Sixto Erik Moralez is a Regional Motion Engineer with the Drives & Motion Division of Yaskawa America. Motion-control technology helped automate spoolchanging operations on machines that coil tubing, ...

We’ve seen a fair number of automated wire cutting builds before, and with good reason: cutting lots of wires by hand is repetitive and carries the risk of injury. What’s common to all these automated ...

This file type includes high resolution graphics and schematics when applicable. The images above are simple cross sections of a typical spool valve (left) and a poppet valve (right). (Courtesy of ...