers and data centers. However, closing the current ...

Control valve selection plays a crucial role in optimizing control loop performance, and engineers must consider factors beyond just cost, leakage class and pressure drop. As explored in a Control ...

In 2012, Automation World published an article looking at the decision factors faced when choosing electric or pneumatic actuators. More than a decade later, manufacturing engineers and OEMs still ...

A federal appeals court on Thursday ruled that US regulators overstepped their authority by reinstating "net neutrality" rules governing internet service providers, dealing a blow to the Biden ...

A trip through past issues of InTech reveals a wealth of resources for understanding closed-loop control fundamentals. A trip through past issues of InTech reveals a wealth of resources for ...