by Scott Depenbrok | Apr 9, 2019 | Our Take
Driven by changing population demographics worldwide, the medical equipment market is on the rise. Several different analysts predict increasing sales, with estimated compound annual growth rates (CAGRs) ranging from 4.5% to 6.3%. Those numbers aren’t huge but they...
by Vicent Cipolla | Feb 12, 2019 | Our Take
For medical device manufacturers seeking access to new markets, conformity with regulatory requirements is critical. They invest enormous amounts of money to develop and manufacture innovative and disruptive devices that can improve patient outcomes and save lives....
by Scott Depenbrok | Dec 18, 2018 | Our Take
The entire Motion Solutions team joins together in offering season’s greetings to our customers, partners and friends. 2018 has been a good year for us, and we have you to thank. We are grateful for our successes and good fortune. Perhaps most of all, we are grateful...
by Wally Logan | Nov 6, 2018 | Industry Perspectives, Our Take
Two things are always in short supply during machine development: time and money. Traditionally, design of motion-based machines has been a serial process. The mechanical engineers would design the frame and the motion elements. They would pass the mechanical design...
by Bill Lackey | Aug 7, 2018 | Our Take
A decade ago, communications in machines took place on a point-to-point basis. If you were building a multi-axis system, you would have to wire 15 wires per axis from the drive to the controller. If an axis faulted, the system would only return a single digital I/O...
by Bill Saunders | Jan 9, 2018 | Our Take
Five reasons to consider outside motion control expertise. The 2008 global downturn changed the economics of manufacturing. To stay in business, companies slashed budgets and cut staff to operate as leanly as possible. Now that the economy has recovered, the focus is...
