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Energy Savings Estimator gives customers using drives, motors, couplings and gearboxes the ability to estimate potential energy savings across an entire drive train.

The expansion will accommodate 450 associates and is scheduled for completion in October 2012.

Automation.com, January 2012 By Matthew Littlefield, LNS Research There are a whole slew of new technologies and system architectures being adopted in the automation industry at a very rapid pace. Companies today face the very real possibility that if they don’t effectively understand, adopt, and leverage these new technologies to their advantage; they will be left in an increasingly uncompetitive position.

Pawlowicz has been in the industrial automation industry for 35 years and has spent 13 of those years at Webb.

Vacuum cups catalog covers more than 2,100 different vacuum suction cups arranged clearly according to industry, applications and series.

Curie rejoined the company as a business unit leader for the feeder product line. Curie previously served as product manager.

Orders were down 22.4% from September but up 20.3% when compared with the total of $385.21 million reported for October 2010.

The project involves installing an electric-mechanical system on 900 dump bins to monitor the input of waste and optimize its collection.

telligrated will add 200 new technical and engineering positions in research and development, system design and customer service.

Roche holds a B. Sc from Trinity College, a Dip. Eng. from Dublin Institute of Technology, an MBA from Rutgers and Executive Education' Certificate from Harvard Business School.

September U.S. manufacturing technology orders totaled $606.56 million, up 22.9% from August and up 51.9% when compared with the total of $399.32 million reported for September 2010.

Rice University has been awarded prototyping and production services to help launch a group of robots designed for undergraduate engineering students.

Packaging SCADA, a free webinar on November 16, 2011, will demonstrate how SCADA applications in a packaging line can directly improve production.

Automation.com, October 2011 By Jim McMahon Harlequin Distribution Center uses advanced conveying technology from Shuttleworth to minimize product damage and finishing downtime, and maximize throughput.

The ADAM robots will be used to automatically transport work-in-process materials and finished goods between production machines and the automated storage system.

The contest challenges students in middle school, high school and technical school to design an original control system using Phoenix Contact’s Nanoline controller.

July U.S. manufacturing technology orders totaled $506.97 million, up 7.3% from June and up 92.7% when compared with the total of $263.14 million reported for July 2010.

A committee will meet to discuss strategic partnerships and a joint approach to important manufacturing issues, as well as consolidated services.

Prior to joining Intelligrated, Cronin held executive roles in Red Prairie, Manhattan Associates and Seegrid Corporation.

Automation.com, August 2011 By Joe Ciringione Cable carrier systems not only transport energy, data and media to various types of machines, but also greatly influence energy costs. To keep energy costs low, one important consideration is the amount of pull-push, or driving force, that is required at a given speed to move the cable carrier.