January 8, 2014 ‚Äí MISUMI USA invites OEMs and designers of industrial automation machinery to register for free webinars being offered throughout January. Presented by MISUMI engineers and technical experts, the webinars focus on how configurable components can reduce design time, improve product quality and speed time-to-market. Many of these webinars are also available on MISUMI’s YouTube channel. Yau-Han Dang, Assistant Product Manager for Machined Products at MISUMI USA, states: “Over the past few years, our webinar attendance has grown steadily.
We are pleased to offer this comprehensive selection for convenient viewing throughout January.” The webinar dates, times and presenters are as follows. Unless otherwise noted, each presentation runs 19 minutes.
- LX Actuator Overview, Tuesday
- LX Actuator Applications & Sizing, Tuesday
- Linear Shafts, Wednesday January 8th, 9:00 am CST, Yau-Han Dang, Product Manager, Machined Products.
- Linear Ball Bushings, Wednesday, January 8th, 1:00 pm CST, Chris Blaszczyk, Product Manager, Mechanical Components.
- NEW: Ballscrews Overview, Tuesday, January 14th, 9:00 am CST, Vince Chan, Product Engineer.
- Introduction to Couplings, Tuesday,
- Linear Guides, Wednesday,
- MISUMI Tolerances & Fits (Run Time – 45 minutes), Thursday
- Shaft Supports Overview, Tuesday, January 21st, 9:00 am CST, Sean Hennessy, Product Engineer, Machined Products.
- NEW: MISUMI Purchasing, Wednesday, January 22nd, 10:00 am CST, Kimmah Shah, Marketing Specialist.
- Introduction to MISUMI’s Robot Series (RS) Actuators (Run Time – 45 minutes), Thursday,
January 7th, 9:00 am CST, Nick Waszak, Product Engineer, Motion Systems Group
January 7th, 1:00 pm CST, Nick Waszak, Product Engineer, Motion Systems Group
Also offered on Tuesday, January 28th, 11:00 am CST
Also offered on Tuesday, January 28th, 9:00 am CST
Also offered on Tuesday, January 21st, 1:00 pm CST
January 14th, 11:00 am CST, Gordana Domazet, Assistant Product Manager
January 15th, 10:00 am CST, Mike Melone, Mechanical Engineer
January 16th, 10:00 am CST, Mike Melone, Mechanical Engineer
Also offered Wednesday, January 29th, 1:00 pm CST
Also offered Thursday, January 30th, 1:00 pm CST
January 23rd, 10:00 am CST, Chuck Leonard, Product Specialist, Linear Motion
About MISUMI USA, Inc. Located in Schaumburg, Illinois, MISUMI USA, Inc. was established in 1988 as a Subsidiary of MISUMI Corporation, a part of the MISUMI Group (TOKYO: 9962). MISUMI USA, Inc. is a leading supplier of fixed and configurable components such as leader pins, linear shafts, slotted keys, aluminum extrusions, single-axis actuators, parting locks, linear guides, XY stages and other components for factory automation, plastic mold and press die industries.
For a complete list of available components, please visit MISUMI USA.

