Improved Liquid Handling, Portsecap + PMD DK, Ventilator Control, and More

The January 2025 edition of Motion Control News includes the most recent PMD news, resources, and announcements.

In this edition of Motion Control News:

• Motion Techniques For Improved Liquid Handling
  Liquid handling systems often use peristaltic pumps to deliver reagents and other fluids to test sites. Although smaller volumes of liquid can be delivered by plunger-style syringe pumps, larger liquid volumes often use peristaltic pumps because the transported liquid is isolated from the pumping mechanism. Peristaltic pumps however exhibit a pulsating flow behavior due to how the roller-wheels engage with the liquid tubing. Fortunately, these fluctuations are predictable allowing adaptive techniques to be deployed. In this paper we will examine these phenomena in more detail and demonstrate how high pumping accuracies are achievable with the use of an adaptive control method.
  
  
• Availability of Innovative Developer Kit for BLDC Motors Developed in Partnership with Portescap
  The new PCR 56/06 EC SD developer kit combines PMD's ION®/CME N-Series Digital Drives with Portescap's world-class BLDC motors to deliver a superior motion control solution across a range of diverse applications. The developer kit is available immediately from Portescap. Built using PMD’s ultra compact N-Series ION, the developer kits combine industry-leading motor and motion control expertise and meet the needs of customers searching for a proven, state-of-the-art solution with a short development time from prototype to production. It is specifically designed to help Portescap customers quickly evaluate their motors and drive their innovations forward, while ensuring compatibility and optimization between motors and motion control technology.

• Ventilator Control
  Medical Ventilator Control means motion control of one or more pumps to provide, or assist with, patient breathing. Medical ventilators are a vital tool for patient care and come in a few forms which in turn can use several different pump types including piston pumps, diaphragm pumps, compressors, and vacuum pumps.
  
  

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