The foundations for the present-day company Nyquist Industrial Control were paved in the seventies. This happened when the first standardised servo system was developed, initially created for Philips' internal machine building. This led to a large international installed base, both within and outside of our own organisation. For instance, the doors of the Dutch Railways' trains are still fitted with VME-based control systems from Nyquist. And then just think of all the automatically opening bridges, traction systems, trams, machines for making glass moulds, embroidering machinery, pastry-making machines, ships' terminals, incinerators and water purification plants.

Bosch Group take over producer of drive and control

02 November 2005 - Nyquist Industrial Control Netherlands-based Nyquist BV, a leading provider of industrial motion-control solutions for machines such as those used in semiconductor and medical-equipment manufacturing industries, is to become part of Bosch Rexroth.

Nyquist and Frencken Mechatronics in joint project for new customer

09 September 2005 - Nyquist Industrial Control The cooperation between Nyquist and Eindhoven-based Frencken Mechatronics, which intensified during mid 2004, has resulted in the completion of a large-wafer handling project for Leica Microsystems in the UK.

Nyquist's motion-control software offers full MATLAB-Simulink support

12 July 2005 - Nyquist Industrial Control Nyquist Industrial Control has introduced an integrated package of software tools for its recently launched NYCe4000 Motion Control System. One of the most important new software tools is 'User-Definable Control'. With this software functionality, Nyquist offers its customers the possibility to develop optimal control loops and control complex mechanical systems in much less time than was previously possible.

Nyquist is increasing its commitment to the US OEM machinebuilding market

01 July 2005 - Nyquist Industrial Control Nyquist is increasing its commitment to the US OEM machinebuilding market in general and the semiconductor and medical markets in particular. Therefore, Nyquist is pleased to announce that Mr. Kevin Steele and Nyquist have decided to work together. Mr. Steele is a US citizen and lives in Santa Barbara, California. He will be consulting for Nyquist while a US infrastructure is set up. This is the first step in Nyquist's commitment and further steps will follow soon.

Nyquist and Tecnotion cooperate to market advanced linear motion system

01 April 2005 - Nyquist Industrial Control Nyquist Industrial Control and Tecnotion have joined forces to produce and market a linear transport system that is transforming in-line manufacturing and assembly processes through its ingenious and cost-saving technology. Areas of application are found in medical, display, solar-cell, clean-room and semiconductor markets. The smooth and accurate full positioned transport of parts in a conditioned process environment (such as vacuum, clean-room, aseptic and gas sensitive) are essential in mentioned high-tech industries.

Stimulus supports cooperation on new-generation motion control

01 February 2005 - Nyquist Industrial Control Tthe development of new, improved motion-control systems is one of the goals of the NewMotion Project of Nyquist Industrial Control, the Technical University of Eindhoven and FEI Company. The project has attracted 1.2 million Euros in funding from Stimulus. Nyquist, TU/e and FEI complement each other perfectly in the development of new motion control systems. The NewMotion Project targets a modular system comprising the hard- and software platform from Nyquist (NYCe4000). The TU/e will support Nyquist and FEI with research into the necessary new control techniques. FEI will equip high-precision mechatronic systems with the NewMotion system and implement and integrate them in electron microscopes.

Nyquist's NYCe4000 Motion Control System reduces integration costs

03 November 2004 - Nyquist Industrial Control Nyquist Industrial Control has extended its range of motion-control systems with the NYCe4000, a rugged, high-end, industrial motion control system with integrated drive technology. Everything necessary to control a complex machine is included in a single box that significantly reduces space requirements, saves cabling and cuts system and integration costs. It also extends uptime and greatly improves serviceability.

Integration made easy with the Nyquist NYCe Software Release 3.1

21 October 2004 - Nyquist Industrial Control Nyquist Industrial Control announces the NYCe3000 Software Release 3.1 (NYCe3000 SR 3.1), which provides machine designers and motion control engineers with the latest means to design and develop machine control systems and motion control systems. Combining a complete set of motion control tools with a machine control environment, it is a powerful, ready to use package that builds upon many years of experience in the OEM machine building market.

Frencken Mechatronics and Nyquist announce alliance

04 June 2004 - Nyquist Industrial Control Frencken Mechatronics B.V. and Nyquist B.V., both with their registered offices in Eindhoven, have decided to enter into an alliance in which they will closely collaborate in the sale and engineering of high-quality mechatronic systems.

New software tools Nyquist substantially reduce machine development time

19 April 2004 - Nyquist Industrial Control Nyquist Industrial Control from Eindhoven (the Netherlands) through its new software tools can reduce development time to build a machine substantially. During the Hanover Fair, Nyquist will show how machine builders can shorten the time-to-market and simplify calibration, through Nyquist's complete Motion Control system, consisting of hardware and especially software.

1394automation group joins 1394 Trade Association

20 October 2003 - Nyquist Industrial Control First quarter of 2004 the European 1394automation group will join the 1394 Trade Association. Two organisations that promote the IEEE 1394 network standard join forces to form a worldwide group in favour of 'the only standard where Motion, Vision and I/O are brought together in one cable'.

From manual to automatic micro assembly with MA3 Solutions

07 May 2003 - Nyquist Industrial Control TNO Industrie from Eindhoven, Nyquist Industrial Control from Eindhoven and Te Strake from Deurne together have set up MA3 Solutions BV. The shareholders have combined their expertise in order to provide flexible assembly solutions for hybrid micro systems. MA3 Solutions focuses primarily on companies who wish to industrialise a prototype or companies that due to quality or cost considerations want to switch from manual to automatic assembly. MA3 Solutions focuses particularly on the sensory systems and biomedical markets.

Nyquist and OTB develop a revolutionary vacuum transport system

07 April 2003 - Nyquist Industrial Control Nyquist Industrial Control from Eindhoven, The Netherlands, in collaboration with OTB Engineering from Eindhoven, developed a linear transport system for vacuum applications, based on linear motor technology. This system is a revolution in vacuum transport. Vacuum transport is needed for a wide range of in-line production processes, e.g. PECVD for solar cells and displays. The benefit of this in-line system is that it allows for fast, flexible, continuous and thus cheap production.

Standards for FireWire with '1394 Automation'

07 April 2003 - Nyquist Industrial Control A number of European companies and organisations have come together in the 1394 Automation Group, as the result of an initiative taken by Nyquist Industrial Control (The Netherlands) and Wago Kontakttechnik (Germany). This group will define a solution that will enable different controllers to communicate on the same FireWire bus. For the FireWire implementation it is important that there is agreement on a set of specifications. Through standards FireWire IEEE 1394 will gain a strong position in the market. 1394 Automation was proudly presented at the SPS/iPC Drives Exhibition and Conference in Nürnberg in November 2002.

Masters in Motion with the Nyquist Academy

25 February 2003 - Nyquist Industrial Control Developments in drive technology and Motion Control are gaining speed every day. In order to fully profit from these developments, continuous training is a must. Nyquist wants to raise its clients' knowledge of Motion Control to an even higher level, so that their clients can get even more out of their machines. That is why Nyquist established the Nyquist Academy. The Nyquist Academy is set up for clients, own staff and anyone else who is interested in Motion Control.

Triple-P and Nyquist renew contract

06 January 2003 - Nyquist Industrial Control On December 18 Triple-P Services (www.triple-p.nl) and Nyquist Industrial Control renewed their 'Streamlined IT-Management Contract' for three years. The co-operation between the two companies is highly satisfactory and gives Nyquist the room to concentrate completely on its core activities such as developing and selling high-end Motion Control systems.

Standards for FireWire with '1394 Automation'

06 December 2002 - Nyquist Industrial Control A number of European companies and organisations have come together in the 1394 Automation Group, as the result of an initiative taken by Nyquist Industrial Control (The Netherlands) and Wago Kontakttechnik (Germany). This group will define a solution that will enable different controllers to communicate on the same FireWire bus. For the FireWire implementation it is important that there is agreement on a set of specifications. Through standards FireWire IEEE 1394 will gain a strong position in the market. 1394 Automation was proudly presented at the SPS/iPC Drives Exhibition and Conference in Nürnberg in November 2002.

Nyquist opens subsidiary in Singapore

07 November 2002 - Nyquist Industrial Control Nyquist Industrial Control of Eindhoven now has a subsidiary in the Far East. From Singapore, Nyquist Asia will be responsible for the sales, support and services of the NYCe3000 Motion Control systems. The Asian Pacific region, and especially China, offers Nyquist considerable potential for growth.

More accuracy with Vision in the Gantry Loop

15 July 2002 - Nyquist Industrial Control With Motion, Vision and simple mechanics you can create a faster and more adaptable mechanism that ultimately has an even greater accuracy. Nyquist Industrial Control, Technobis and Philips CFT have shown this in a new Gantry demonstration. By bringing Vision into the Nyquist feedforward loop, you gain a lot of processing time so that the machine can be made faster and more adaptable.

Extended Functionality of the NYCe System with NY3522 and NY3542

14 June 2002 - Nyquist Industrial Control Nyquist Industrial Control (Eindhoven, The Netherlands) introduces two new members of its NYCe3000 family. These new products, the NY3522 and the NY3542, can control 5 and 10 axes respectively. The control is fully synchronous and because the modules have a comprehensive I/O functionality, an IEEE 1394 network link, and PC/104 expansion options, the system can be used for a wide range of purposes.

Nyquist combines the benefits of Motion Control and Numeric Control in a CNC machine

15 April 2002 - Nyquist Industrial Control Nyquist Industrial Control, the supplier of open, PC technology-based Motion Control systems from Eindhoven, has shown that its NYCe system is not just suitable for advanced high-tech control, but that it can also be used for controlling CNC applications. At the Hannover Fair, Nyquist will demonstrate how its Motion Control technology (the Nyquist KS3000), combined with the advanced and fully digital Servostar 600 of Kollmorgen-Seidel, enables easy control of a CNC machine. This will result in a more accurate, more dynamic, faster, and safer machine.

Coupling Nyquist and Nanomotion increases Motion Control performance enormously

28 February 2002 - Nyquist Industrial Control The Israeli company Nanomotion and Nyquist Industrial Control (The Netherlands) have extended their co-operation. Nanomotion develops very specific algorithms to control their ultrasonic piezomotors. Nyquist develops open, PC based Motion Control. The integration of the Nanomotion algorithms with the Nyquist Motion Control technology will increase the performance of the combined solution dramatically.

SoftMotion – new open standards create powerful Motion Control systems

23 January 2002 - Nyquist Industrial Control SoftMotion, a new approach to Motion Control developed by Nyquist Industrial Control, allows OEM customers to easily adapt a Motion Control system to their specific needs. The approach is based on a standard PC-based platform and open standards, and builds rugged and decentralised systems.

Nyquist and maxon motor ag offer an Open PC-based Motion Control solution

27 November 2001 - Nyquist Industrial Control Maxon motor ag (Sachseln OW, Switzerland) and Nyquist Industrial Control (Eindhoven, the Netherlands) announce a product development agreement. Nyquist's open PC-based Motion Control technology will be integrated with the advanced and fully digital servo drives of maxon motor.

Nyquist provides future proof Motion Control platform with VenturCom

08 November 2001 - Nyquist Industrial Control Nyquist Industrial Control and VenturCom are partners in the area of industrial control and more specifically in Motion Control. The cooperation has lead to the support of RTX, VenturCOM's real-time extension software, for Nyquist's NYCe3000 Motion Control systems. VenturCom's industry RTX software, a robust and industry leading real-time extension, is offered by Nyquist as a supplementary package to its current line of NYCe3000 Motion Control products.

PC-based Robot Controller opens new markets for standard robotics

28 September 2001 - Nyquist Industrial Control A prototype PC-based robot control system from Nyquist Industrial Control uses standard drives to connect to existing, dedicated motors and encoders. High-level software calculates the exact motion profile in 3D, synchronizing the movement of the axes to make the desired path. The system demonstrates how easy it is to upgrade the control systems of existing proprietary robots by using open PC-based software and standard drives, rather than having to develop expensive, customized schemes. The project, achieved through close collaboration with the Dutch robot system integrator Morotech Robottechniek of Hoorn, demonstrates that Nyquist's PC-based motion control systems, commonly used in sophisticated high-end robotics, are suitable for the most rugged industrial applications.

NYCeTalk, Machine Control Tool

15 July 2001 - Nyquist Industrial Control Nyquist introduces the NYCeTalk machine control tool and command language. Providing faster design cycles for new and retrofitted OEM machines, NYCeTalk can significantly reduce development time. This is an important factor in time-to-market, a key issue for machine builders who want to keep ahead of their competition.

Advanced Nyquist motion controllers work with Control Techniques SLM-based servo drives

15 May 2001 - Nyquist Industrial Control Open PC Motion Control interface for M'Ax and MultiAx servo drives. A new range of Motion Controllers from Nyquist Industrial Control (Eindhoven, the Netherlands) controls advanced multiple axes using Control Techniques' SLM-based servo drives. The new CT3000 intelligent Motion Controller delivers the real-time, high-speed synchronization and interpolation that is required between multiple axes. The controllers connect to an open PC-based platform across the industry standard high-speed IEEE-1394 FireWire network, making them fully compatible with other FireWire products and the company's NYCe product line and software tools. The CT3000 is part of the NYCe3000 family of Motion Controllers.

FireWire highly accepted by the industrial automation market

12 April 2001 - Nyquist Industrial Control The penetration of FireWire in the industrial automation market is now a reality. The independent ARC Advisory Group puts FireWire-based Motion Control Networking on its Top 10 list of automation technologies to watch in 2001. 'Commercial use of FireWire for video and high-speed external computer peripherals is expected to continue and to keep costs low for this technology', according to ARC.

Control Techniques and Nyquist develop Motion Control based on open PC standards

05 March 2001 - Nyquist Industrial Control Co-operation between Nyquist Industrial Control and Control Techniques promises a new generation of OEM systems based on open PC Motion Control. The systems will integrate Nyquist's open PC Motion Control technology with the advanced and fully digital servo controls from Control Techniques.

Nyquist and Philips CFT join forces

24 February 2001 - Nyquist Industrial Control Nyquist Industrial Control and the Philips Centre for Industrial Technology signed an agreement of co-operation. The agreement gives both Eindhoven-based companies access to each other's knowledge and expertise in the area of industrial motion control. It strengthens their leading position in the market of motion control world-wide, and also enhances Eindhoven's role as technology centre for machine building.

'Smart drive' module connects Nyquist FireWire to Kollmorgen Seidel Servo Drive

30 January 2001 - Nyquist Industrial Control Kollmorgen Seidel (Dusseldorf, Germany) and Nyquist Industrial Control (Eindhoven, The Netherlands) are announcing a FireWire-to-Servo Drive module at the SPS/IPC Drives 2000 exhibition in Germany. This 'smart drive' is the result of co-operation between the companies to provide Open PC Motion Control solutions to OEM machine manufacturers.

Kollmorgen Seidel and Nyquist team-up to provide Open PC Motion Control

06 January 2001 - Nyquist Industrial Control Kollmorgen Seidel (Dusseldorf, Germany) and Nyquist Industrial Control (Eindhoven, The Netherlands) announce an agreement that integrates Nyquist's motion control technology with Kollmorgen Seidel's servo drives. The agreement will bring Open PC Motion Control to OEM machine manufacturers. High-end synchronised motion control/drives will be based on advanced technologies like FireWire, Microsoft Windows NT and Windows NT Embedded 4.0.