Many VSDs are installed in industrial sites throughout the globe. However, these devices are often being underutilized. The ...

By decoupling the lead screw from the lathe’s gearbox and actuating it via a stepper motor, he achieved a much more granular variable feed speed. If that’s not enough, [Tony] used a rotary ...

We’ve seen quite a few scratch built lathes here at Hackaday, but none quite like the handcrafted pole lathe put together by [Jon Townsend] and his band of Merry Men as part of their effort to ...

What is a variable frequency drive, and how does it work? A variable frequency drive controls the speed of an AC motor by varying the frequency and voltage supplied to the motor. They work by taking ...

They are used for fast and high resolution motion control, and special programming equipment is used to program the DSP chip. Variable speed drives are used for industrial motor applications to ...

Variable speed compressors are the vanguard for delivering the best performance and efficiency that today’s marketplace demands. Read this white paper to learn more about why variable-speed ...

At Carnegie Mellon University’s Manufacturing Futures Institute, researchers use a robotic test bed where AMRs deliver Lego bricks to robot arms for assembly to study AI, multirobot collaboration, ...

The capability of speeding up or slowing down the original speed of audio or video content. Many people prefer to listen to or view educational lessons faster than the original speed in order to ...

At Carnegie Mellon University’s Manufacturing Futures Institute, researchers use a robotic test bed where AMRs deliver Lego bricks to robot arms for assembly to study AI, multirobot collaboration, ...

15x AMA Champion Ricky Carmichael and 9x AMA Champion Ryan Villopoto recap the week in Pro Motocross and Supercross. A Division of NBCUniversal. DISCLAIMER: This site and the products offered are for ...

Commissions do not affect our editors' opinions or evaluations. A variable annuity is a way to get the stability of a traditional annuity product with the gains of an investment account—for a price.

Sean Anthony Eddy / Getty Images Variable annuities are a type of investment income stream that rises or falls in value periodically based on the market performance of the investments that fund ...