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Insulfoam Cutter running on PBC linear guide
- 11/25/08
Running along an Integral V track, the drill rig can move more precisely and excel in the dusty environment while using fewer mounting components.
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Rockwell Automation to supply automation to Chinese Provincial Government
- 10/29/08
Rockwell to supply automation technologies to help Hebei provincial government upgrade traditional industries. |
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Okuma integrates THINC with SAP
- 10/07/08
SAP software can be installed on THe Intelligent Numeric Control (THINC) instead of relying on a stand-alone computer to provide the necessary link. |
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ABB to automate steel mill in Sweden
- 10/01/08
ABB will supply electrical and automation equipment for SSAB’s steel mill in Borlänge, Sweden, including System 800xA, ACS800drive systems, motors and MNS switchgear. |
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Peugeot uses Itris PLC Checker to verify compliance of PLC programs
- 09/09/08
Thousands of PLCs control the assembly lines of PSA Peugeot Citroën. To ensure the quality of programs that operate those PLCs, Peugeot decided to put coding rules in place. |
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GM Targets Scalable Automation
Automation World, August 2008
GM plans to launch a pilot project in an Asia-Pacific plant that relies on a reduced-footprint control system based on Rockwell Automation ControlLogix PACs, for which GM engineers have written scaled-down code based on GM’s common software specification, and a Windows CE-based module that resides in one of the ControlLogix controllers.
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Vishay to install Rider Roll System in Canadian Paper Mill
- 07/25/08
The Rider Roll System, to be delivered to NewPage's Port Hawkesbury mill, will use strain gage-based load cells to control the winding process of finished rolls. |
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Lebedyansky installs Elettric 80 automation system
Process & Control Today, June 2008
Lebedyansky, the largest natural juice producer in Eastern Europe, ordered Freeway, a complete end-of-line automation solution, for its production and storage facility in Lebedyan, Russia. Elettric 80 will supply ten single line Eagle palletising robots, two Laser Guided Vehicles (LGVs) with a four pallet capacity, and two stretch wrappers.
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Heason supplies position systems for ISIS facility
Process & Control Today, June 2008
ISIS uses neutron scattering as a non-destructive tool that can penetrate and reveal the molecular structure of materials using beams of neutrons and incredibly sensitive detectors. ISIS awarded a contract to Heason Technology to provide neutron beam modifying Jaw Packages for the Wish and nimrod instruments on its new Second Target Station.
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Robust panels put wind in WES’ sails
Control Engineering Europe, June 2008
Wind Energy Solutions (WES), manufacturer of wind power turbines, equipped its new control cabinet with operator panels from Beijer Electronics.
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Thyssen opts for Cognex vision
Control Engineering Europe, June 2008
In the last year, the Bremen site installed 120 In-Sight sensors. In the six years prior to that over 320 vision sensors, from the In-Sight product family and around 24 PC-based systems with VisionPro were integrated at the same site. The sensors are placed on robotic arms on the assembly line in order to verify engine motor assembly.
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Honeywell to automate Finnish paperboard plant
- 05/29/08
Honeywell will provide its Experion PKS, Da Vinci Quality Control System, and motion controls to Stromsdal Oyj’s paperboard plant in Juankoski, Finland. |
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ICS Triplex to install compressor control system on North Sea platform
- 05/09/08
The Trusted T6300 system will be installed onto CNRI’s Murchison platform in the North Sea in 2009 to monitor and control a gas-lift process. |
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Chinese Oil Refinery Protected By Netherlocks
Process Industry Informer, April 2008
One of the largest oil-refining projects in China, the Xinjiang Dushanzi Project, is due to have 718 valve safety devices from Netherlocks BV installed. The valve interlocks eliminate the potential for human error in processes which involve the operation of manual valves, requiring safe procedure to be followed. Until the correct, unique key is inserted, the Multi-Rotation Lock will not allow the valve to be operated.
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HEIDENHAIN encoders help position telescope
- 04/13/08
The largest optical telescope in the northern hemisphere, the Gran Telescopio Canarias (Grantecan) on La Palma, Spain, uses HEIDENHAIN model ERA 780C angle encoders.
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ABB provides Gearless Mill Drives to U.S. molybdenum project
- 03/20/08
ABB was awarded a $13 million contract to provide GMD systems and related equipment for General Moly's new Mount Hope pure molybdenum development project, in Central Nevada, USA. |
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ABB to automate mine hoist system in Sweden
- 03/02/08
ABB will supply a System 800xA control system, motor, drive system ACS 6000 SD, installation and commissioning. |
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ABB to automate fertilizer plant in Chile
- 02/26/08
ABB won a contract worth $123 million to design, construct, and provide System 800xA automation for a new fertilizer processing plant in Chile. |
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ABB to control mine hoist at Jinchuan Nickel in China
- 02/11/08
ABB will supply System 800xA control system, motors, drive system, switchgear, and measuring and unloading equipment for the new mine hoist. |
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ABB to supply power and automation for Vietnam cement plant
- 02/05/08
ABB will supply $25 million of power and automation equipment to maximize productivity, monitor energy use and minimize energy consumption at a new cement plant. |
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Sensors check seat belts for safety
- 02/05/08
When building a replacement rig for a seatbelt manufacturer, Mindready Solutions Solutions used a transducer from Sensor Technology and found previously undetected large torque oscillations. |
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X-Ray Inspection System checks circuit boards
- 02/05/08
Plexus, uses Agilent's Medalist x6000 Automated X-ray Inspection system to finds defects in solder joints. |
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ABB to supply automation for pulp and paper mill in Australia
- 01/25/08
ABB will supply $50 million worth of power and automation systems for a new paperboard production line at the Visy Tumut mill in New South Wales, Australia.
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SMAC LXY actuators automate testing of air bags
- 01/24/08
Moving Coil Actuators (MCA) are now used for measuring & testing safety critical air bag components. |
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Weigh feeder uses A-B switches, terminal blocks and drives
- 01/14/08
Schenck AccuRate gravimetric feeders use Bulletin 800 F-series switches, terminal blocks and Allen-Bradley PowerFlex 4 variable frequency drives. |
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ABB supplies automation for aluminum smelter in UAE
- 01/10/08
ABB won a $30-million contract from Emirates Aluminum Company to supply automation and protection systems for a new aluminum smelter near Abu Dhabi. |
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ABB controls waste-to-energy power plant in Germany
- 01/07/08
ABB is supplying power and automation for a waste-to-energy power plant that will generate clean heat and power for one of the biggest chemical and pharmaceutical parks in Europe.
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ABB to deliver two Gearless Mill Drive systems for Climax Mine in CO
- 12/12/07
One unit, rated at 15,000 HP (11.2 MW), will power a 34 feet (10.36 meter) semi-autogenous mill. The other unit, rated at 12,000 HP (8.9 MW), will drive a 22 feet (6.7 meter) ball mill. |
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Hydril Chooses eXtremeDB-HA for Undersea Drilling Control System
- 12/12/07
Hydril Company has chosen fault-tolerant eXtremeDB High Availability™ (HA) in-memory embedded database system from McObject and its remote procedure call (RPC) implementation running on the QNX Neutrino realtime operating system (RTOS) for key data management and network communication roles in its new pressure control technology for oil and gas drilling.
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NAS wins automation/control contract with City of Tuscon
- 12/10/07
National Automation Services, Inc. and Intecon Controls Inc. located in Tempe Arizona announce the signing of an automation control contract for the City of Tucson to build required control and compressor panels for water wells located throughout the city. |
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ABB wins $25-million order for drive systems at Platinum mill in South Africa
- 12/04/07
ABB will deliver two gearless mill drive systems to help run the ore-grinding equipment at Anglo Platinum’s mill in Mokopane, about 280 kilometers north-east of Johannesburg. |
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Acorn Industrial Services assists with animatronic human
- 12/03/07
The 26ft high animated replica of a famous American footballer is the creation of an award winning team at the London-based SFX company Artem. |
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Virginia Tech uses NI LabVIEW to win 3rd Place in DARPA Race
- 11/12/07
Virginia Tech won the $500,000 third place prize at the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) Urban Challenge. |
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Virginia Tech Students use LabVIEW to develop humanoid robot
- 10/29/07
DARwIn achieves full range of motion and accurately imitates human movement. |
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Vishay to install reel optimizing system in U.S. paper mill
Process and Control Today, September 2007
By John Houston
Vishay Intertechnology received an order from Bowater Incorporated to install a Reel Optimizing System in its Grenada, Mississippi paper mill. Vishay’s Reel Optimizing System is designed to provide online measurement and control of all force and movement, on each side of the machine.
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Siemens to supply controls for Korean steel mill
- 09/28/07
Siemens will supply mechanical equipment and automation systems for a new 5 meter wide plate mill being built by Dongkuk Steel Mill Co. in Dangjin, Korea. |
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Emerson installs turbine control system retrofit at CPS Energy
- 09/27/07
Emerson completed a WDPF-to-Ovation migration and turbine control system retrofit at CPS Energy's J.K. Spruce Power Plant Unit 1, a 550-MW unit located at Calaveras Lake, near San Antonio. |
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ABB to control pulp mill in Brazil
- 09/20/07
ABB won a contract worth $33 million to provide equipment and services for a pulp mill under construction in Brazil.The mill will be located in the Tres Lagoas, Mato Grosso do Sul.
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ATS to provide automated equipment for Korean nuclear plant
- 09/10/07
ATS will provide a volume reduction system that extracts the reactor core channels and crushes them into a waste container. . |
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Rexroth Servos Help Bandage Packaging Line Boost Speed, Improve Flexibility
Design World On Line, August 2007
Rexroth controller, drives, motors, HMI and motion profile make faster production speeds stick at Aso bandage company, giving them more productivity on the packaging line and allowing them to remove an entire machine in the process.
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Rexroth Control System Helps Semicon Machine Shatter Production Speed Records
Design World On Line, August 2007
To help set a production record, the new ST-868 machine has dozens of motors and several hundred digital I/O points. It uses a FirePoint IEEE 1394 motion control solution from Bosch Rexroth. |
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Lenze delivers panel to Cobble Blackburn for high speed tufting machines
Process and Control Today, August 2007
By John Houston, Editor
The panel contains IPC and PLC controls plus five axes of servo drives and a single inverter axis. Cobble Blackburn are at the forefront of tufting technology with hundreds of machines in use worldwide. Carpets are creating by the tufting process which uses needles to insert a woven fibre into a backing web. |
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Lenze Delivers Servo and AC Drive Solution For Corrugated Board Printing Machine
Process and Control Today, August 2007
By John Houston, Editor
PLCs plus Lenze PositionServo drives, servomotors and smd Series AC inverter drives are used on a corrugated board printing machine. Used to change the height, position and pressure of the print feed rollers, the movement is relatively simple but requires fast dynamic response and high precision. |
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Precision Of Manufacture Was The Key Component
Process and Control Today, August 2007
By John Houston, Editor
The ability to butt linear rails together quickly and easily in the field and be assured that journals would run over the joints without any loss of precision was one of the main reasons why the HepcoMotion SL2 Stainless Steel system was selected by OC Robotics for a nuclear application. |
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Siemens to supply Baggage Handling Systems at LAX
The $61.9 million contract is for construction of a 100% inline baggage screening system in three terminals at Los Angeles International Airport. |
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ABB to supply $56 million in automation for steel mill in China
- 08/23/07
ABB will provide automation equipment and electrical systems for a high-efficiency steel mill to be built by Zhangjiagang GTA Plate Co. in eastern China.
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ABB helps Stora Enso paper mill slash emissions
- 08/22/07
The Skoghall paper mill in central Sweden cut carbon dioxide emissions by about 170,000 tons a year following a two-year revamp costing 211 million euros ($290 million).
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Invensys completes control upgrade at Columbia nuclear plant
- 08/20/07
Invensys supplied a Triconex TMR (triple-modular redundant) Tricon turbomachinery control system for integrated turbine protection and reactor pressure control. |
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Vishay to install Reel Optimizing System in paper mill
- 08/17/07
Vishay received an order from Bowater Incorporated to install a reel optimizing system in its Grenada, Mississippi, paper mill.
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PSI Engineering speeds up pharmaceutical packaging line
- 08/15/07
Bastian Material Handling used the LC In-Feeder 3000 system from PSI to increase speed and bar code tracking of biopharmaceutical inserts.
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Hydraulic Pitch Drives for Wind Energy Turbines
- 08/03/07
Hydraulic pitch drives from Bosch Rexroth help maximize the value of wind energy by enabling turbines to shift automatically with changes in wind velocity |
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ABB supplies conveyor controls to Greek lignite mines
- 07/25/07
Five System 800xAs will control 250 belt conveyors at five lignite mines in Greece. The job includes 300 AC 800M controllers and 100,000 I/O. |
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Siemens drives world's longest conveyor belt
- 07/20/07
Siemens equipped a 19-km conveyor belt system with drive systems for Alcoa, Rockdale, Texas. The conveyor belt system transports coal from the Three Oaks Mine. |
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Siemens sells automation systems to two Chinese rolling mills
- 07/20/07
Siemens is supplying the basic and process automation for two plants, from the furnace exit side for the roughing and finishing mills, laminar-flow-cooling sections, up to the coilers, including the coil conveyors.
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Dial Tool saves design time with Misumi components
- 07/17/07
Dial Tool makes custom automation equipment. In one case, by using Misumi compnents, it reduced design time from 20 hours to 20 min. |
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KUKA robots dispense glazing for polycarbonate windows
- 07/16/07
EXATEC of Wixom, MI, is using KUKA robots to integrate newly developed defroster technology with their automotive glazing systems. |
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ABB Robots handle ceramic tiles
- 06/29/07
Robots assemble and manipulate tiles and mosaics; prepare tiles for gluing; and apply a new type of adhesive to hold the tiles during subsequent phases of transportation and application. |
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Siemens supplies controls to cement plant in Libya
- 06/22/07
Siemens received an order from German CEMAG Anlagenbau GmbH, Hameln, to supply equipment for a new kiln line in the Zliten cement plant in Libya. |
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Siemens to build new temper mill for Nucor Steel
- 06/13/07
Siemens Metals Technologies will add a new wide Temper Mill to Nucor's existing Cut-to-Length Line.
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Baldor's Ethernet-based motion control system simplifies labeling machines
- 06/13/07
Motion control components based on Ethernet Powerlink is being used by Harland Machine Systems, manufacturer of linear labeling machines. |
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SeayCo Integrators improves distribution center sortation
- 05/31/07
SeayCo Integrators used Rockwell Automation Integrated Architecture to achieve 99.5 percent read accuracy at McLane Company's distribution center.
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Siemens supplies drives and automation for rolling mill in China
- 05/18/07
Siemens landed orders from Baoshan Iron & Steel Group Co. Ltd. in Shanghai to supply drive and automation equipment for the modernization of the Hot Strip Rolling Mill No. 1 and expansion of the plate mill. |
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Misumi supplies mechanical parts to Farris Automated Systems
- 05/10/07
FAS developed an ultrasonic welding and tubing cutoff machine using Misumi's locating pins, linear shafts, linear bushings, stopper blocks, timing belts, timing pulleys and hexagonal posts. |
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Torque sensor from Sensor Technology replaces slip rings in aircraft
- 05/03/07
TorqSense transducer uses a RF link to constantly monitor shaft torque in the UK's Nimrod reconnaissance and attack aircraft. |
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Sensor Technology's torque sensor validates sprinkler systems
- 05/03/07
Replacing a torque meter with a torque sensor has revolutionized the validating process for Fireset sprinkler systems built by Grundfos Pumps Ltd. in Leighton Buzzard, UK. |
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Empire Magnetics keeps Cirque du Soleil splashing
- 05/01/07
One of Empire's custom motor gearbox assemblies made it into show business as an unnoticed yet essential co-star in “O” by Cirque du Soleil at Bellagio in Las Vegas, Nevada. |
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MTS Sensors work in pharmaceutical applications
- 04/24/07
MTS is supplying its E- and C-Series Temposonics magnetostrictive sensors to the pharmaceutical industry for processing and packaging applications. |
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KUKA provides robots to Lawrence Technological Univ
- 04/16/07
KUKA will provide robots for the master of science in Mechatronic Systems Engineering (MSMSE) degree program at Lawrence Technological University of Southfield, Michigan, the first program of its kind in the United States. |
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Imprinting machine uses Baumüller's servo direct drives
- 04/12/07
Baumüller's servo axes are used in the EDM 200 developed by Sondermaschinen Oschersleben GmbH (SMO). With a straight width of just two meters, this machine can complete small and rapid print jobs with high cost-efficiency. |
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KUKA to supply robots for injection molding systems
- 04/11/07
Mack Molding will use KUKA shelf-mount robots to handle machine tending requirements on injection molding machines ranging in size from 500 to 3350 tons. Mack Molding is a custom plastics molder and supplier of contract manufacturing services. |
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ICS Triplex ISaGRAF works with Beck Embedded Web Controller
- 04/02/07
ISaGRAF is compatible with Beck's IPC@CHIPR SC123/SC143 series of embedded web controllers. By using ISaGRAF 5, IPC@CHIPR users have the option of using the IEC 61499 standard to easily create distributed control applications. |
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Wonderware to supply software to Mitsubishi PLCs
- 04/02/07
Mitsubishi will integrate Wonderware software into its e-F@ctory MES solutions and PLCs. |
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Bosch Rexroth hydraulics to turn world’s largest wheel
- 04/02/07
Bosch Rexroth will supply hydraulic drives for the 678-foot high Great Beijing Wheel at the 2008 Olympic Games. Bosch will provide project engineering, shipment and installation of the complete hydraulic drive and control systems, as well as the automation for the passenger boarding stations. |
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ISA-SP100 group accepts wireless draft standard
- 03/30/07
At a recent ISA-SP100.11a working group meeting in Karlsruhe, Germany, 60 attendees unanimously approved the scope and systems architecture of Release 1 of the draft standard. Release 1 will assure multi-vendor device interoperability, and will include only 2.4 GHz 802.15.4-2006 radios. |
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FKI Logistex to deliver material handling system to Swedish library
- 03/28/07
FKI won a contract to deliver a fully automated item handling and sorting system to the Malmö City Library in Sweden. |
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Power Efficiency Corp supplies motor controls to Los Angeles
- 03/27/07
PEC has been awarded a $163,000 contract by the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (Metro) to provide Motor Efficiency Controllers for 122 transit escalators. |
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OMAC evaluates OPC link from CNC to ERP
- 03/24/07
The OMAC HMI Working Group organized a joint project between Boeing, Okuma and NIST to evaluate the integration of CNC to ERP and determine if part accountability could be achieved with minimal integration efforts using OPC/OMAC technologies. |
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Hänel automated storage system installed at Mayflex
- 03/23/07
Electronics distributor Mayflex recently installed an automated storage systems for its warehouse in Birmingham, UK. Mayflex is a distributor of networking solutions throughout the UK & Ireland |
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EEMBC adopts Green Hills' DoubleCheck software analysis tool
- 03/21/07
The Embedded Microprocessor Benchmark Consortium has adopted the Green Hills Software DoubleCheck static analysis tool. EEMBC is running DoubleCheck on its software benchmark suite, consisting of more than one million source lines of code, and to help ensure the quality of new benchmark software being developed. |
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FKI Logistex supplies sortation system to Chronopost in France
- 03/15/07
FKI Logistex will supply Chronopost International with a complete tilt-tray sortation system for the company's new 11,000 square-meter (118,000 square-foot) parcel hub in Chilly-Mazarin, near Paris, France. Chronopost, is building the new hub to support an ambitious three-year plan to redesign its entire transportation network. |
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Matrox Graphics supplies Extio remote graphics unit to ABB
- 03/14/07
Extio remote graphics units (RGUs) have been selected by ABB Automation Technologies for integration in the new ABB System 800xA Extended Operator Workplace, which provides a broad view of production processes to control room operators. |
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MTS sensor helps brake Bugatti Veyron
- 03/07/07
MTS adapted its mobile hydraulic (Model MS) Temposonics magnetostrictive sensor for use in the Bugatti Veyron high-end passenger car, the world's fastest street-legal motor vehicle. |
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IAS Industore updates UK defense agency warehouse
- 03/02/07
UK's Defence Aviation Repair Agency (DARA) upgraded its facility for the storage of parts and tools involved in the servicing of RAF and naval aircraft with 11 Lean-Lift automated vertical lift storage systems. |
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KUKA supplies robotics for AGV applications
- 02/28/07
Kuka Robotics has been selected by Transbotics Corporation to provide robotics to work with a new line of Automatic Guided Vehicles (AGV). The robots and AGVs streamline material handling processes for manufacturers by offering a complete solution for material handling from receiving to production to shipping. |
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Rockwell Automation sells drives to two Swedish Mining companies
- 02/26/07
Rockwell Automation sold two medium voltage drive turn-key solutions to zinc and iron ore mining operations in the Swedish mining industry, valued at 4 million Euros. |
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Barco to provide wireless MES at plant in Ireland
- 02/23/07
Castors and wheels manufacturer Tente has selected Barco to provide a Manufacturing Execution System (MES) for their plant in Ballymote, Co Sligo, Ireland. The PLANTMASTER MES will be installed at Tente's injection moulding facility in Ballymote to provide real-time visibility of all Key Performance Indicators (KPI. |
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Interroll partners with Holjeron to produce conveyor rollerdrive controls
- 02/02/07
intelligent RollerDrive uses Interroll's RollerDrives and Holjeron's sensorless Zonelink Low Pressure Accumulation (LPA) control module. The result is a conveyor system that provides enhanced control capability, improved diagnostics, and lower installed cost. |
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FKI Logistex supplies cranes to Preferred Freezer
- 01/23/07
Six FKI Logistex Condor very-narrow-aisle (VNA) automated storage-and-retrieval crane systems will be installed in Preferred Freezer's new public refrigerated warehouses. Preferred Freezer Services has 75 million cu ft of freezer storage in 14 facilities across the United States. Delivery of the new Condor crane systems for six additional facilities is scheduled to begin in June 2007.
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Igus donates various plastic machinery components to 1,300 FIRST Robotics teams
- 01/09/07
Teams at the FIRST® (For the Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) Robotics competition will be using compnoents donated by Igus. |
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Vishay Systems to install reel optimizing systems in Russian paper mill
- 01/05/07
The Vishay Systems office in Sweden will install five custom-designed Vishay Nobel Reel Optimizing Systems in the Kondopoga Pulp and Paper Mill, located in the Karelian Republic in the northwestern part of the Russian Federation. Reel Optimizing Systems use strain gage-based load cells and transducer-based measurement and control technology to improve productivity at paper manufacturing plants. Completion is expected by May 2007. |
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MTS Sensors measure stroke in machine fixture set-up clamps
- 01/05/07
Providing accurate measurement of stroke, an embedded C-Series continuous position sensor located inside the electric, hydraulic or pneumatic actuator of a clamp ensures that a variety of parts can be clamped down in the proper position without sensor readjustment. |
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Honeywell wins printing press contract
- 01/03/07
Honeywell will upgrade the existing Honeywell Printa Press Control System at NYA Wermlands-Tidningen's main operations in Karlstad, as well as extend it to a new third printing press at the site. |
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Igus products aid climbing machines that eliminate dangerous chemicals
- 12/18/06
International Climbing Machines (ICM) uses igus products in its climbing apparatus that removes lead paint or chemical toxins from tall surfaces. ICM develops portable, remote-controlled devices capable of removing lethal materials on virtually any vertical or inverted surface. |
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