Brushless DC motors are common place in RC Vehicles. They are small, light, fast and can be inexpensive. [Raynerd] wanted a new spindle for his CNC machine and thought that a brushless DC motor would ...

In this article, I’ll dig into a couple of things you need to know when it comes to using salvaged hard disc drive spindle motors. Most electronics hobbyists think that such hard disc drive spindle ...

Modern machine tools continue to make technical advances, thanks in large part to ongoing improvements and fine-tuning in computer numerical control (CNC) machining. Over the past 60 years or so, CNC ...

While cheap hobby CNC mills and routers are great machines that allow you to build things a 3D printer just can’t handle, they do have their limitations. They’re usually powered by a Dremel or other ...

Spindle motors - Siemens Industry Inc. The new 1PH8 family of high-performance induction-motor drives and servomotors are for heavy-duty machine tool and motion-control applications. Available in 2.8 ...

The GP6S micro spindle gear has a diameter of six millimeters and is now also available in a metal version to provide a spindle drive with optimized value. The GP6S micro spindle gear has a diameter ...

I know very little about electronics but I decided to have some fun using old parts. After taking apart a hard drive I wanted to make the motor spin and this is where my question comes in. My electric ...

The guanosine tri-phosphatase Ran stimulates assembly of microtubule spindles. However, it is not known what aspects of the microtubule cytoskeleton are subject to regulation by Ran in mitosis. Here ...

Scientists have discovered yet another function for β-secretase (BACE1), the enzyme that kick-starts amyloidogenic processing of the amyloid-β precursor protein. In the June 21 EMBO Journal, ...