Motion Control Buyers' Guide
Horne Technologies
Horne Technologies

Betty's Bay

fax:  
+27 86 653 5225
cell:  
+27 76 563 2084
email:  
[email protected]
url:  
www.hornet.cc

Core business offering: optics; encoders; precision mechanics; motion control and high speed photography. Standard and custom raw optics and optomechanics; specialist motion equipment (fine scale - precise miniature motors and micro- and nano-positioning stages); all aspects of specialist and high-speed photography, including cameras, lighting and technical services advice.


Collins, Henry
Sales Engineer
[email protected]
Collins, Kara
Sales
[email protected]
Andor Technology
(Shared Agency)
Arcus Technology
(Sole Distributor/Sole Agency)
BaysSpec
(Sole Distributor/Sole Agency)
Cool Muscle
(Sole Distributor/Sole Agency)
Empire Magentics
(Sole Distributor/Sole Agency)
Exlar
(Shared Agency)
Faulhaber
(Sole Distributor/Sole Agency)
Gewinde
(Sole Distributor/Sole Agency)
GL Optic
(Sole Distributor/Sole Agency)
Hohner
(Sole Distributor/Sole Agency)
Knight Optical
(Sole Distributor/Sole Agency)
LAM Technologies
(Shared Agency)
Nippon Bearing
(Sole Distributor/Sole Agency)
Optronis
(Sole Distributor/Sole Agency)
Physik Instrumente
(Sole Distributor/Sole Agency)
Rose + Krieger
(Sole Distributor/Sole Agency, System Integrator/Installer)
Telops
(Sole Distributor/Sole Agency)
Vision Research
(Sole Distributor/Sole Agency)
WZOPTIC
(Sole Distributor/Sole Agency)
Zaber Technologies
(Sole Distributor/Sole Agency)
Section - Actuators & manipulators
-Linear
- Electro-linear
- Other
- Servo
- Stepper
-Mechanical
- Screw jacks
-Rotary
- Servo
- Stepper
Section - Control systems & components
-Programmable controls
- PAC
- PC-based
- PLC
-Visualisation
- HMI
-Controllers
- Electro-mechanical
Section - Electro, mechanical, hydraulic, pneumatic systems, including mechatronics & robotics
-Robotics & mechatronics
- Mechatronic components
- Peripherals; Grippers
- Peripherals; Vision systems
- Research
- Robots
Section - Gauges, indicators, transmitters, sensors, encoders & switches
-Encoders
- Linear
- Rotary
- Synchros & resolvers
-Other
- Analytical instrumentation
-Presence sensors
- Vision systems
-Transmitters & transducers
- Tacho generators
Section - Maintenance, Reliability & Asset Optimisation
-Shaft power
- Bearings; Ball bearings
- Bearings; Pre-mounted
- Bearings; Roller
Section - Motors, drives & motor controllers
-Controller motor combinations
-Controllers
-Motors
-Controller motor sets
- DC; Motor controller combination; Closed loop
- DC; Motor controller combination; Open loop
- DC; Pulse width modulation (PWM); Closed loop
- DC; Pulse width modulation (PWM); Open loop
-DC controllers & starters
- Current control; Fractional kW
- Voltage control; Fractional kW
-DC Motors
- Brushless
- Fractional kW
- Geared
- Permanent magnet
- Servomotor; Geared
- Servomotor; Ungeared
-Other electric motors
- Stepper
Section - Power transmission & distribution
-Shaft power
- Bearings; Ball bearings
- Bearings; Pre-mounted
- Bearings; Roller
Section - Services
-Design & engineering
- Engineering
News from Horne Technologies:
Time follows function
Third Quarter 2023, Electrical switching & drive systems & components, Editor's Choice, Horne Technologies

What would a mechanical watch look like if it was reimagined and redeveloped from the bottom up? Master watchmaker Benoît Mintiens asked himself this question. He came up with a unique mechanism in the world of mechanical timepieces, a wristwatch that ‘sleeps’ when you take it off and wakes up when you put it back on, setting the correct time automatically.

Small robots in big telescopes
Fourth Quarter 2022, Electrical switching & drive systems & components, Horne Technologies

SDSS is a cooperative alliance of astrophysicists from around the world. They have already presented the largest 3D map of the universe, a milestone in astronomical research. Equipped with numerous ...

Intelligent modular system for quick solutions
Third Quarter 2022, Electrical switching & drive systems & components, Horne Technologies

Since the beginning of the coronavirus crisis, the pharmaceutical industry has been under pressure to realise the highest possible levels of automation. This requires a number of new analysis and testing ...

High torque in a short length
First Quarter 2022, Electrical switching & drive systems & components, Horne Technologies

More and more applications in the areas of robotics, prosthetics, laboratory automation, medical device technology, pumps and aircraft cabin equipment require high torque in a very short length. Faulhaber ...

Powerful and extremely miniaturised
Fourth Quarter 2021, Electrical switching & drive systems & components, Horne Technologies

With the new MC3001 motion controllers, available as MC 3001 B (board-to-board connectors) or MC3001P (28-pin plug connector), Faulhaber rounds out the MC V3.0 generation of controllers at the lower end ...

Less than 7 millimetres for fully integrated speed controller
First Quarter 2021, Electrical switching & drive systems & components, Horne Technologies

The BXT motor family, consisting of brushless DC servomotors with an especially short design, was expanded in all sizes with a diameter-compliant, integrated speed controller. With an additional attachment ...

Surfing back to Earth
First Quarter 2021, Electrical switching & drive systems & components, Editor's Choice, Horne Technologies

How did life actually form on Earth? Even today this question still has not been definitively answered. There are, however, signs that asteroids or comets played an important role. In the search for additional ...

Less than 7 millimetres for fully integrated speed controller
Fourth Quarter 2020, Electrical switching & drive systems & components, Horne Technologies

The BXT motor family, consisting of brushless DC servomotors with an especially short design, was expanded in all sizes with a diameter-compliant, integrated speed controller. With an additional attachment ...

Evolved drive systems
Third Quarter 2020, Electrical switching & drive systems & components, Horne Technologies

Drive specialist Faulhaber has once again demonstrated its competence as a system provider and has extended its BXT flat motor series by adding corresponding gearheads and integrated encoders as well ...

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