09, Nov, 2017
RobotDigg Empower Engineers

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If you are in search of an equipment-manufacturer you can trust on, RobotDigg would surely be one of the first names to crop up on one’s mind. RobotDigg started its journey as an equipment manufacturing company almost a decade and half ago. Right now, it is one of the biggest names among all professional manufacturers of stepper motor, stepper motor linear guide, hollow shaft stepper motor etc. Th...

18, Oct, 2017
440C Stainless Steel Miniature Linear Rail

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Try to figure out the definition of Linear Rail from Wikipedia as always did, but it's Not that fortune like Linear Motor. Well,it won't be wrong to call it linear guide or guide rail. HIWIN call it linear guideway, linear guide called by MiSUMi. In China mainland HIWIN has the most business of linear guideways than other brands. Because the universality in automation application, the miniature li...

09, Oct, 2017
To upgrade your 3D Printer with Linear Rails

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Rotary motion using stepper motor is very popular in kinds of applications and in machines Not only 3D Printer, but also CNC Machines, Scientific Instruments, Medical or Analytic Equipment and Surface Mount Equipment, etc. Linear motion is usually converted from rotary motion by using pulley and belt, lead screw or ball screw, pinion and gear, linear shaft and bearing, linear rails and linear modu...

28, Sep, 2017
The utility of Brushless DC Motor

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Nowadays air conditioner and gas water heater have become the necessities in people’s life. As we all know, the motor that was used in air conditioner and water heater earlier is AC induction motor. First, this motor has obvious shortcomings, low efficiency, high energy consumption, which is clearly contrary to the trendy of today's low-carbon environmental protection, energy saving and carbon emi...

18, Sep, 2017
What is an O-ring?

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Rubber O-ring is a loop of rubber material with a circular cross section. and basically used in every field of industry, including auto,electronics,machinery and medical devices. The material of an o ring selection is based on media pressure,chemical compatibility,temperature,lubrication requirements. NBR/Nitrile/Buna Rubber NBR is the most popular material for o rings,it can be oil resistant, wat...

08, Sep, 2017
USD to CNY Exchange Rate

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The exchange rate of US Dollars to CNY crashed in a month, this will destroy the business relations between customers and most of the manufacturers or suppliers. 2017-07-08 6.7937 (1USD to RMB) 2017-08-08 6.6958 2017-09-08 6.4393 The environmental motion by China Nation in areas has lasted over month, factories close or production pause. The situation has aggravated this trend. In the last qu...

31, Aug, 2017
The seventh round strict air pollution inspection

Lead time prolong and price rise as result of Environment Protection Storm Nationwide The original report on website MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA http://english.mep.gov.cn/News_service/news_release/201707/t20170727_418638.shtml BEIJING, Jul. 23 (CENEWS)-The seventh round of the yearlong strict inspection on air pollution control had been completed by Jul. 20....

30, Aug, 2017
3D Printer Power Supply

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In usual, the power supply unit people talking about is the piece of hardware that's used to convert the power provided from the outlet into usable power for the many parts inside the computer case. It converts the alternating current (AC) into a continuous form of power that the computer components need in order to run steady, called direct current (DC). It also regulates overheating by controlli...

15, Aug, 2017
SMD Pick and Place Machines from China

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The price of a Japan or Korea floor type SMD Pick and Place Machine can be 50,000USD or 100,000USD. With the development of integrated circuits, IoT and industrial automation in China, CNC Machines are Not the only cost performance industrial equipment from China. 3D Printers, SMD Pick and Place Machines, etc are recently getting praise. Let's take a look on the benchtop or desktop, floor SMD Pick...

01, Aug, 2017
Open Source BotDigg Robot Arm

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This is not a 3D printer, but a writing graphics robot arm, we name it BotDigg Robot Arm. The full configuration This assembly is still very original ah, ah, very original ... ... We first look at how the line is connected: First of all three stepper motor drive chip, pay attention to the direction of the other anti-anti, it's better use heat sink above This small package of black blocks is set to...

19, Jul, 2017
MOSFET Repair on RAMPS Board why and how

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Firstly thanks to Contemporary Maker Rob Schwartz, his blog explain why and how to repair the MOSFET on Ramps 1.4 Board "When I first got the RAMPS 1.4 board, I wondered why the power MOSFETs for the hotends and the heated bed had no heatsinks. However, after connecting the RAMPS board to the printer, they seemed to work just fine. I soon forgot about the problem entirely... but that was the wrong...

09, Jul, 2017
Stepper Motor Linear Actuator

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Last week we talked about the stepper motor, and this week we want to go further about the topic which will be stepper motor linear actuator or linear stepper motor. There are three types of linear stepper motors and we are talking about the integrated stepper motor linear actuators, they are External Drive, Non-captive and Captive Linear Steppers. Haydon Kerk a linear motion specialist provide wo...