General Automation - HEIDENHAIN Fri, 22 Nov 2024 16:42:19 +0000 en-US hourly 1 Choosing the right encoder for your application https://hhmaintenance.losasso.com/resources-and-news/choosing-right-encoder-application/ Fri, 22 Nov 2024 16:42:19 +0000 https://hhmaintenance.losasso.com/?p=19695 Selecting the best encoder for your application is crucial for optimizing performance, reducing operational costs, and extending the lifespan of your machine tools. The right encoder not only enhances overall system reliability but also plays a key role in reducing total cost of ownership (TCO). This article explores the most important considerations when choosing ...

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]]> How to reduce total cost of ownership in manufacturing https://hhmaintenance.losasso.com/resources-and-news/how-to-reduce-total-cost-of-ownership-in-manufacturing/ Tue, 30 Apr 2024 15:19:48 +0000 https://hhmaintenance.losasso.com/?p=19157 Reducing the Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) is more than a cost-saving strategy; it's a comprehensive approach to achieving operational efficiency and cost-effectiveness across various industries. Understanding TCO—a calculation that includes not just the purchase price of an asset but also the cumulative costs of operation throughout its lifecycle—is crucial for businesses aiming to ...

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]]> Why rotary encoders might be the best fit for your industrial Robotics Design https://hhmaintenance.losasso.com/resources-and-news/why-rotary-encoders-might-be-the-best-fit-for-your-industrial-robotics-design/ Wed, 03 May 2023 16:59:45 +0000 https://hhmaintenance.losasso.com/?p=17607 Industrial robots are fast, powerful and durable. Unfortunately, when it comes to some tasks, they struggle to offer sufficient position accuracy. Consider any work that requires both a carefully positioned and guided tool center point and significant maneuverability. Such work necessitates multiple axes, which all require their own servo motors. Each servo motor opens ...

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]]> SPS event debuts automated solutions https://hhmaintenance.losasso.com/resources-and-news/sps-digital-event-to-showcase-automation-solutions/ Mon, 21 Nov 2022 00:00:54 +0000 https://hhmaintenance.losasso.com/?p=16753 SCHAUMBURG, IL (November 2022) – From HEIDENHAIN, the international leader in precision measurement, comes an opportunity to view the latest standard-setting powerful automation drive system components from six of its brands as debuted at the recent international SPS trade show in Nuremburg, Germany (November 8-10). Running November 28 through December 16, 2022, HEIDENHAIN will ...

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]]> A one-of-a-kind perspective on how to get started with automation https://hhmaintenance.losasso.com/resources-and-news/how-to-get-started-with-automation/ Sat, 12 Nov 2022 17:36:33 +0000 https://hhmaintenance.losasso.com/?p=15990 At HEIDENHAIN, we occupy an interesting place in the automation value and supply chains. Not only do we often get to work with end users on the processes they’re trying to automate, but we also supply subcomponents to the automation OEMs from whom end users buy. In other words, we have a hands-on understanding ...

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]]> The true value of predictive maintenance https://hhmaintenance.losasso.com/resources-and-news/the-true-value-of-predictive-maintenance/ Mon, 24 Oct 2022 17:34:51 +0000 https://hhmaintenance.losasso.com/?p=16000 Think of preventive versus predictive maintenance in terms of your car: Preventive maintenance is your oil change cycle; every 10,000 miles, you should get an oil change. It’s based on data, and is a check point to keep things going. Predictive maintenance is the ability to monitor the tread on your tire in real ...

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]]> The ‘in between’ state of industrial automation https://hhmaintenance.losasso.com/resources-and-news/the-in-between-state-of-industrial-automation/ Wed, 12 Oct 2022 17:33:40 +0000 https://hhmaintenance.losasso.com/?p=16007 In a sense, industrial automation has one foot in the future and one foot in the past. We have companies making cars in fully automated factories and others with little to no automation. Sure, there will always be a gap between larger companies, with seemingly unlimited resources, and the local shop, but the automation ...

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]]> How the right connectivity makes it easy to standardize automated drives https://hhmaintenance.losasso.com/resources-and-news/right-connectivity-easy-to-standardize-automated-drives/ Tue, 12 Jul 2022 13:57:52 +0000 https://hhmaintenance.losasso.com/?p=12597 As automation and connectivity requirements expand to include things like closed-loop controls, device-to-device networks and cloud computing, subcomponents that can handle a diversity of interfaces in various combinations are becoming more and more valuable. For example, rotary, angle and linear encoders that are developed with connection variety in mind make it easier to find ...

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]]> EnDat 3: Ready for the future of digital manufacturing https://hhmaintenance.losasso.com/resources-and-news/endat-3-ready-for-the-future-of-digital-manufacturing/ Thu, 23 Jun 2022 00:00:49 +0000 https://hhmaintenance.losasso.com/?p=12559 EnDat 3 is HEIDENHAIN’s newest generation of encoder interface and is an important part of the future of industrial digital manufacturing. This interface offers enhancements to HEIDENHAIN’s long-established EnDat family by introducing new diagnostics and connectivity functionality not seen before in an RS-485 style interface. While carrying forward the features and benefits of the ...

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]]> New “PressFit” encoders for small motors https://hhmaintenance.losasso.com/resources-and-news/new-pressfit-encoders-for-small-motors/ Mon, 25 Apr 2022 00:00:59 +0000 https://hhmaintenance.losasso.com/?p=12497 SCHAUMBURG, IL (April 2022) – With the introduction of the revolutionary PressFit rotary encoders from HEIDENHAIN, small-motor manufacturers finally have a better solution for incorporating automated mounting for feedback devices. This new ExI 11xx encoder series features a unique compact design that allows fast and simple mounting by press-fitting into a motor housing while still ...

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