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Schaeffl er provides custom rotating direct drive motor for one of the world’s largest refl ecting telescopes
Shaeffl er has provided a rotating direct drive motor solution to a giant telescope located on La Palma in the Canary Islands – one of the world’s largest refl ecting telescopes. Astronomers and astrophysicists
researching outer space rely on high- performance telescopes to closely observe far-away galaxies, and this requires a high vantage point here on Earth. In Europe that point is at the Roque de los Muchachos ridge on La Palma, which rises to a height of nearly 2,500, off ering ideal research conditions thanks to this Atlantic island’s extremely low levels of light pollution. Schaeffl er Iberia contributed its specialist engineering expertise to this latest project on La Palma and was involved in developing an instrument rotator for one of the GTC’s focal stations, known as the Cassegrain Focal Station (CG-Set). IDOM, a Spanish company that provides
is more than two metres in diameter, was developed and built based on a proven drive concept from machine tools for grinding operations. adapted for the telescope.
The segmented design of the motor
The RMF torque motor consists of segments, which reduced the cost of transportation and mounting
engineering and architecture services, was commissioned to develop this new CG set. IDOM also involved Schaeffl er in the development of the instrument rotator drive.
Schaeffl er devised a special solution, consisting of a segmented, slotless RMF torque motor. The direct drive is characterised by its highly dynamic yet very even motion, with a high degree of energy effi ciency. The special motor, which
Williams to supply eSkootr championship’s fi rst model
Williams Advanced Engineering (WAE) will develop and supply the Electric Scooter Championship’s fi rst eSkootr model. T e British technology and engineering services business – which originated from the renowned F1 constructor Williams – is exclusively developing and supplying the eSkootr chassis, battery system and powertrain for the eSC’s fi rst two seasons. “We chose to collaborate with
Williams Advanced Engineering because the company’s experience in delivering high-performance battery systems for motorsport series such as Formula E, Extreme E and ETCR,” said Hrag Sarkissian, eSC CEO. WAE is already developing a high- performance electric prototype, with speeds in excess of 100km/h (60mph) and acceleration faster than most road cars. “T is is a very high-performance
model: some of the cornering and acceleration fi gures that we’ve
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also reduced the costs of transportation and mounting, and the compact design facilitated the installation process and helped optimise the overall system’s performance and maintenance. A particularly important advantage is that only the aff ected segment – rather than the entire motor – must be replaced when servicing is required. “With our unconventional drive solution, we have successfully created a special application that will allow mankind to accurately explore space and thus support groundbreaking, international research,“ said Albert Monera-Llorca, President of the Industrial division for Schaeffl er Spain and Southern Europe.
New HALCON software from MVTec
The Electric Scooter Championship is scheduled for 2021
simulated are really quite extreme. It’s like nothing that’s ever been seen before,” said Iain Wight, Business Development Director, WAE. Launching in 2021, the Electric
Scooter Championship (eSC) is an international race that promotes the benefi ts of micromobility in cities. “For everyone at eSC, the
development and build of our fi rst eSkootr is a particularly important landmark. As we begin preparations for our fi rst event next year, we’re enormously pleased and proud to be taking that journey with WAE. Together we can write an exciting new chapter in the story of electric micromobility,” said Sarkissian.
Machine vision software supplier, MVTec Software, will release version 20.11 of its standard software HALCON in late November, 2020. The release comes with many new and improved features for further enhancing machine-vision performance. These include optimised technologies for code reading, OCR, 3D, deep learning, as well as a face lift of the integrated development environment HDevelop for even better usability. The 20.11 version of HALCON will
be released simultaneously for both the Steady and Progress editions, allowing HALCON Steady customers to access the new features available in the last three Progress releases, including anomaly detection, the generic box fi nder and optimised identifi cation technologies. “With HALCON 20.11, we off er a
comprehensive range of functions for both models – subscription and regular purchase – so that companies can make their machine-vision processes even more effi cient,” said Mario Bohnacker, Technical Product Manager for HALCON at MVTec. Users can try out these previously-
released HALCON Progress functions by downloading the latest Progress version 20.05 and requesting an evaluation licence.
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