Connecting two shafts with a joint usually requires broaching, reaming, and precision milling, all of which remove material and weaken the shafts or the joint. A new approach, the dual-centric rotary ...

While the wind sector battles bearing failures and blade damage, a quieter revolution is unfolding at the heart of the nacelle. Fibre optic rotary joints are replacing electrical slip rings, promising ...

Spacewalkers on the upcoming STS-122/1E International Space Station assembly mission likely will give a full inspection to the solar array joint hobbling power production, now that the ISS crew has ...

Festo has released a video showing the workings of their BionicCobot, a pneumatic robot arm developed for lending a helping hand to humans at a workstation. Since it works intimately with humans, it ...

The MarketWatch News Department was not involved in the creation of this content. CHICAGO, Aug. 22, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- The global rotary and RF rotary joints market is expected to reach USD 1.9 ...

Acting as the optical equivalent of slip rings, the Fiber Optic Rotary Joints (FORJs) allow data to be transmitted without interruption in applications requiring 360° rotation of the fiber, such as in ...