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Thin film growth technique is the result of microscopic holes

Control Engineering

And that’s when we noticed that 10-nanometer pinholes were forming because the oxide was bursting out of the substrate.”. During epitaxy, they saw that the thin film actually formed at these pinholes in the graphene. “We “We saw how the morphology of the graphene was changing at those particular temperatures,” Manzo said.

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Robotic grippers developed to pick up delicate, heavy objects

Control Engineering

The design for the new grippers builds on an earlier generation of flexible, robotic grippers that drew on the art of kirigami, which involves both cutting and folding two-dimensional sheets of material to form three-dimensional shapes. graduate from NC State. You could simply make use of the existing motor when utilizing the grippers.”

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Motor control maintenance and troubleshooting best practices, advice

Control Engineering

Outputs may be normally open (form A) or form C with both NO and NC contacts. Form C allows dual connections for running/not running or faulted/not faulted. Digital inputs can be assigned functions such as selecting a preset speed, clearing alarms or faults, and placing the drive under automatic or manual control.

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Motion control and robotics troubleshooting and maintenance advice

Control Engineering

Axes must work together when maintaining positions along a defined path, so a robot is the ultimate form of coordinated motion control. Path awareness for robotic motion control Robot controllers constantly perform calculations to ensure they know where the robot is relative to defined points and paths.