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  • Okuma provides machine tools to Davis Applied Technology College

    Equipment includes CNC lathes, vertical machining centers, multi-tasking machines and a horizontal machining center with a Fastems flexible manufacturing system.
    05 November, 2009 | 2 minutes
    Sponsored By Okuma America Corporation
  • Dan Janka appointed Chairman of AMT Board

    Dan Janka, President, MAG Global, was elected Chairman of the Association of Manufacturing Technology (AMT) Board of Directors.
    04 November, 2009 | 1 minute
  • ISA selects Automation.com as advertising sales partner

    In addition to daily and weekly digital and online content, ISA will publish 6 print issues of InTech magazine in 2010. ISA selected Automation.com as the advertising sales representative for InTech magazine’s print, digital, and online editions.
    30 October, 2009 | 2 minutes
  • ABB orders decline 15% in Q3

    ABB reported third-quarter net income of $1 billion. Orders declined 15% and revenue was down 5%.
    29 October, 2009 | 9 minutes
  • NUM CNC upgrades Gleason 782 gear hobber

    The machine is used by a large aerospace components manufacturer in Chihuahua, Mexico, to produce spur, helical and crown gears with complex profiles.
    19 October, 2009 | 3 minutes
  • ARC says general motion control market will grow

    ARC expects the GMC market will experience modest growth in 2010, as businesses slowly start investing in capital equipment.
    12 October, 2009 | 2 minutes
  • Factivity installs shop floor MES at Swanson Industries

    Factivity fit Swanson Industries with its shop floor technology, replacing pen-to-paper with a PC based manufacturing execution system (MES).
    07 October, 2009 | 4 minutes
  • ISA selects Automation.com to provide E-Newsletters

    The co-branded e-newsletters will be distributed to Automation.com’s subscribers, InTech subscribers, and ISA members and customers, creating a combined total distribution of more than 90,000 world-wide automation professionals.
    07 October, 2009 | 2 minutes
  • Paper describes Reliability of Piezo Actuators

    By Physik Instrumente Paper describes the development and lifetime tests of PI's ceramic encapsulated actuators in comparison with conventional polymer coated piezo actuators. Several graphs enable the quick calculation of lifetime under different operational and environmental conditions.
    06 October, 2009 | 1 minute
  • PackML Implementation Guide

    This implementation guide, by the OMAC Packaging Workgroup, has been created to aid software developers in achieving a clean and efficient implementation of PackML.
    05 October, 2009 | 2 minutes
  • Okuma opens Technical Centers in Houston and Chicago

    Grand opening ceremonies will feature machining and productivity seminars. Both centers will have Okuma CNC lathes and machining centers on display.
    01 October, 2009 | 1 minute
    Sponsored By Okuma America Corporation
  • Siemens merges four divisions into one

    Siemens Energy & Automation, Siemens Transportation Systems, Siemens Building Technologies, and Siemens VAI Services merged into a new company, Siemens Industry.
    01 October, 2009 | 2 minutes
  • POSITAL encoders certified for IRT by Profibus

    OPTOCODE rotary encoders with PROFINET I/O interfaces are now certified for IRT (isochronous real-time) data transfer protocols.
    30 September, 2009 | 1 minutes
  • Thomson upgrades Linear Motion website

    Website covers actuators, ball screws and lead screws, clutches and brakes, linear bearings and guides, linear motion systems, precision balls and planetary gearheads.
    29 September, 2009 | 2 minutes
  • European Machinery Directive Standard may be back--or not

    Deadline for conformity with EN ISO 13849-1 or EN/IEC 62061 remains 29 Dec 2009. Extension of EN 954 1 to be considered at December meeting.
    23 September, 2009 | 2 minutes
  • Siemens to supply CNCs and software to Fryer Machine

    Fryer Machine Systems selected the Sinumerik 840D numerical control, together with Siemens’ ShopMill and ShopTurn software packages, for its job shop milling and turning machines.
    15 September, 2009 | 2 minutes
  • July manufacturing technology consumption up 9.2%

    July U.S. manufacturing technology consumption totaled $149.51 million, according to AMTDA, the American Machine Tool Distributors’ Association, and AMT - The Association For Manufacturing Technology.
    14 September, 2009 | 2 minutes
  • SICK STEGMANN updates Encoder Selection Guide

    Latest Selection Guide for Encoders is designed to help users quickly select the appropriate incremental, absolute, wire draw or linear encoder for their application.
    10 September, 2009 | 1 minute
    Sponsored By SICK, Inc.
  • Omron starts Systems Integrator partner program

    OASIS (Omron Authorized Systems Integrator Solution) introduces Omron-certified systems integrator partners who can design and deliver an automation system using Omron controls.
    09 September, 2009 | 1 minutes
  • U.S. manufacturers call for Federal strategy to transform factories

    A federal strategy and support is critical if American manufacturers are to thrive in the post-recession global economy, leading U.S. manufacturing experts said Wednesday.
    09 September, 2009 | 4 minutes
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