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  • ABB announces LV Drives Performance Service

    LV Drives Performance Service is a monitoring and diagnostic service that tracks the health and performance of low-voltage drives.
    13 November, 2014 | 1 minutes
  • GAM publishes Linear Mount Products Brochure

    Catalog covers precision gear reducers, servo couplings, and linear mounting kits.
    11 November, 2014 | 1 minutes
  • iMCCs taking over from MCCs

    Intelligent MCCs (iMCCs) are boosting overall market revenues, but regular MCCs are witnessing a decline in revenue share due to the standardisation of safety features and performance.
    11 November, 2014 | 2 minutes
  • 2014 Manufacturing Technology Orders Up 5.2%

    September U.S. manufacturing technology orders totaled $647.63 million, up 77.3% from August and up 61.4% when compared with the total of $401.18 million reported for September 2013.
    10 November, 2014 | 3 minutes
  • B&R opens office in Japan

    B&R Japan is headquartered in Yokohama and led by Masashi Ono.
    03 November, 2014 | 1 minutes
  • Kollmorgen motors shrunk in Kuka robots

    Kuka and Kollmorgen were able to reduce the installation volume of the motors compared to standard models, implement robot-specific applications and optimise the entire supply chain.
    30 October, 2014 | 4 minutes
  • Rockwell Automation drives Underground Mining operations

    Four PowerFlex 755 Variable Frequency Drives operate motors that run the hydraulic emulsion pumps responsible for advancing roof supports at an unnamed mining company in Illinois.
    30 October, 2014 | 4 minutes
  • H2W Technologies Acquires Baldor Linear Motors

    H2W acquired Baldor's Cog Free Brushless, Iron Core Brushless, Single Axis Stepper, Dual Axis Stepper, Polynoid, AC Induction, Voice Coil Actuator products.
    29 October, 2014 | 1 minute
  • ITAMCO offers Apps for Machinists

    The apps require iOS6.1 and can be purchased through the Apple App Store in iTunes. They are compatible with the iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch.
    28 October, 2014 | 2 minutes
  • Rexroth adds CIP Safety on Sercos to its drives

    To simplify the development of complex machines, Rexroth is integrating safety technology into the Sercos automation network.
    27 October, 2014 | 1 minutes
  • Rockwell Automation controls Ridgeline Pipe Manufacturing

    Ridgeline Pipe manufactures about 125 different PVC pipe products that vary in length, diameter, color, markings and other requirements. Allen-Bradley ControlLogix L61 programmable automation controller (PAC) manages all control and motion functions for each piece of equipment in the PVC manufacturing process.
    27 October, 2014 | 5 minutes
  • GAM releases Gearbox Sizing Tool

    Sizing Tool makes it easy to find the right gear reducer, coupling, or linear mount product compatible with a motor.
    20 October, 2014 | 1 minute
  • Midwest Engineering Relocates Corporate Headquarters

    Midwest Engineering Systems is doubling its building size by moving the corporate headquarters to a 100,000 square foot facility in Pewaukee, WI.
    20 October, 2014 | 1 minutes
  • Bottero grinds glass with half the motors

    Bottero ground out a solution that is based on a single Kollmorgen AKD servo-converter for driving two servo-motors that are not simultaneously operating.
    10 October, 2014 | 4 minutes
  • GAM announces on-line Product Sizing Tool

    The sizing tool helps users quickly find precision gear reducers, servo couplings, and linear mounting kits compatible with their motor.
    08 October, 2014 | 1 minutes
  • A guide to selecting the right linear guidance system

    By Mike Hughes, Schaeffler UK With numerous designs to choose from, specifying the right linear guidance system can be a daunting task. Here’s an overview of the types of system available, as well as their main design features and typical areas of application.
    30 September, 2014 | 8 minutes
  • NEMA Publishes Adjustable-Speed Drives guide

    NEMA ICS 7 provides practical information concerning ratings, construction, test, performance, and manufacture of industrial control equipment—adjustable speed drives.
    29 September, 2014 | 1 minute
  • TMEIC to manufacture Drives and Inverters in Houston, Texas

    Fabrication of PV inverters will commence in the Fall of 2014, followed by MV drives in the Spring of 2015 at the Houston, Texas based facility.
    25 September, 2014 | 1 minutes
  • Galil motion controller moves Instrument for Leaf Analysis

    Galil's DMC-4020 is used to position perfectly aligned beams from white light confocal displacement sensors and to scan a leaf surface in a predefined pattern.
    24 September, 2014 | 3 minutes
  • AutomationDirect publishes Free Automation 101 eBook

    “Automation 101: An Industry Guide to Control System Engineering" is a general guide for the specification, design and installation of automated control systems.
    18 September, 2014 | 1 minute
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