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| Ethernet Motion Control Technology catalyzes breakthrough in tube bending productivity |
22 February 2006 - Baldor UK
Ethernet-compatible servo motor drives are catalyzing a breakthrough in the performance of tube bending machinery, allowing multi-stage bending operations to take place in parallel, while also reducing the electrical bill of materials and machine footprint. The technology is installed on Unison's new machine, Breeze Uniflex, which provides modular multi-stage bending with automatic feeding, positioning and clamping to progress tube components through the process. |
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| Dual-standard CANopen/Ethernet powerlink servo drive provides elegant migration path |
15 February 2006 - Baldor UK
A new generation of servo motor drive from Baldor Electric Company, offering both CANopen and Ethernet Powerlink interfaces, is offering a powerful migration path for motion automation builders currently using positioning drives compatible with the CANopen DSP 402 standard. |
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| Mood of rental industry is upbeat at The Rental Show |
14 February 2006 - Baldor UK
Baldor, with a large display of generators, motors and grinders, was one of the 750 exhibitors at ARA's The Rental Show. While seeking out and purchasing new rental products was a priority for many attendees at the Baldor booth, we found this show to be an opportunity to support the many companies who use our products on their rental equipment. |
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| Roland S. Boreham, Jr., CEO of Baldor, Chairman from 1981 through 2004, passed away |
06 February 2006 - Baldor UK
Mr. Boreham began his career with Baldor in 1947, working for his father, who was a Baldor grinder representative in Los Angeles. He moved to Fort Smith, Arkansas, Baldor's Corporate Headquarters, in 1961, and became Vice President of Sales in 1962. He was instrumental in developing Baldor's network of District Offices and Warehouses, still in effect today, and one of Baldor's major competitive advantages. |
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| Baldor TS400 mobile power generator |
17 January 2006 - Baldor UK
One word best describes the new Baldor TS400 Mobile Generator: reliable. However, other words could be used as well: quiet, clean power and easy to maneuver on location. Whether, it's used for backing up an industrial plant, the local municipal water treatment plant, provide power at a construction site or special event, the Baldor TS400 generator has been designed for the greatest versatility and performance. |
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| Baldor Series 5 Inverters increases to 5HP |
16 January 2006 - Baldor UK
Baldor introduces its newer line of Series 5 Inverters. These inverters now reach as high as 3Hp at 230V and 5HP at 460V. These inverters are offered in IP20 type enclosures as well as NEMA 4X. These inverters pack a punch with all the standard features, but not the standard costs associated with other controls. They offer Overload protection with a quiet 8 kHz switching frequency. With quick and easy setup as easy as turning a few potentiometers, the control is ready for operation. |
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| Baldor exhibits at WEFTEC 2005 |
29 October 2005 - Baldor UK
Baldor joined over nine hundred exhibiters at the Water Environment Federation Technical Exhibition and Conference held in Washington DC October 29 through November 2, 2005. WEFTEC is the largest gathering of water quality professionals in North America and hosts the premiere technical sessions and exhibitions for water and wastewater facilities operators. |
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| Baldor Electric Company celebrates 85th Anniversary |
22 October 2005 - Baldor UK
Baldor Electric Company, based in Fort Smith, Arkansas, a leading North American manufacturer of industrial electric motors, drives and generators, celebrates its 85th year of business in March 2005. The company was founded in St. Louis, Missouri in 1920 by Mr. E.C. Ballman and Mr. E. Doerr. |
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| Complete Ethernet motion control solution lets machine builders take giant step forward |
21 October 2005 - Baldor UK
Baldor launches an innovative solution for implementing machinery and motion control systems using the industry-standard Ethernet Powerlink protocol. Consisting of servo motor drives, a full-function machine controller that will also manage over 200 axes of motion, and a license-free software environment, the range provides machine builders with the platform to make radical progress. |
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| Introduction to Real-Time Ethernet Motion Control |
04 October 2005 - Baldor UK
Baldor has published a guide to the use of Ethernet in real-time motion and machinery control applications. The free 28-page document is designed for automation engineers and managers, and introduces the technology in a way that contrasts the control approach with conventional system architectures. |
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| Baldor Offers Energy Solutions Brochure |
22 September 2005 - Baldor UK
Baldor Electric Company, Fort Smith, Arkansas based manufacturer of energy saving industrial electric motors, drives and generators, has a new 14-page, four-color brochure describing proven methods of reducing electricity costs and describing paybacks when using Baldor premium-efficiency motors and adjustable speed drives. |
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| Baldor Offers New Stainless Steel Premium-Efficiency Washdown Motors |
01 September 2005 - Baldor UK
New Stainless Steel Premium-Efficiency Washdown Super-E® Motors are now available from Baldor, Fort Smith, Arkansas-based manufacturer of motors, drives and generators. The new SSE™ Stainless Super-E motors are available from 1/2 HP through 2 HP today and through 10 HP by year's end. |
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| Second-Generation PCI-BUS Motion Controller Provides Fast, Cost-Effective |
09 August 2005 - Baldor UK
Baldor has launched a high performance PCI-bus motion controller featuring very fast communications and response capabilities. Known as NextMove PCI-2, it offers extensive digital and analog I/O and provides a highly flexible all-in-one control solution for PC-hosted automation applications. |
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| Baldor Offers Light Towers |
07 July 2005 - Baldor UK
Baldor Electric Company, Fort Smith, Arkansas based manufacturer of energy-saving industrial electric motors, drives and generators, announces the availability of Baldor Pow'R Lite Mobile Light Towers. |
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| Low-Cost Digital Servo Drive Offers High Performance Control Brushless Servomotors |
27 June 2005 - Baldor UK
Baldor has extended its MicroFlex family of low-cost digital servo drives with the launch of a new model for use with brushless rotary AC servomotors utilizing resolver feedback. The drive provides users with a cost-effective means of increasing the speed and smoothness of existing automation through the application of advanced digital control technology, without having to replace the servomotor. |
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| Motion-Oriented Machine Controller Makes Light Work Of Applying Decoration To Window Glass |
09 June 2005 - Baldor UK
Two novel new machines from partners CADRAM and R&R Sondermaschinen are providing the first automated solutions for applying decoration to window glass, using either lead or bevel-effect 3M Accentrim tape. The machines deliver substantial productivity increases compared with traditional hand-application processes, and offer greater flexibility of patterning thanks to a novel motion control system engineered by Baldor, which includes the option of automatically accepting drawings from computer-aided design packages. |
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| Complete Ethernet motion control solution lets machine builders take giant step forward |
24 May 2005 - Baldor UK
Today, Baldor launches an innovative solution for implementing machinery and motion control systems using the industry-standard Ethernet Powerlink protocol. Consisting of servo motor drives, a full-function machine controller that will also manage over 200 axes of motion, and a license-free software environment, the range provides machine builders with the platform to make radical progress. |
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| Baldor Electric Company Announces relocation of Linear Motor Plant to Fort Smith, Arkansas |
23 March 2005 - Baldor UK
Baldor Electric Company, based in Fort Smith, Arkansas, a leading North American manufacturer of industrial electric motors, drives and generators, announced today its plan to relocate its linear motor manufacturing plant currently located in Santa Clarita, California to Fort Smith, Arkansas. |
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| Baldor Electric Company celebrates 85th Anniversary |
22 March 2005 - Baldor UK
Baldor Electric Company, based in Fort Smith, Arkansas, a leading North American manufacturer of industrial electric motors, drives and generators, celebrates its 85th year of business in March 2005. The company was founded in St. Louis, Missouri in 1920 by Mr. E.C. Ballman and Mr. E. Doerr. Over the years, Baldor has grown to become the industry's most preferred industrial electric motor manufacturer, with sales of $648 million in 2004. The company is traded on the NYSE under the symbol BEZ and does business in more than 60 countries around the World. |
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| Generators With Inverter Technology for Baldor |
20 March 2005 - Baldor UK
Baldor Electric Company, Fort Smith, Arkansas based manufacturer of energy saving industrial electric motors, drives and generators, announces new Powerchief portable generators with inverter technology. |
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| Baldor Announces New Adjustable Speed Control |
18 March 2005 - Baldor UK
Baldor Electric Company, Fort Smith, Arkansas based manufacturer of energy saving industrial electric motors, drives and generators, announces a new adjustable speed control, the H2. It is extremely reliable, is very easy to use and delivers exceptional matched high performance. |
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| Real-Time Ethernet Motion Control |
17 March 2005 - Baldor UK
Baldor has published a guide to the use of Ethernet in real-time motion and machinery control applications. The free 28-page document is designed for automation engineers and managers, and introduces the technology in a way that contrasts the control approach with conventional system architectures. |
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| Energy Solutions Brochure for Baldor |
16 March 2005 - Baldor UK
Baldor Electric Company, Fort Smith, Arkansas based manufacturer of energy saving industrial electric motors, drives and generators, has a new 14-page, four-color brochure describing proven methods of reducing electricity costs and describing paybacks when using Baldor premium-efficiency motors and adjustable speed drives. |
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| Latest-generation brake motors combine premium efficiency with fast stop and positive hold capabilities |
10 March 2005 - Baldor UK
Baldor has launched two new families of three-phase brake motors based on its renowned Super-E premium efficiency motor technology. |
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| New family of all-stainless-steel servomotors for Baldor |
19 January 2005 - Baldor UK
Baldor has launched a new family of all-stainless-steel servomotors, providing optimised protection for the most demanding automation applications in clean environments such as bio-pharm and food packaging and processing lines, or hostile operating situations such as inside machine tools. |
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| Cut-to-length machine with an advanced digital servo drive |
05 January 2005 - Baldor UK
By equipping a high speed cut-to-length machine with an advanced digital servo drive, Baldor has doubled its accuracy. Since most manufacturers of downstream cutting machines,and their customers,regard cutting accuracy as the single most important parameter, the improvement is highly significant and likely to lead to increased machine sales. |
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| High-integrity motion control system |
13 December 2004 - Baldor UK
High-integrity motion control system, capable of positioning patients to within half a millimetre, is currently being commissioned for commercial operation at Europe's first proton beam therapy facility, the Rinecker Proton Therapy Centre in Munich. |
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| Linux-based motion system controls medical therapy machine |
13 December 2004 - Baldor UK
A high-integrity motion control system, capable of positioning patients to within half a millimetre, is currently being commissioned for commercial operation at Europe's first proton beam therapy facility - the Rinecker Proton Therapy Centre in Munich. |
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| Baldor to demonstrate motion controller & drive package compatible |
30 November 2004 - Baldor UK
Baldor will be demonstrating a motion controller and drive package compatible with the powerful industrial Ethernet Powerlink protocol at Machine Building and automation 2005. The new technology provides automation builders with significant cost and operational benefits. |
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| At SPS, Baldor demonstrates innovative solution for Ethernet-controlled motion |
29 November 2004 - Baldor UK
At SPS, Baldor is demonstrating an innovative solution for Ethernet-controlled motion that supports advances in the efficiency and ease of control system building, without forcing OEMs to completely re-engineer their automation architectures. Based on the real-time and deterministic Ethernet Powerlink protocol, Baldor's Ethernet-compatible motion controller and servo motor drives also connect with cost-effective CANopen devices such as I/O and HMIs, and with conventional analogue motion axes. The new product range will start production in early 2005. |
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| Ethernet motion control concept offers progress without pain |
25 November 2004 - Baldor UK
Leading motion control vendor previews its 2005 Ethernet Powerlink-compatible range at SPS |
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| High-power AC motor line extended |
12 November 2004 - Baldor UK
Baldor continues to extend its high-power AC motor line, and now offers IEC frame versions rated up to 1100kW (1500HP). These motors, designed to meet the demanding specifications of process industry users, are available in low and medium voltages. |
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| Single-Eurocard drive for brushless AC servo motors |
12 October 2004 - Baldor UK
Baldor has released a single-Eurocard drive for brushless AC servo motors, offering a compact and modular platform for building industrial motion control systems. |
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| New interactive CD-ROM motors and drives catalogue for Baldor |
26 August 2004 - Baldor UK
Baldor has released a new interactive CD-ROM motors and drives catalogue. With the version 9 CD, users can access comprehensive information on over 6,500 motors and drives - from the organisation that is regularly voted the 'most-preferred' supplier of NEMA motors. |
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| Baldor launches a range of large metric-mounting single-phase AC induction motors |
25 August 2004 - Baldor UK
Baldor has expanded its presence in the UK motor market by launching a range of large metric-mounting single-phase AC induction motors primarily intended for farm and agricultural applications. The motors are available exclusively from the E. Bennett (Electrical) Company, one of Baldor's UK distributors, and span a power range from 2.2 to 5.5kW. |
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| A free Hewlett Packard Graphics Language interpreter for Baldors range of motion controllers |
28 July 2004 - Baldor UK
Baldor has released a free Hewlett Packard Graphics Language interpreter for its range of motion controllers. The utility, which is written in the high-level Mint motion language, reduces the development time of machinery for processing two-dimensional shapes. |
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| Baldor extends versatility of its low-cost brushless AC servo drive |
06 July 2004 - Baldor UK
Baldor has extended the versatility of its low-cost brushless AC servo drive, MicroFlex, with the addition of configurable anti-resonance filters. The software upgrade allows machine builders to implement filters to combat mechanical problems using the drive's digital signal processor, providing a means of optimising machine productivity without additional expense. |
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| High performance part retriever for Baldor |
05 July 2004 - Baldor UK
Baldor has developed a high performance part retriever for use at the company's stamping plant in St. Louis, Missouri. Based on a new industrialised version of Baldor's LSE linear motor stage, controlled by a MintDrive intelligent single axis servo drive, the retriever accelerates the manufacturing process and provides a more flexible and robust automation solution than the standard mechanical retrievers on the market. |
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| Baldor Europe releases new 36-page catalogue overviewing industrial motors & drives service |
01 July 2004 - Baldor UK
Baldor Europe has released a new 36-page catalogue overviewing its industrial motors and drives service, supported by large and comprehensive local stockholdings. Free on request, the catalogue details hundreds of DC and AC motors, drives and spares, with many small to medium power ratings available for immediate delivery, providing a valuable resource for automation builders and maintainers alike. |
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| Upgraded motion control subsystem from Baldor |
19 May 2004 - Baldor UK
An upgraded motion control subsystem from Baldor has added new electronic adjustment flexibility t o Line Equipment's award-winning Reseal 360X cross-web zipper applicator. The machine, which won a Certificate of Merit at the 2004 PPMA Awards of Excellence ceremony, enables resealable pouches to be made on vertical form-fill-seal equipment, and has found a wide variety of applications in the food processing sector. |
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| New grade of electric motors for 'dirty duty' applications |
12 May 2004 - Baldor UK
Baldor has released a new grade of electric motors for 'dirty duty' applications. They feature a range of special protection measures that will withstand the most severe and corrosive applications in the processing industry, and intense high-pressure washdown. |
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| Baldor adds higher-power options ito ts series of brushless AC servo motors |
28 April 2004 - Baldor UK
Baldor has added higher-power options to its series of brushless AC servo motors with rare-earth neodymium iron boron magnetics. The 25-strong motor range now offers versions delivering up to 30 Nm continuous stall torque. Novel ring-shaped magnets that are pressed onto the motor shaft boost magnetic flux levels significantly, increasing torque levels by from 20 to 60% compared with Baldor's ferrite-based BSM B-series motors. |
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| Most-preferred supplier of NEMA electric motors - Baldor |
21 April 2004 - Baldor UK
The most-preferred supplier of NEMA electric motors, Baldor, has released a new version of its stock product catalogue. Detailing thousands of UL- and CSA-approved NEMA frame motors in every industrial duty category including severe, washdown, premium efficiency and explosion proof, the 434-page '501' publication is the definitive guide for European automation and machinery exporters. Also included is a broad range of IEC motors rated from 0.18 to 40kW. |
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| Mint motion language speeds development of state-of-the-art machinery |
29 March 2004 - Baldor UK
Language underpins step-function improvements in packaging & processing, applications in case packing, food processing, airbag glueing highlight unique resources for machine builders. |
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| Advanced motion control system from Baldor |
29 March 2004 - Baldor UK
An advanced motion control system from Baldor is at the heart of an innovative continuous fluid packaging machine. The new inline filling machine utilises detachable pump carts and programmable motion to achieve batch changeovers of just a few minutes. |
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| A range of all-stainless-steel gearboxes for electric motors launched by Baldor |
11 March 2004 - Baldor UK
Baldor has launched a range of all-stainless-steel gearboxes for electric motors, providing machine builders with optimal speed-reducing solutions for clean-area automation such as conveyors. The worm-style gearboxes set a new performance standard for food, pharmaceutical and chemical machinery applications through advanced features that include complete sealing, very smooth 316-grade steel exterior surfaces, and a hollow shaft for direct connection to the load. |
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| PathMinder's latest retracting security barriers |
04 March 2004 - Baldor UK
PathMinder's latest retracting security barriers for controlling pedestrian access to buildings use low-inertia Baldor servo motors with neodymium magnetics to achieve opening times of well under 500 milliseconds. In conjunction with fine control of the drive's control loops and dynamic motion facilitated by the Mint-based software, the barriers offer a combination of speed and smoothness that is setting new standards in the access control industry. |
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| Baldor introduces a range of AC electric motor soft-starters |
23 February 2004 - Baldor UK
Baldor has introduced a range of AC electric motor soft-starters providing the means to reduce the wear and tear that conventional direct-on-line starting can cause, and reduce the peak demand currents that can impact electricity bills. |
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| A new series of advanced iron core brushless linear servo motors |
04 February 2004 - Baldor UK
Baldor has released a new series of advanced iron core brushless linear servo motors that provide machine builders with exceptional configuration flexibility. The new linear motor iron core) series offers a very wide choice of sizes and power ratings, and features a modular track which enables designers to achieve any desired travel stroke length simply by placing sections end-to-end. Available in standard and low profile versions, the motors are capable of delivering extremely high thrust forces, acceleration and speed, and are designed specifically for ease of system integration. Different models offer continuous thrust forces as high as 13,813N peak (5,179N continuous), acceleration rates in excess of 98 metres/second/second, and positioning speeds of more than 8 metres/second. |
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| Motion control system based on a standalone intelligent drive |
11 November 2003 - Baldor UK
A motion control system based on a standalone intelligent drive, is providing a flexible upgrade for Kappa's wrap-around packaging machinery. The new control system, developed by Baldor, provides a compact solution, and additionally introduces new flexibility through its built in multi-tasking capability. |
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| Mint motion control language is celebrating its 15th anniversary |
29 October 2003 - Baldor UK
The Mint motion control language is celebrating its 15th anniversary. Created in 1988 by the UK start-up Optimised Control, now part of Baldor Electric Co (Fort Smith AR, USA), as an accessory for some novel motion hardware ideas, the language has proved to be the enduring factor in the company's international success. |
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| New tool that generates motion control paths |
22 September 2003 - Baldor UK
A new tool that generates motion control paths directly from CAD drawings is helping the leading airbag manufacturer, Automotive Safety Components International, to ramp up production for the fast-growing curtain-bag market. |
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| Baldor ASR will be showing new USB-friendly, motion-and-machine controllers |
01 September 2003 - Baldor UK
At SPS/IPC/Drives, Baldor ASR will be showing new USB-friendly, motion-and-machine controllers for the first time in Germany. Spearheading the new range is NextMove-ESB, a new all-in-one motion automation solution offering control for three servo and four stepper motor axes, together with onboard I/O and fieldbus connectivity. |
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| Canada largest wood exporter in the world |
12 August 2003 - Baldor UK
Canada is the largest wood exporter in the world, its wood and paper enterprises working round the clock to turn out the vast range of raw and finished products vital to the country's economic health. Here, electric motors can expect torture rather than cosseting. They're really put to the test, not only in terms of their core function, but environmentally, it's by no means unusual for tree trunks to fall on the motors, for example, and equipment is continuously stressed by strong vibrations and impacts. |
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| Baldor releases new generation of its'washdown duty' three-phase AC motors |
07 July 2003 - Baldor UK
Baldor has released a new generation of its'washdown duty' three-phase AC motors for clean-area automation builders. Among the new features is an exterior finish that is five times more resistant to corrosion and chipping, through the use of the advanced autophoretic surface preparation process. |
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| linear motor positioning stage helps AmFax deliver compact & high throughput vision system |
01 July 2003 - Baldor UK
A Baldor linear motor positioning stage has helped AmFax to deliver a compact and high-throughput vision system for the production testing of Cinch's unique CIN::APSE range of connectors for state-of-the-art microprocessors. |
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