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A general-purpose test system can be viewed as a research and development tool and a production and...

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Cycling motors on and off could be a way to meet demand; minimize starts, stops, and run time; and ...

A rudimentary understanding of how shaft sizes are determined can be helpful to anyone who works wi...

Multi-phase ac induction motors have traditionally dominated the electric motor industry. The indus...

Advice follows on using proportional-integral-derivative (PID) tuning for motion control and roboti...

When designing a system and automating it, there are numerous professionals involved with each of t...

Hands-on experience helps accelerate the PID learning curve.

Engineering and IT Insight: Programming and the other associated tasks of design, installation, deb...

Servo control software improves applications requiring accurate path tracking and low settling time...

One-in-four control loops are regulating level, but techniques for tuning PID controllers in these ...

For those who are just getting into writing ladder logic and have maybe taken a few classes or seen...

Engineering and IT Insight: Lazy?! Great control system programmers spend more time in design so th...

Correctly setting controls for pumps and circulators is key to achieving energy savings.

Testing drive-and-motor systems is a three-step process.

There is no “one size fit all” formula for legacy migration of control systems, but assessing the a...

Cross-referencing really can be an art. If successful it can save a company time and money, whereas...

Ask Control Engineering blog links to 60 years of motors, drives, and motion control coverage for t...

Motor design and motion control: Earliest electric motor designs reach back 150 years. While motor ...

Automation tales in motion: Great changes have taken place in motion control systems over the past ...