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ABB to supply mill drives to copper-cobalt mine in the Congo
ABB will supply two 4.75MW wound rotor induction motors, ACS6000 frequency converters with mill application controller and remote diagnostic facilities, transformers, medium voltage cubicles and engineering. -
Aerotech ships $1 Billion in motion control products
Aerotech surpassed $1 billion of motion control and precision electromechanical systems products shipped since the company’s inception. -
Motion Control Shipments Down 5.4% in 2013
For the first nine months of 2013, motion control product shipments are down 5.4% from the same period in 2012, according to the Motion Control Association (MCA). -
ABB commissions mill drives at Detour Lake gold mine in Canada
These systems include the largest low-speed dual pinion mill drives in the world. The first line has been in operation since January, the second since February and commercial production was reached by mid-August 2013. -
Rockwell Automation to Acquire Jacobs Automation
Jacobs Automation provides the iTRAK System motion control solution used in packaging, material handling and other applications for the machine builder market. -
TekSo announces Motor Controls and PLC Training Programs
On-line training Program includes a 20-Course eTraining Program on Electrical and Motor Controls (EMC) and a 17-session course on Programmable Controllers (PLC). -
Schneider Introduces iPad Drive Programming App
Altivar 212 mobile programming application and iPad converter cable allow users to perform all Altivar 212 and S-Flex drives programming through Apple iPads. -
SKF introduces repair and rebuild capabilities for ball screws
This support channel can handle virtually all makes and models (inch and metric) and return the reconditioned ball screws quickly to service. -
Yaskawa Signs DRV as Medium Voltage Drive Distributor
DRV is an industrial automation distributor, systems integrator, engineering and field service provider founded in 1981. They serve the Ohio, Pennsylvania, West Virginia, and New York area. -
Low Power AC Drives Market growing in India
The growth in the market mainly comes from industries such as machinery, food & beverage, water & wastewater, electric power generation, automotive, and buildings. -
Geared Products market to Expand by More than $1 Billion
Revenue for gearboxes, geared motors and planetary axles sold for applications such as cranes, cement mixers and bulldozers is projected to reach $7.8 billion by 2017, up from $6.7 billion in 2012. -
BEI Kimco's VCA goes to asteroids
The custom Moving Magnet Voice Coil Actuator (VCA) is going on the Origins-Spectral Interpretation Resource Identification Security Regolith Explorer (OSIRIS-Rex) spacecraft. -
Siemens Automates high-bay warehouse at Audi
Siemens developed the controller of the storage and retrieval machines and the conveyor system for the body buffer on the basis of its Simatic S7 controllers. -
Schaeffler publishes linear actuator catalogue
Catalog covers tandem (heavy duty) actuators, clamping actuators, compact (miniature) actuators and telescopic actuators, as well as linear tables, drives and controls, and linear accessories. -
Beckhoff Automation hires five engineers
The engineers include Jeffrey Anderson, Calvin Anderson, Cameron Johnson, Martin Tato and Tristan McCormick. -
Rockwell Automation enhances free machine control software tools
Rockwell Automation enhanced Connected Components Accelerator Toolkit (CCAT) and Connected Components Workbench software tools. -
Rotary indexing tables expand robotic polishing processing
SHL in Germany uses Weiss heavy duty rotary indexing tables for its automated grinding, polishing, and deburring systems for the automotive, medical, and processing industries. -
UK plastic bag Machine builders use Ethernet-based motion control
Hartech Engineering and GPL Machinery built a plastic bag machine based on ABB's Ethernet Powerlink compatible motion control and an all-servomotor architecture. -
Integrated-Motor Market to Expand by 40 Percent
Revenue for the integrated-motors market is projected to reach $553 million by 2017, up from less than $400 million in 2012. -
Ulrich Spiesshofer takes over at ABB
Ulrich Spiesshofer has succeeded Joe Hogan as chief executive officer of ABB.
