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Mitsubishi Certifies Training Center at Bertelkamp Automation
Bertelkamp's training center provides Mitsubishi Electric university-based training for its programmable logic controls (PLCs), human machine interfaces (HMI), variable frequency drives (VFD) and robots. -
Direct versus Indirect measurement of shaft angle
By Mark Howard, Zettlex The traditional approach is to measure angular position or speed indirectly – typically inferring the shaft’s position from measurements made elsewhere. It can also be done with inductive sensors. -
Servo2Go now sells AMC's 60A analog Z-Drives
Z drives provide 50% more power in the same space, making upgrades in power output a simple drop-in replacement. -
Wittenstein U.S. names Peter Riehle as President & CEO
Riehle has held senior executive positions at the Schaeffler Group, DMG America, Weinig Inc., and TRUMPF. -
NORD drives conveyors at power station construction site
During construction of the Linthal 2015 pumped storage hydroelectric power station, NORD gear units drive the conveyor belts that take rocks about 850 ft to the crushing plant and bring it back to a gravel plant. -
Beckhoff Growth Continues with New NA Headquarters
By Bill Lydon, Editor On May 30, 2013, I attended the grand opening of Beckhoff Automation’s new $8 million North American headquarters. The facility features a training center, an ESD-protected PC repair center, and a building automation system based on Beckhoff‘s own hardware and software. -
Galil Controllers used in Motion Simulation Platforms
The electronically controlled platforms are in simulation systems designed for a variety of industries such as military, entertainment, museums, academia, and flight training. -
National Instruments to resell Kollmorgen Servos
NI will sell Kollmorgen’s EtherCAT AKD brushless servo drive and single-cable AKM motor. -
Yaskawa America Acquires Agile Planet
Agile Planet is a developer of intelligent robotics software and hardware products engineered to improve the efficiency and functionality of industrial robots. -
HEIDENHAIN introduces KGM 282 machine Verification Tool
KGM 282 allows the user to precisely pinpoint the problem in the dynamics of the machine in order to increase its accuracy. -
ABB names Ulrich Spiesshofer CEO
Spiesshofer will succeed Joe Hogan as CEO on September 15, 2013. Hogan will continue with ABB for some months as Senior Advisor to the Board. -
NUM CNC software upgrades centerless grinding machines
RefreshEng converts any of Cincinnati's 2-OM family of centerless grinder machines to the same precision machining available on new grinders - but for an outlay that is some 60% lower than a new machine. -
NIST says MTConnect works with robots
In the test at NIST, MTConnect enabled a robot conversant in ROS-Industrial to load and unload parts into an MTConnect-conversant lathe for cutting, precisely when the machine tool was ready to perform the task. -
Pepperl+Fuchs publishes Online Sensor and Systems Catalog
1,000+ page resource guide covers proximity, photoelectric, and ultrasonic sensors, rotary encoders, positioning systems, inclination and acceleration sensors, AS-Interface products, identification system RFIDs, and logic control units. -
ABB to buy Dynamotive in the UK
Dynamotive designs, commissions and upgrades systems of drives, controls and motors for industrial and marine applications and automotive test rigs. -
Improving Equipment Utilization with vimana
By Thomas R. Cutler Curtiss Wright Controls in Shelby, NC used vimana to improve equipment utilization on a production cell with 4 high-end CNC-based Horizontal Milling machine tools by over 20% in just ten weeks. -
Kollmorgen acquires MCS Engenharia Ltda
MCS is a Brazilian-based manufacturer and system integrator of standard and customized high performance motion controllers and complementary motion control components. -
ABB to power copper plant in Mongolia
ABB will supply switchgear, DC power supply, uninterrupted power supply, transformers, 400 V motor control centers, variable-speed drives, variable-speed drives and a power management system based on the System 800xA -
Siemens signs BDI as Distributor
BDI will distribute Siemens products in Ohio, Indiana, Michigan and Kentucky. -
LMS ServoTechnics uses mathematics to reduce mechanical complexity
By using math and Trio Motion’s MC series servo motion and machine controls, LMS ServoTechnics was able to significantly simplify the size, complexity and costs of the mechanical design in two of its recent applications.