Olympic Controls News and Press Releases

Need A Minivation

Beaverton, OR (May 20th, 2011) - The miniTwin is a safety light curtain with integrated intelligence in a minimized format. Check out what the new “minivation” can do for you! The Technology The miniTwin offers the simplest handling for maximum availability. For the first time, sender and receiver elements have been integrated in an extremely compact housing—120 mm all inclusive. The small housing...

Smartmotor Technology Delivers Significant Industry Advancements

Beaverton, OR (October 29th, 2010) - The Animatics SmartMotor is a complete, compact, and user-friendly integrated motion control system. Check out what the new Class 5 SmartMotor can do for you! The Technology The Animatics SmartMotor is the most powerful and advanced integrated motor of its kind. It is an integrated motion controller featuring a brushless DC servo motor, motion controller, amplifier and f...

Digital Servo Drive And Controller In One High-performance Product

Beaverton, OR (October 6th, 2010) - The Aries Controller combines the powerful features of the ACR Controller with the Aries digital servo drive for a complete stand-alone servo solution in one small package. The Technology The Aries Controller allows users a single-axis servo drive/controller with Ethernet communication and HMI connectivity. The Aries Controller is configured, tuned and programmed using Pa...

Singularity Issues Are Now A Thing Of The Past

Beaverton, OR (September 1st, 2010) - Denso Robotics 6-Axis robots no longer suffer from singularity. Watch our video below to learn more on how Denso’s engineering team has solved the problem. The Technology Historically, and with many robot manufacturers, when 2 or more joints line up near their zero degree points during a linear move an error will occur shutting the robot down. Basically, the inverse kinematic model r...

Nexen Roller Pinion System Opens Up New Design Possibilities

Beaverton, OR (July 28th, 2010) - Nexen Group’s unique new Roller Pinion System (RPS) revolutionizes linear and rotary motion. The Technology The RPS allows machine designers to incorporate highly accurate linear and rotary motion-control functions with zero backlash and speeds as high as 11 meters per second (36.1 feet per second). The incredible performance of the Roller Pinion System...

Cognex Track And Trace Up To Healthcare Serialization Challenge

Beaverton, OR (June 30th, 2010) - The medical sector is an extremely complex environment in which drugs and medical devices need to be traced to ensure that the right drug is administrated to the right patient at the right time in the right dosage. And while serialization standards exist, product manufacturers know that new, higher standards along with mass serialization of packaging involves more than simply reading a barcode on a label; all of the data on the label must be verified for accuracy. Cognex In-Sight Track & Trace is up to the challenge.

Accustep From Intelligent Motion Systems Eliminate Stalling

Beaverton, OR (June 24th, 2010) - AccuStep is an all-in-one step motor system integrated with new motion control technology that prevents unintentional stalling due to transient or continued overload, extreme acceleration or deceleration, or excessive slew speed. The Technology AccuStep control technology is hardware based for real-time response. It continually monitors the relationship between the rotor and ...

The Dataman 200 Adds Ethernet Connectivity And Liquid Lens Technology

Beaverton, OR (April 16th, 2010) - Reader Adds Ethernet, Liquid Lens The DataMan 200 adds Ethernet connectivity and liquid lens technology to what's billed the world's smallest high performance fixed-mount ID reader. These new features enable faster communication speed, easier integration with factory controls, and software-driven autofocus for easy, hands-free set-up. Ethernet connectivity gives DataMan 200 users the advantage of real-time data and image transfer, and easier integration with plant controllers and information networks.

Cognex Introduces Third Generation Checker Sensor

Beaverton, OR (August 4th, 2009) - Cognex® Corporation (NASDAQ - CGNX), the world's leading supplier of machine vision systems and vision sensors, has added the Checker® 3G series to its award-winning Checker vision sensor product line. With simple setup, integrated part detection, lighting, I/O and job change all in a rugged IP67 housing, Checker 3G is the easy, reliable and affordable way to verify all products or parts on the line. With Checker 3G, the user chooses whether to configure the sensor as a presence sensor or measurement sensor. Presence sensors verify that features are present. Measurement sensors verify that features are the correct height, width and/or diameter. In either mode, there is no limit to the number of part features that a single Checker can “check”. Checker is also able to detect and track over 6,000 parts per minute in varying positions along the production line, overcoming imprecise par...