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Europeans want ac drives
Frost & Sullivan says most direct current (DC) drive applications are being replaced by AC and servo drives in the European material handling industry. -
QC Industries Conveyors star in Spider-Man movie
Rather than building his own futuristic, high-tech conveyors, art director Page Buckner said he decided to use QC Industries' aluminum extruded AS40 conveyors. -
Strothmann installs assembly line for Klingelnberg
Strothmann implemented an assembly line for five series of precision measuring centers at Klingelnberg's in Hueckeswagen, Germany. -
Permira to acquire Intelligrated
Intelligrated will be acquired by a holding company owned by the Permira funds in a transaction at a valuation in excess of $500 million. -
SORIN Group installs Cogiscan Track, Trace and Control software
Cogiscan provided SORIN with a TTC solution on one line and a link to its MES system from Rockwell Automation. -
RMT Robotics Appoints Bill Torrens Director of ADAM Group
Torrens previously was director of sales and marketing RMT team 14 years. -
IMS says Industrial Automation will Grow to $159.8 Billion in 2012
The global industrial automation market is predicted to reach more than $200 billion by 2015. -
Load Systems International opens UK office
Load Systems UK is based in Aberdeen, Scotland, and will be responsible for the UK, Europe and Middle East market sectors. -
Caster Concepts Launches Conveyor Concepts Website
The site contains case studies, white papers, videos and contact information for Conveyor Concepts products. -
March manufacturing technology orders up 11.3%
Orders were up 11.3% from February but down 1.4% when compared with the total of $502.89 million reported for March 2011. 2012 is up 12.9% compared with 2011. -
Schaeffler Linear actuators help build roof panels
Linear actuators are playing a vital role in helping Kluth, a manufacturer of roof panels, to eliminate virtually all sources of defects in its machining processes. -
Caster Concepts acquires Conveyor Concepts
Conveyor Concepts manufactures components for the conveyor industry, including conveyor rollers, drive assemblies, polyurethane wheels and related products. -
Datalogic tracks tires for Continental Tire
An STS400 reads bar-codes on tires. It replaced laser technology, which was not able to guarantee an effective read rate because of the low aspect ratio codes. -
Machine Vision Market Grew 5% in North America in 2011
Sales of machine vision components and systems in North America climbed five percent in 2011 to nearly $1.9 billion, according to AIA. -
Clear Automation adds robots to PennEngineering presses
The robotic system for the PEMSERTER Series 3000 press picks up, moves, and positions a work piece for alignment with holes where fasteners will be installed automatically by the press. -
WAGO Expands Free A-B Add-On Instruction Software Suite
Enhancements include support for WAGO’s Frequency Counter Module, 2-channel and 4-Channel 0-20mA Input Modules, as well as 2-channel 0–10V DC Output Module. -
WITTENSTEIN announces Motor-to-Gearbox Online Configurator
The tool combines technical criteria in gearbox selection-for designers who know their application requirements-and finishes with CAD and technical data options. -
MagneMotion to supply conveyors to Gentex Optics
The MM LITE automation system will be used to transport lenses in a fast, efficient, clean and controlled manner between the various processes in the plant. -
MHEDA Announces Board Members for 2012
Al Boston, Doug Carson and Buddy Smith have been elected to serve on MHEDA’s Board of Directors of the Material Handling Equipment Distributors Association. -
Rockwell Automation's Lower Cost, Higher Power 5370 CompactLogix Controllers
Automation.com, February 2012 By Bill Lydon, Editor At Automation Fair 2011, Rockwell Automation released the new 5730 line of CompactLogix controllers. These controllers allow users and machine builders to get the power of the Logix architecture for smaller applications. Here's an overview of the new line.
