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  • July manufacturing technology consumption up 9.2%

    July U.S. manufacturing technology consumption totaled $149.51 million, according to AMTDA, the American Machine Tool Distributors’ Association, and AMT - The Association For Manufacturing Technology.
    14 September, 2009 | 2 minutes
  • SICK STEGMANN updates Encoder Selection Guide

    Latest Selection Guide for Encoders is designed to help users quickly select the appropriate incremental, absolute, wire draw or linear encoder for their application.
    By: SICK, Inc.
    10 September, 2009 | 1 minute
    Sponsored By SICK, Inc.
  • Omron starts Systems Integrator partner program

    OASIS (Omron Authorized Systems Integrator Solution) introduces Omron-certified systems integrator partners who can design and deliver an automation system using Omron controls.
    By: Omron Automation & Safety, Omron Automation & Safety
    09 September, 2009 | 1 minutes
  • U.S. manufacturers call for Federal strategy to transform factories

    A federal strategy and support is critical if American manufacturers are to thrive in the post-recession global economy, leading U.S. manufacturing experts said Wednesday.
    By: Rockwell Automation
    09 September, 2009 | 4 minutes
  • Thomson publishes Profile Rail Linear Guides catalog

    Catalog contains a 36 page profile rail engineering guide that includes educational information on sizing, selection and life load calculations, deflection vs. applied load, and other factors.
    By: Thomson Engineering, Inc
    08 September, 2009 | 1 minute
  • Nameplates for Industry publishes Membrane switch design guide

    Design guide helps users determine the suitability of a membrane switch for their product, equipment or instrumentation.
    02 September, 2009 | 1 minute
  • AMS joins Siemens Solutions Partner program for CNC Machines

    Applied Motion Systems develops motion control systems for a broad range of industries.
    By: Applied Motion Systems, Inc.
    01 September, 2009 | 1 minutes
  • SmartTCP to automate structural steel welding at Waiward Steel

    The robotic welding solution for steel fabrication combines hardware and software for production of Waiward’s high volume of ‘one off’ and small batch parts.
    By: SmartTCP Inc.
    01 September, 2009 | 3 minutes
  • Infoteam's OpenPCS PLC software available for free

    Version 6.2.1 of OpenPCS IEC 61131-3 automation suite is free of charge and needs no registration.
    By: infoteam Software AG
    30 August, 2009 | 1 minutes
  • UEI publishes Short-form Product Catalog

    Catalog covers Ethernet I/O systems, standalone data loggers, Programmable Automation Controllers (PACs), Simulink targets, and Modbus TCP slaves.
    25 August, 2009 | 1 minutes
  • Guide to Machine and Process Safeguarding

    This comprehensive resource includes information and selection guidelines on safety solutions, including Laser Scanners, Perimeter Access Guards, Programmable Safety Controllers, Force Guided Relays, Light Curtains, Contact Strips and Edges, and more.
    By: OMRON Scientific Technologies, Inc.
    23 August, 2009 | 1 minute
  • GE and FANUC divorce

    GE and FANUC have agreed to dissolve the GE Fanuc Automation Corporation joint venture. GE gets the software, services, embedded systems and control systems businesses, while FANUC gets custody of the CNC business.
    By: GE Digital
    17 August, 2009 | 2 minutes
  • Zero-Max publishes Overload Safety Coupling catalog

    Catalog covers safety couplings that disengage motor drives for overload protection.
    By: ZERO-MAX, ZERO-MAX
    06 August, 2009 | 1 minutes
  • AMT greets recent economic news with cautious optimism

    Manufacturing technology suppliers reacted with cautious optimism over reports that Ford posted the first sales gain in two years and that U.S. manufacturing activity slowed less than expected in July.
    By: Applied Manufacturing Technologies, Inc.
    04 August, 2009 | 2 minutes
  • Okuma promotes Tad Yamamoto to Chairman and CEO

    The position has been vacant since Kirk Kitagawa returned to Okuma Corporation Japan in 2008.
    By: Okuma America Corporation
    04 August, 2009 | 1 minute
    Sponsored By Okuma America Corporation
  • Okuma extends spare parts warranty

    New and exchange spare parts now carry a 1-year warranty and select items carry a 5-year warranty.
    By: Okuma America Corporation
    30 July, 2009 | 1 minute
    Sponsored By Okuma America Corporation
  • Machine safeguarding market confronting turbulence

    Turbulence in the global market effectively put the brakes on the machine safeguarding market around the third quarter in 2008.
    28 July, 2009 | 3 minutes
  • Dassault and Rockwell Automation developing joint mechatronic solution

    Solution for machine builders will help mechanical, electrical and controls design engineers to work together to analyze, optimize, simulate and select machine designs in a virtual design and production environment.
    By: Rockwell Automation
    27 July, 2009 | 2 minutes
  • ABB Q2 revenues down

    Orders decreased across all divisions and regions compared to the second quarter of 2008 on a combination of lower volumes and price decreases resulting from both lower raw material costs and reduced demand.
    By: ABB
    23 July, 2009 | 8 minutes
  • ARC says ABB has leading DCS market share worldwide

    The ARC study reports that the explosive growth that characterized the DCS (distributed control system) market up until 2008 is gone due to the global economic crisis.
    By: ABB
    21 July, 2009 | 2 minutes
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