Includes bibliographical references and index.

""Title Page""; ""Copyright""; ""Dedication""; ""Acknowledgements""; ""1: Introduction""; ""1.1 Targeted Readership""; ""1.2 Motion System History""; ""1.3 Suggested Library for Motion System Design""; ""Reference""; ""2: Control Theory Overview""; ""2.1 Classic Differential/Integral Equation Approach""; ""2.2 LaPlace Transform-the S Domain""; ""2.3 The Transfer Function""; ""2.4 Open versus Closed Loop Control""; ""2.5 Stability""; ""2.6 Basic Mechanical and Electrical Systems""; ""2.7 Sampled Data Systems/Digital Control""; ""References""; ""3: System Components""

""3.1 Motors and Amplifiers""""3.2 Gearheads""; ""3.3 Leadscrews and Ballscrews""; ""3.4 Belt and Pulley""; ""3.5 Rack and Pinion""; ""3.6 Clutches and Brakes""; ""3.7 Servo Couplings""; ""3.8 Feedback Devices""; ""References""; ""Additional Readings""; ""4: System Design""; ""4.1 Position, Velocity, Acceleration, Jerk, Resolution, Accuracy, Repeatability""; ""4.2 Three Basic Loops â€" Current/Voltage, Velocity, Position""; ""4.3 The Velocity Profile""; ""4.4 Feed Forward""; ""4.5 Inertia""; ""4.6 Shaft Compliance""; ""4.7 Compensation""; ""4.8 Nonlinear Effects""

""4.9 The Eight Basic Building Blocks""""References""; ""5: System Examples â€" Design and Simulation""; ""5.1 Linear Motor Drive""; ""5.2 Print Cylinder Control""; ""5.3 Conveyor System â€" Clutch/Brake Control""; ""5.4 Bang-Bang Servo (Slack Loop System)""; ""5.5 Wafer Spinner""; ""Appendix""; ""A.1 Brushless Motor Speed/Torque Curves""; ""A.2 Inertia Calculation â€" Excel Program""; ""A.3 Time Constants versus Viscous Damping Constant""; ""A.4 Current Drive Review""; ""A.5 Conversion Factors""; ""A.6 Work and Power""; ""A.7 I2R Losses""; ""A.8 Copper Resistivity""; ""Index""

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