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ABB to supply two more drive systems to Brazilian copper mine
- 11/13/08
Medium voltage ACS1000 variable speed drive systems will power two high pressure grinding rolls at the Salobo copper mine in Brazil. |
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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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ABB to supply gearless mill drive systems to mine in Panama
- 09/22/08
ABB will supply six complete gearless mill drive systems, transformers, ringmotors, project engineering, installation, training and other related support services. |
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Moog motion for Ferrari
Control Engineering Asia, August 2008
Moog FCS will supply Ferrari with a dynamic driving simulator featuring a customized motion control solution with combined motion mechanism, control loading system, complete software package, top platform and a dedicated operator workstation.
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ABB to automate Holland America cruise ship
- 09/03/08
ABB will supply propulsion and System 800xA automation systems for the Eurodam, a new cruise ship being built for Holland America Line. |
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Water company in motor overhaul
Control Engineering Europe, July 2008
UK based South West Water hopes to increase efficiency and maximise asset life at its sites, over the next few years, as its replaces old and obsolete geared motors with Siemens units.
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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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ABB supplies controls for 1000 Intersolar solar trackers
- 06/26/08
ABB's PLCs will control ABB variable speed drives, which orientate the photovoltaic modules across two axes to achieve maximum exposure to the sun throughout the day. |
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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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Siemens to supply PCS 7 to Biofine Renewables
- 06/16/08
The control system includes an HMI and a PROFIBUS fieldbus network to communicate to Siemens variable frequency drives and I/O modules. |
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ABB commissions gearless mill drive system in Peru
- 06/09/08
ABB successfully completed commissioning of a 16.5 MW gearless mill drive (GMD) system for a 32 ft SAG (semiautogenous) mill at Minera Yanacocha. |
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ADVANCED Motion Controls supplies servo drives to ROBOSOFT for service robots
- 06/05/08
Robosoft's robuLAB series can be used for indoor security, medical assistance, assisted living or any other service need. |
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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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B&R supplies control technology to COMAU Robotics
- 05/23/08
B&R will supply modular servo drives, industrial PCs, and POWERLINK interfaces for COMAU's articulated arm robots. |
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ABB to supply controls for cement plant project in Arizona
- 05/19/08
ABB to supply 800xA Extended Automation System, motors, drives, MCCs, analyzers, CEMS, switchgear, and instrumentation. |
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GE Fanuc supplies PLCs and HMI to Macawber Beekay
- 05/08/08
Equipment includes PLC-based control panels, Proficy HMI/SCADA, CIMPLICITY, and VersaMax I/O to control ash material handling at Macawber Beekay's plant in New Delhi, India |
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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 supply Mill Drive systems for copper mine in Brazil
- 03/10/08
ABB won an order from Vale to deliver gearless mill drive systems that will maximize productivity and energy efficiency at a new copper mine in northern Brazil.
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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 modernize coal mine automation in Serbia
- 02/27/08
ABB to install System 800xA, ACS800 drives, and a Freelance 800F compact control system at the coal mine in Tamnava, Serbia.
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ABB to supply System 800xA for Australian waste processing plant
- 02/12/08
ABB will supply the complete hardware, engineering and commissioning of the control system, as well as drives, analyzers, instruments and Profibus field devices. |
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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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Automation Shines at Grote Industries: Robot Case Study
Robotics On Line, January 2008
By Mary Kay Morel, Motoman Inc.
High demand by major automotive OEMs and aftermarket suppliers for the company’s head and tail lamps, dome lights, emergency lighting, flashers, and LED marker lamps and other products led Grote to implement robotic assembly to improve productivity.
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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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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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Siemens supplies two Gearless Mill Drives for mine in Venezuela
- 12/26/07
The drives improve the efficiency of grinding copper ore. The two drives are worth EUR 20 million and will enter service in 2009.
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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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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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ABB wins $35 million drives contract in Chile
- 11/30/07
ABB will supply gearless mill drive systems to increase productivity and lower energy consumption at a new mine in northern Chile. |
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Metso to supply fieldbus to mining company in Finland
- 11/16/07
Talvivaara Mining Company is constructing Europe’s largest nickel mine at Talvivaara in the Sotkamo region of Finland. |
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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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Siemens upgrades BMW factory in Spartanburg, SC
Siemens implemented seven key solutions in the final assembly operations – from the joining of the chassis and the engine through different conveyor systems and the complete automation system for the plant.
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Motor Efficiency Controller works on rock crushers
- 10/09/07
Power Efficiency Corp has had several successful tests of its Motor Efficiency Controller on rock crushers. |
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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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Rockwell Automation supplies drives and controls to SCA Tissue
Rockwell Automation will supply PowerFlex 700S drives, ControlLogix master control and an HMI for SCA's new tissue machine in Barton, AL.
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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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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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Siemens to supply automation to Air Products
- 09/10/07
Siemens will supply automation and drives hardware, software and system solutions, as well as engineering, design, fabrication and support services. |
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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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ABB supplies $140M in controls to smelter project in Qatar
- 08/20/07
Power and automation systems will support world’s largest aluminum plant. |
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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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ABB's System 800xA helps Alunorte Brazil boost production by 75%
- 08/09/07
The entire alumina refinery – including all five production lines, the material handling systems and harbor – is controlled, monitored and optimized by ABB automation systems. |
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WEG Delivers Its Largest Ever Slip Ring Motor
Process & Control Today, July 2007
By John Houston, Editor
The largest motor ever made by WEG, a 27,000kW, 12-pole, 11kV slip ring induction machine, has being delivered to CEGELEC UK for final installation in the early summer of 2008. Weighing over 95,000kg, the high voltage motor is for use in a wind tunnel, for the testing of aircraft.
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WEG Supplies 18,000kW Motor for Pump Testing Laboratory
Process & Control Today, July 2007
By John Houston, Editor
WEG supplied a 18,000kW, 4- pole, high voltage (HV) motor to global pump supplier Sulzer Pumps, for use in testing large pumps at its test facility in Leeds, UK.
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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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Siemens to supply Drive Systems for new Steckel Mill in Morocco
- 08/03/07
The drive systems, valued at 16 million euros, will be delivered, installed and commissioned at the end of 2008.
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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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Freightliner uses LabVIEW and PXI to verify truck assembly
- 07/17/07
Using NI tools, Freightliner integrated electrical test, machine vision and physical measurements into a system that ensures high-quality vehicles and instructs operators on the correct assembly process. |
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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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Robotics Technology Center to conduct robot research for pork industry
- 07/10/07
KUKA robots will be used by Ohio Northern University's Robotics Technology Center to develop new algorithms to improve packaging and distribution of pork products. |
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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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FKI Logistex supplies material handling system to Internet retailer
- 06/08/07
FKI Logistex will provide a turnkey, fully integrated, automated material handling system for ZipZoomfly.com's new 250,000 sq ft warehouse in Newark, CA.
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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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Portescap supplies motion control for educational robots
- 05/02/07
Khepera III robot is designed for robotic demonstrations and experiments in training future engineers and designers on subjects ranging from artificial intelligence to real time programming and controls. |
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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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Siemens supplies drive for gas compressor in UK
- 05/01/07
Siemens will supply a direct drive for a gas compressor to Rolls-Royce Power Generation for a power plant in Felindre, South Wales. The drive can be adjusted to different requirements with a variable speed controller. |
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Siemens supplies drives for Chinese steel factory
- 05/01/07
Siemens will supply process automation and drive systems valued at EUR 18 million for a continuous-annealing line and two hot-dip-galvanizing lines at Shougang Jingtang United Iron and Steel Co. |
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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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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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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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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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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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Livingston & Haven and ADI develop KD-Rig for NASCAR
- 03/01/07
KD-Rig advanced diagnostic testing system provides NASCAR teams with detailed data about the chassis and suspension in a variety of simulation scenarios. It provides precise suspension motion while measuring bump steer, camber change and wheel loads. The KD-Rig also easily allows interference checking throughout the travel range. |
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ABB to provide controls for new $1 billion generating unit in Louisiana
- 02/28/07
ABB will supply burner management, boiler controls, and BOP controls for two 330 MW circulating fluidized bed boilers at Cleco Power's new $1 billion Rodemacher Power Station, a 660 MW generating unit near Boyce, LA. ABB will provide System 800xA with operator stations, Harmony Bridge controllers for monitoring and control, and PLC interfaces to the turbine controls via standard OPC technology. |
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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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ABB wins $32-million contract in South Africa
- 02/05/07
ABB will supply all the electrical, control and fieldbus communication equipment for the project, including the incoming 132KV electrical substation, medium-voltage switchgear and protection devices, low-voltage motor control centers, variable-speed drives, low- and medium-voltage motors, sectional drives and motors for the new pulp dryer, Industrial IT Extended Automation System 800xA for control and integration, as well as the Information Management System. |
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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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Unison to supply servo-driven tube bending machinery for aircraft carriers
- 01/29/07
Unison has won an order worth over $2.5 million to supply tube-bending machinery to Northrop Grumman Newport News for aircraft carrier production. The order is for three of Unison's Breeze machines, to bend tubes of up to six inches in diameter, plus tooling and spares. Delivery will start in April 2007. |
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KUKA Robotics to provide stainless steel robot for food application
- 01/11/07
Zepnick, of Green Bay, Wisconsin, has incorporated the KUKA KR 15 SL stainless steel robot into its food handling and packaging system. The use of stainless steel on all the robot's surfaces, together with the high IP rating, makes the KUKA KR 15 SL robot suitable for all fields of application with stringent requirements as to hygiene, sterility and absence of particles. |
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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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