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  • Techno publishes Linear Motion Products catalog

    H835 catalog provides product specifications, detailed drawings, part numbers, suggested application designs, and a photo of the parts.
    By: Techno Source
    26 February, 2009 | 1 minute
  • Cummins JEP uses Ubisense tracking to follow engines

    By recording when an engine enters or leaves a test or work cell Cummins can see how quickly an engine moves through the testing process and identify any differences between engine types and options.
    25 February, 2009 | 2 minutes
  • Flying robots at HANNOVER MESSE

    UAVs (Unmanned Air Vehicles) will be a special highlight. This will be backed up by live demonstrations of glass façade-cleaning robots - also decidedly "aboveground."
    23 February, 2009 | 3 minutes
  • Removable Storage Media Add Flexibility to PLCs

    By Mark DeCramer, WAGO An interface to removable storage media, such as USB memory devices and CompactFlash, are providing flexibility never before realized in PLC architectures. Because these devices are capable of holding gigabytes of data, years of collected data can be stored to a single device.
    17 February, 2009 | 4 minutes
  • Linear guiding system simplifies gantry routers

    By IVT From woodworking to foam cutting, CNC routers are a commonplace system found in many different areas on the manufacturing floor. Integral V linear guiding system eliminates the tedious alignment process.
    17 February, 2009 | 2 minutes
  • ABB orders decrease in Q4, but 2008 income up

    Orders decreased 19 percent in the fourth quarter but full-year EBIT nevertheless reached a record $4.6 billion.
    By: ABB
    12 February, 2009 | 11 minutes
  • Consumers want safe, modern and sustainable U.S. manufacturing

    Survey shows most Americans believe highly automated factories are important to economic growth. The majority support a stimulus package to modernize U.S. factories.
    By: Rockwell Automation
    09 February, 2009 | 3 minutes
  • Jerry Yen joins Mitsubishi Electric Automation

    Jerry Yen has been named director of the company’s new Custom Solutions Center.
    09 February, 2009 | 2 minutes
  • Omron redesigns its web site to shorten searches

    The new site combines enhanced research, selection, sourcing and shopping tools tuned to deliver a satisfying experience based on input from customers and distributors.
    By: Omron Automation & Safety, Omron Automation & Safety
    09 February, 2009 | 2 minutes
  • Hannover Fair covers Condition Monitoring

    A Conditioning Monitoring Systems presentation will be held during HANNOVER MESSE, targeted at plant and machinery engineering suppliers.
    29 January, 2009 | 3 minutes
  • Siemens to automate vacuum tank degassing facility for SSAB

    Equipment includes an HMI system, programmable logic controllers (PLCs), panels for the control rooms and operation stations for motors and pumps.
    By: SIEMENS, SIEMENS
    28 January, 2009 | 2 minutes
  • Hannover Fair covers optimizing energy efficiency in industry

    The INTERKAMA+ tradeshow at HANNOVER MESSE 2009 is gearing up to make a contribution of global significance in this area via its "Energy Efficiency in Industrial Processes" display.
    27 January, 2009 | 2 minutes
  • ILS Technology offers lab to Florida Atlantic University

    ILS is opening its development-and-testing labs to FAU researchers working on technologies such as programmable logic controllers and radio-frequency identification (RFID) equipment, among others.
    27 January, 2009 | 1 minutes
  • Hannover Fair emphasizes vibration analysis

    Improved availability and scheduled servicing are crucial for the cost-efficiency of machines and plants. "Condition Monitoring Systems" exhibit will reveal how companies can achieve both.
    27 January, 2009 | 4 minutes
  • IPS to upgrade DCS at Qatargas

    IPS will upgrade control processors, gateways, local area networks and network security with its Foxboro I/A Series distributed control system Version 8, including mesh architecture.
    By: Schneider Electric
    22 January, 2009 | 2 minutes
  • Siemens automates Renault diesel engine line

    Automation includes Siemens Sinumerik 840D powerline for the CNC control, 160 NC machines, 18 robots, Profibus, PLCs, HMIs and industrial PCs.
    By: SIEMENS, SIEMENS
    22 January, 2009 | 3 minutes
  • Danaher publishes guide to bearings, shafting and linear guides

    250+ page resource guide includes an appendix to help specify, install, and maintain Ball Bushing bearings, 60 Case Shafting and RoundRail Linear Guides.
    By: Portescap Danaher Specialty Products
    22 January, 2009 | 1 minutes
  • ARC says DCS market in Latin America continues to grow

    The DCS market in Latin America will grow at an annual rate of close to 10% through 2012, reaching a total size of almost $1.5 billion.
    20 January, 2009 | 3 minutes
  • Yokogawa to supply DCS to Savannah River Project

    Managed by the United States Department of Energy (DOE), the PDCF facility will convert weapons grade plutonium and uranium into fuel rods to be used for electrical power generation.
    By: Yokogawa Corporation of America
    11 January, 2009 | 1 minute
  • ATS Automation sells Precision Components Group

    PCG employs approximately 300 people at three facilities, two of which are located in Canada and one in China.
    07 January, 2009 | 1 minute
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