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Manufacturing Technology Orders up 3.1% in 2014
U.S. manufacturing technology orders totaled $506.89 million, up 32.7% from November and up 4.7% when compared with the total of $484.08 million reported for December 2013. -
Chinese market for medium-voltage (MV) motors falling
The MV motor market revenue in China fell by 6.6 percent to nearly $1.8 billion from 2013 to 2014 and IHS says it will continue to drop. -
Güdel Acquires Sumer
Sumer is a French manufacturer of high-performance planetary gearboxes -
Güdel publishes 2015 linear motion catalog
Catalog covers configurations for standard modules of TrackMotion, gantry and linear motion units in virtually any size and for all robots. -
Gilman Precision publishes Spindle Catalog
The products included are eight different series of belt-driven spindles, Mech-Tronix integrally motorized spindles, and standard spindle accessories. -
Boulting Technology to automate Thames Water
Boulting to supply motor control centers and automation and system integration services. -
IE4 “Super Premium Efficiency” motors gaining ground
HIS says while the world transitions to higher efficiency IE2, IE3 and NEMA Premium low-voltage (LV) motors, IE4 motors marketed as “Super Premium Efficiency” motors have rapidly carved out a space in the high efficiency motor market. -
FuelCell Energy uses VFDs and PACs to improve grid connection
Rockwell Automation PowerFlex 700L drives and CompactLogix PACS convert DC power to AC power within the fuel cell and connect it to the grid. -
Lenze Opens Michigan Office
Lenze is a manufacturer of electrical and mechanical drives, motion control and automation technology. -
Manufacturing Technology Orders Up 2.6% in 2014
November U.S. manufacturing technology orders totaled $378.06 million, down 15.5% from October and down 14.5% when compared with the total of $442.01 million reported for November 2013. -
Alpha Integration uses Weiss Indexer in parts assembly
Weiss provided a turnkey solution for Alpha‘s 6’ tall automotive parts assembly machine that allowed ease-of-loading for its 12 load stations -
Servo-Tek Publishes DC Tachometer Catalog
Tachometer catalog includes detailed specifications of all Servo-Tek high performance DC tachometers for precision speed control applications. -
Harmonic Drive Publishes Gearhead Catalog
Catalog contains detailed specifications of high performance gearheads for servo and stepper motors. -
Robot software provides Flexible Aerospace Manufacturing
Sogerma Composites Aquitaine uses Robotmaster software to program a rail-mounted 6-axis robot. Applications include tooling thermal protection parts made of glass fiber for the Airbus A330 airliner and honeycomb for the Airbus Super-Puma MK II helicopter. -
Rockwell automates dual drive compressor
ETT operates approximately 69,000 miles of pipelines. It installed a new control system based on the Rockwell Automation Integrated Architecture platform, CompactLogix controllers and medium voltage Allen-Bradley SMC Flex soft starters, running on a ControlNet network. -
Motion Control Market in Midst of Record Year
Global shipments for motion control products grew by nine percent to $2.3 billion in the first nine months of 2014, according to new statistics released by the Motion Control Association. -
Growth Returns for Motion Controls in 2014
After declining for two straight years, revenues from the sales of motion-control products are forecast to grow over 6 percent in 2014 to $12.2 billion according to IHS. -
ABB updates remote diagnostic services for GMDs
Enhancements include GMDbeat for online troubleshooting and GMDfit, which provides online condition monitoring, predictive analytics and periodic health checks on gearless mill drives. -
Cost and Efficiency Make Electric Drives Indispensable in Europe
The ability to provide higher energy efficiency and precise motion control are fuelling the uptake of electric drives in European discrete industries. -
Galil announces EPICS Baseline Driver software for motion control experiments
EPICS (Experimental Physics and Industrial Control System) is a set of open-source, distributed software tools used for scientific instruments, such as particle accelerators, telescopes and other large-scale experimental installations.
