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November Manufacturing Technology Orders up 20% over last year
November U.S. manufacturing technology orders totaled $437.79 million, up 0.6% from October and up 20.7% when compared with the total of $362.63 million reported for November 2012. -
Motion-control Market Revenues Fall Short in 2013
Global sales of motion control products recovered in 2013 to reach $12.2 billion, but growth was far too weak to overcome the 2012 market declines. -
U.S. Cutting Tool Consumption down 16.6% in November
This total was down 16.6 percent from October’s total and down 7.0 percent from November 2012. -
Decomposition of an ARX Model on Laguerre Orthonormal Bases
Decomposition of an ARX Model on Laguerre Orthonormal Bases -
2014 U.S. Economic Forecast: More of the same
Economic analyst for the Fabricators & Manufacturers Association (FMA) says the U.S. appears to be headed down an economic path similar to that of 2013. Oh, Lordy. -
What Are the Benefits of Migrating From an Older DCS to a New Automation System?
Examine the status of your existing DCS, your future requirements, and areas where a new automation system could offer improvements. If migration is required, then your next step is to pick the right -
Windows XP Cyber Time Bomb set for April 8, 2014
By Bill Lydon, Editor The huge installed base of automation software running on Windows XP will be vulnerable to cyber-attacks with the end of Windows XP support April 8, 2014. More than 12 years old, Windows XP is the longest supported version of Windows ever and therefore is the most used in industrial automation systems. -
Output Feedback Trajectory Stabilization of the Uncertainty DC Servomechanism System
Output Feedback Trajectory Stabilization of the Uncertainty DC Servomechanism System -
How to Use Output Tracking to Improve Setpoint and Abnormal Condition Response
Use output tracking to get the loop consistently started for the best setpoint response and recovery from an abnormal condition. -
Concentration Measurements of Bubbles in a Water Column Using an Optical Tomography System
Concentration Measurements of Bubbles in a Water Column Using an Optical Tomography System -
What are the Benefits of Using Remote Automation Systems Support?
What are the Benefits of Using Remote Automation Systems Support? -
Dick Morley joins Memex Automation board
Memex Automation named legendary inventor, entrepreneur and angel investor Richard E. (“Dick”) Morley to the company’s Board of Directors. -
How to Optimize Batch End Points and Cycle Times
Use a feed analysis of predicted yield to create a production rate controller & use a batch profile slope for optimization of batch end point & cycle time. -
U.S. Cutting Tool Consumption up 13.1% in October
October U.S. cutting tool consumption totaled $176 million, up 13.1 percent from September’s total but down 5.8 percent from October 2012. -
FANUC merges it all together
FANUC merged all of its operations in the Americas into a single company named FANUC America , headquartered in Rochester Hills, Michigan. -
Strothmann to automate tandem press line in China
Strothmann will supply complete parts handling consisting of a blank loader with fully automated tooling change, High Speed Transfer (HST), and parts unloading at the end of a new tandem press line being built by Shanghai Superior Die Technology Co. -
FMC Technologies uses metrology system to check CNC machines
FMC Technologies in Scotland uses Renishaw machine tool probes and calibration products to check and verify the dimensional accuracy of its CNC machine tools. -
Delay-dependent fuzzy static output feedback control for discrete-time fuzzy stochastic systems
Delay-dependent fuzzy static output feedback control for discrete-time fuzzy stochastic systems -
Developers of Dream Report come out of hiding
By Bill Lydon, Editor I recently had the opportunity to discuss Ocean Data Systems – a little company you likely have never heard of - with Roy Kok, their VP of Sales and Marketing. Their product, Dream Report, is OEMed by a number of well-known software providers. Here is a synopsis of my interview with Kok. -
How to Leverage Product Lifecycle Management to Optimize Plant Performance
The ability to consider manufacturing options early in the product development stage is a huge benefit in improving automation.
