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href="https://www.motioncontroltips.com/announcing-the-2024-leap-awards-in-motion-control/">Announcing the 2024 LEAP Awards in motion control</a></h4></header><div class="entry-content"><p>Now in its seventh year, Design World’s annual Awards in Leadership in Engineering Achievement Program highlights innovation and engineering … <a href="https://www.motioncontroltips.com/announcing-the-2024-leap-awards-in-motion-control/" class="more-link">[Read More...] <span class="screen-reader-text">about Announcing the 2024 LEAP Awards in motion control</span></a></p></div></article><article class="post-26675 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail category-sensors tag-posital entry" aria-label="POSITAL upgrades acceleration-compensated dynamic TILTIX inclinometers"><a href="https://www.motioncontroltips.com/posital-upgrades-acceleration-compensated-dynamic-tiltix-inclinometers/" class="alignleft" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"><img width="150" height="150" 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href="https://www.motioncontroltips.com/four-new-power-transmission-and-motion-control-categories-introduced-for-pie-technology-platform/">Four new power transmission and motion control categories introduced for PIE Technology Platform</a></h4></header><div class="entry-content"><p>Bearing Specialists Association (BSA) and the Power Transmission Distributors Association (PTDA) announce the introduction of conveyors (material … <a href="https://www.motioncontroltips.com/four-new-power-transmission-and-motion-control-categories-introduced-for-pie-technology-platform/" class="more-link">[Read More...] <span class="screen-reader-text">about Four new power transmission and motion control categories introduced for PIE Technology Platform</span></a></p></div></article><article class="post-26662 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail category-actuators category-grippers-end-effectors tag-physikinstrumente tag-pi entry" aria-label="PI’s motion-amplified piezo actuators 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