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AD Converters Quiz: convert an analog signal to a digital one

ASCON's KOMPAS-3D software is being used to create all of the parts of drill bit sanding machines at Pilco in Finspеng, Sweden.

By scanning an existing upper and lower bowl assembly and modifying the CAD models to fit parts they already had tooling for, Aircraft Technologies substantially reduced the tooling cost.

Automation.com, October 2011 By Jay Becker, Dunkermotor OEMs will benefit from not specifying and purchasing more control features and functionality than their applications require. This White Paper discusses seven distinct integral control topologies to enable OEM design engineers to choose what suits their application without over-specifying.

To manufacture near perfect flatness (0.001 in) and parallelism (0.0004 in) in its vises, Kurt uses its own gaging and workholoding systems. Both control the variables that occur in the machining, heat treating and grinding operations

Automation.com, October 2011 By David Collier, Pilz Why machine builders should resist the temptation to save money in the short term by using Category 2 architecture on machine guard safety circuits that require Performance Level d.

PID gain scheduling using fuzzy logic

This guide includes essential information and selection guidelines on the company’s family of machine and process safety solutions.

Automation.com, October 2011 By Bill Lydon, Editor The CArS architecture is a modern systems level approach defined by the joint Chrysler and Fiat Manufacturing Engineering Council that improves the process flow for designing and implementing production lines.

August U.S. manufacturing technology orders totaled $460.61 million according to AMT and AMTDA.

A Little About Valves

This is set to be a record year for worldwide machinery production, recording aggregate 10.2 percentage growth, according to IMS Research.

ORMEC signed two new ORMEC distributor organizations and a Chinese representative to sell motion control products.

Support Connect enables administration, predictive maintenance and remediation of remotely managed assets without an upfront investment in data center hardware.

AMT will acquire Time Compression and Process Cleaning magazines from Gardner Publications.

HEIDENHAIN donated a 1980s Bridgeport 9x48 Series One mill and a new Acu-Rite MILLPWR 3 control to the museum in Windsor, VT.

Linear MOTIONEERING sizing and selection tool simplifies machine design by quickly identifying the best ball and lead screw options for application requirements.

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.

PBC Linear's Integral-V linear guide system reduces mounting components, improves alignment and provide ease of installation across scalable working lengths.

Target is a motion control distributor in the New England trading area.