SCHAFFHAUSEN, Switzerland — In industrial systems, the monitoring, control, and maintenance of valves is a demanding task as the operating data is not available directly at the actuator or valve and ...

Modern systems depend upon automatic control systems to satisfy their performance and safety requirements. A traditional feedback control design might not perform satisfactorily for a complex system, ...

Active vibration control in flexible structures remains a critical challenge in engineering applications. This study proposes an optimization framework for piezoelectric sensor and actuator ...

Plant engineers at Eskom’s Majuba Power Station in South Africa have been continuously looking for ways to improve efficiency and reliability. The six-unit, 4,000-MW, supercritical coal-fired plant ...

Soft robots are becoming increasingly prevalent, with unique applications to medical devices and wearable technology. Understanding the dynamics of nonlinear soft actuators is crucial to creating ...

Tolomatic’s John Fenske and Mason Cousins weigh in on how the industry is repositioning as electrification, systems engineering and mechatronic integration inform their approach to motion systems and ...

Hydraulic actuators have long been the go-to choice for engineers looking to produce large forces or move heavy loads. Today, however, an increasing number of engineers are choosing electromechanical ...

JTEKT’s patented motor drive system features redundant control calculation units and motor drive units in first and second actuators. In case of failure in any system or communication between ...

Addressing the key questions about the role of actuators in medical testing environments explains why actuator designs are changing to handle mass processing and ...

Untethered magnetic actuators hold great promise for minimally invasive medicine, with potential applications in targeted drug delivery, remote ...

A study in solar tracker pneumatic actuator design for harsh environments has raised average efficiency of a test panel using ...