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Thomson publishes Profile Rail Linear Guides catalog
Catalog contains a 36 page profile rail engineering guide that includes educational information on sizing, selection and life load calculations, deflection vs. applied load, and other factors. -
Nameplates for Industry publishes Membrane switch design guide
Design guide helps users determine the suitability of a membrane switch for their product, equipment or instrumentation. -
AMS joins Siemens Solutions Partner program for CNC Machines
Applied Motion Systems develops motion control systems for a broad range of industries. -
Infoteam's OpenPCS PLC software available for free
Version 6.2.1 of OpenPCS IEC 61131-3 automation suite is free of charge and needs no registration. -
Guide to Machine and Process Safeguarding
This comprehensive resource includes information and selection guidelines on safety solutions, including Laser Scanners, Perimeter Access Guards, Programmable Safety Controllers, Force Guided Relays, Light Curtains, Contact Strips and Edges, and more. -
GE and FANUC divorce
GE and FANUC have agreed to dissolve the GE Fanuc Automation Corporation joint venture. GE gets the software, services, embedded systems and control systems businesses, while FANUC gets custody of the CNC business. -
Zero-Max publishes Overload Safety Coupling catalog
Catalog covers safety couplings that disengage motor drives for overload protection. -
AMT greets recent economic news with cautious optimism
Manufacturing technology suppliers reacted with cautious optimism over reports that Ford posted the first sales gain in two years and that U.S. manufacturing activity slowed less than expected in July. -
Okuma promotes Tad Yamamoto to Chairman and CEO
The position has been vacant since Kirk Kitagawa returned to Okuma Corporation Japan in 2008. -
Okuma extends spare parts warranty
New and exchange spare parts now carry a 1-year warranty and select items carry a 5-year warranty. -
Machine safeguarding market confronting turbulence
Turbulence in the global market effectively put the brakes on the machine safeguarding market around the third quarter in 2008. -
Dassault and Rockwell Automation developing joint mechatronic solution
Solution for machine builders will help mechanical, electrical and controls design engineers to work together to analyze, optimize, simulate and select machine designs in a virtual design and production environment. -
ABB Q2 revenues down
Orders decreased across all divisions and regions compared to the second quarter of 2008 on a combination of lower volumes and price decreases resulting from both lower raw material costs and reduced demand. -
AMT President urges Congress to assist small manufacturers
Testifying before the House Small Business Committee, Douglas K. Woods, President of AMT, said the effects of tax breaks and other provisions within the stimulus law have so far been minimal on the struggling manufacturing industry. -
igus publishes continuous-flex cables catalog
Catalog has an easy-to-use quick reference guide, application examples from a wide range of industries, and details on the latest Chainflex cables. -
Nol-Tec offers emergency service for industrial controls and systems
Nol-Tec’s 24/7 Emergency Service provides around the clock support when a machine, process or production line is down. -
Thomson offers web-based gearhead sizing and selection tool
MOTIONEERING helps machine builders quickly specify the right gearhead to satisfy specific application performance requirements. -
SICK publishes Guide for Safe Machinery
The 116-page, illustrated guide contains safety requirements and guidelines for North America to ensure the safety of machinery and people. -
Manufacturing technology consumption off 70.7% in 2009
April U.S. manufacturing technology consumption totaled $97.04 million, according to AMT - The Association For Manufacturing Technology and AMTDA, the American Machine Tool Distributors’ Association. -
AMT annoyed with Presidential Task Force
AMT urges Congress and the Administration to protect the manufacturing technology supplier base in the wake of GM’s Chapter 11 bankruptcy filing, but AMT’s attempts to reach out to the President’s Auto Task Force have so far not been answered.
