13th Mar 2008
This year HMK is once again joining forces with Siemens to bring you the very latest in motion control and industrial automation at the Drives & Control Exhibition on April 22nd - 24th at the NEC, Birmingham. Drives & Control will be co-located with the following other exhibitions - Electrex, MACH, Airtech, Subcon...more
10th Mar 2008
The new Siemens SINAMICS G120 series of frequency converters is designed to provide precise and cost-effective speed/torque control of AC motors. With different device versions (frame sizes FSA to FSF) in an output range of 0.37 kW to 90 kW, it is suitable for a wide variety of drive solutions. SINAMICS G120 is a modular...more
3rd Mar 2008
HMK are now supplying the new Parker Aries and Acro Loop Servo Drive. ETHERNET Powerlink expands the Aries family by adding real-time motion control over standard Ethernet. The high-speed digital communications network enhances machine performance and configuration possibilities while reducing set-up time and installation...more
28th Feb 2008
The Siemens SINAMICS S120 drive system is the basis for industrial, high-performance applications in the fields of mechanical and system engineering. Numerous harmonized components and functions are available to design optimal solutions. SINAMICS S120 provides powerful single drives and coordinated drives (multiple-axis...more
13th Dec 2007
Using ironless motors, linear positioners achieve high performance at an economical cost while having the design flexibility to accommodate customisation. Parker, a leading supplier of motion control technology, has added to its family of Trilogy I-Force positioners. Built around the 110 model of Trilogy's I-Force...more
29th Nov 2007
Siemens has chosen HMK to be their exclusive technology partner for motion control and drives in the UK. HMK's 12 year relationship with Siemens enables us to provide our customers with expert commercial and technical knowledge that assists them in growing their business. Our customers are OEM's and System...more
28th Nov 2007
HMK, the UK's leading independent supplier of drives and motion control equipment and solutions to the machine building and factory automation markets have launched a new 330 page interactive website. Working with our key global supplier partners - Siemens, Neugart, Parker and Atlanta the site covers the full product range of Drives,...more
27th Nov 2007
Siemens Automation and Drives (A&D) has expanded its scalable motion control system to include the Simotion D410, a controller for single-axis applications. The single-axis controller is particularly...more
17th Oct 2007
When designing planetary gearboxes within production machines, there is often the requirement to mount the gearbox through side plates. In these situations there is a preference to get the bearings close to the pulley / gear and also to gain full use of the shaft length. This can be facilitated by having a deep spigot on the gear head....more
16th Oct 2007
The concept of a PLC and motion control in a drive format is not new, however the Parker Compax3 now takes this to the next level. The CoDeSys programmed Compax3 features a full PLC Open motion library, supporting every conceivable motion format up to electronic CAMs and programmes extending to 5,000 instructions. In addition, using...more