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International Space Station Crew 3D-Prints Meat In Space For The First Time!
For the first time in the history of space, meat was ‘created’ on the International Space Station (ISS) and no animals were harmed in the making of this 3D bio-printed ‘space beef.' On October 7, Aleph Farms, an Israeli food company, announced that its experiment aboard the space lab resulted in the...
3D printer filament extruder and production line
Since the drop in the price, 3D printers become popular to be used. However,once you are a owner of a 3D printer you will soon realize that your wallet is become more and more thin. Yes,you need plastic filament to print what you want. But the price for these filaments tend to top the actual materia...
Recyclable Items - Recycling
What is recyclable? Recyclable definition, to treat or process (used or waste materials) so as to make suitable for reuse: recycling paper to save trees, recycling can prevent the waste of potentially useful materials and reduce the consumption of fresh raw materials, thereby reducing: energy usage,...
Reflow or Wave Soldering Ventilation
Soldering Ventilation Either reflow soldering or wave soldering for batch production we need to consider of the soldering ventilation indeed. Questions: "(a) The fume from the reflow or wave soldering machine is leaking to the surrounding although it is enclosed and attached to the local exhaust ven...
Stepper driver for 3D Printer?
Stepper Driver I've heard there is accident that user do Not apply a stepper driver to make the stepper motor work, but connect the stepper motor to power supply directly, the result is the stepper burn stupidly. It's Not a joke. Let's check out the stepper driver series that companies has bring us....
Stepper or servo cylinder
What is cylinder? Let's check out what's the definition of Cylinder Wikipedia has given. "A cylinder is the central working part of a reciprocating engine or pump, the space in which a piston travels. Multiple cylinders are commonly arranged side by side in a bank, or engine block, which is typicall...
Bipolar or unipolar stepper motor
Two phase stepper motor There are two basic winding arrangements for the electromagnetic coils in a two phase stepper motor, one being bipolar and the other unipolar. A unipolar stepper motor has one winding with center tap per phase. Each section of windings is switched on for each direction of mag...
Stepper motorized
Definition of Stepper Motorized What is stepper motorized? In view of RobotDigg stepper motorized is all kind of item, product or project using stepper motor as the drive unit. It's widely used in many industries, as example 3D printer "stepstruder", a word created by MakerBot. The main component of...
X-plane 11 Flight Simulator
What is X-plane? X-Plane is a flight simulator produced by Laminar Research. X-Plane can be used professionally with the correct license, or used personally. A personal use desktop version is available for macOS, Windows, and Linux, while a mobile version is available for Android, iOS, and webOS. X-...
Integrated Stepper Motorized Rotary Table
Rotary TableInstruction on how to operate with RobotDigg integrated stepper motorized rotary table? This is the power interface, the input voltage is 24VDC , and the current is 3A. Be careful that the positive and negative poles can’t be reversed when wiring, otherwise the driver will be burnt. This...
Linear rail comparison of HIWIN vs RobotDigg 440C SUS vs GCr15 hardened steel
Hi Guys, today we want to show you the difference between linear rails from different sources. Here you can see there are three same type linear rails which are HIWIN origin, RobotDigg 440C stainless steel and GCr15 or hardened steel China mainland copy. All the rails and carriages was put in the ai...
How to Maintain a Reflow Oven?
Reflow Oven Maintenance Proper reflow oven maintenance can extend its life cycle, keep the machine in good condition, and improve production efficiency and product quality. One of the most important tasks for properly maintaining a reflow oven is remove the built-up flux residue inside the oven's ch...
Stepper motorized syringe pump
Syringe pump How to control syringe pump using stepper motor? Arduino, easy driver and stepper motor, joystick and limit switch? Stepper moves CW and CCW When hits limit switch 1 turns direction and again when hits limit switch 2 turns to other side When limit switches are pushed in the same time to...
MPG Pendant, Mach3 or Mach4
MPG Pendant What is MPG Pendant? MPG Pendant stands for Manual Pulse Generator Pendant or Handwheel(Chinese translation?) A manual pulse generator (MPG) is a device for generating electrical pulses (short bursts of low current) in electronic systems under the control of a human operator (manually), ...
Selection of peristaltic pump system
Stepper Motor Peristaltic Pump Peristaltic pump system is mainly divided into three parts: peristaltic pump head, peristaltic pump pipe and peristaltic pump driver. 1. Selection of pump heads. 1, the pump head is divided into single channel and multi-channel transport fluid. 2. Hose should be replac...
Teflon coated lead screw
Teflon coated lead screw 1. Stainless steel lead screws why teflon coating is applied? 2. Teflon or PTFE solid lubricant get rid of what problems? 3. Teflon coated lead screw threaded linear stepper motor. Lead screws are one of the most common and cost-effective tools used to convert rotary motion ...
What is Simulink?
Simulink, an add-on product to MATLAB, provides an interactive, graphical environment for modeling, simulating, and analyzing of dynamic systems. It enables rapid construction of virtual prototypes to explore design concepts at any level of detail with minimal effort. For modeling, Simulink provides...
TYPES OF PULLEY MOUNTING
Timing Pulley Classification by Mounting Beginning with the most inexpensive options, good for fitting into tight budget scenarios where the load is not a big constraint, set screws provide security for only the lowest loads. These use friction of the set screw against a set screw flat on the shaft ...
ACME vs Trapezoidal Threads
ACME and trapezoidal threaded products appear similar at a glance. In fact, these two threads were developed around the same time and are more similar than different. What is the difference between ACME thread and trapezoidal thread, and which should you choose? Until the late 1800s, square threads ...
The world of Timing Belts
Timing belts are parts of synchronous drives which represent an important category of drives. Characteristically, these drives employ the positive engagement of two sets of meshing teeth. Hence, they do not slip and there is no relative motion between the two elements in mesh. Due to this feature, d...
RC Servo Spline Chart
How many splines does your RC Servo have? Here is a listing to help you to select the right horn for the RC Servo. Pay close attention to your servo, some servos are rebadged servos from other brands. This is the case of the Hobbico CS-170 that uses 24 splines (Hitec) instead of 25 splines tradition...
Kicad, Altium, OrCad vs Eagle
KiCad is a free software suite for electronic design automation. It facilitates the design of schematics for electronic circuits and their conversion to PCB designs. KiCad was originally developed by Jean-Pierre Charras. It features an integrated environment for schematic capture and PCB layout desi...
Flexible Silicone Rubber Heaters
Flexible heater element Silicone Rubber Heater Silicone Rubber Heater have wire-wound or etched foil heating elements protected by fiberglass-reinforced silicone rubber vulcanized and compressed at high temperature and press. They are thin, bendable and shaped to fit almost any equipment. Heat can b...
Silicon or Silicone Rubber?
Silicon or Silicone, is it the same? Silicon and silicone, it may come as a surprise that they are two very different things. Silicon is a naturally chemical element, whereas silicone is a synthetic substance, so we say Silicone Rubber not silicon rubber. Silicon readily bonds with oxygen and is rar...