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Inaugural North American Partner Conference With Draeger Safety
March 14th, 2012
Brodie Rudd, President of the Instrumentation Group and Dan Hines, Instrumentation Group Mid Atlantic Sales Manager, attend Draeger Conference in Lubeck Germany
Draeger Safety hosted the Inaugural North American Partner Conference in Germany this December. This event was designed to expand the relationships between Draeger Safety and their North American business partners, and to discuss strategic plans to aid Draeger in becoming the most trusted resource for safety applications in North America.
Kardex Remstar Launches New Website
March 14th, 2012
Kardex Remstar has just revised their website: www.kardexremstar.com. With an updated design, the website is easy to navigate and provides visitors with current information on storage and retrieval solutions offered by Kardex Remstar.
Visitors can easily navigate through Kardex Remstar solutions, products, services, support, customer references, industry sectors and recent news. Solutions and product pages contain videos of Kardex Remstar products in use. For more detailed product...
Dual Head Voice Coil Air Bearing Positioning Stage
March 9th, 2012
H2W's dual head voice coil air bearing positioning Stage (VCS15-050-AB-LV-2) is a precision, air bearing, two axis positioning system for high end applications. Each head is driven by a NCC moving coil type linear actuator and is guided by two porous carbon air bushings floating on two precision parallel shafts. Each voice coil has a 1.5" [38.1 mm] stroke, generates 8.4 lbs [37.4 N] of continuous force and 25.2 lbs [112 N] of peak force. It is supplied with two non-contact analog output LVDTs. Digital output linear encoders are available as a option. Requires 60 psi of clean filtered compressed air.
Features:
- Non-contact, frictionless motion
- High acceleration achieved by light weight moving coils
- Low maintenance
- High flex ribbon cable rated 100,000,000 cycles.
- Custom strokes and force configurations available.
For more information please visit www.h2wtech.com.
Item Sponsors Robocup German Open
March 8th, 2012
item Industrietechnik GmbH is sponsoring the “RoboCup German Open 2012”, Europe’s largest competition for robots, and will be present at the four-day event, which is taking place from 30 March to 1 April 2012 in the Messe Magdeburg exhibition centre. Metalvogue GmbH, an expert in turning and milling design and a long-term cooperation partner to item, is constructing a specially designed robot course with item profiles for the “RoboCup Junior Rescue” competition.
During the RoboCup...
Modular Adds Hp Thin Client Computing To The Fs Powerbox Family
March 7th, 2012
March 5, 2012- Chattanooga, TN
Modular Industrial Computers, the “Leaders’ Choice” for plant floor computing, announces new models to its successful line of NEMA 4X workstations. The FS PowerBox 17-HP and FS PowerBox 19-HP combine the proven, award winning, FS (Field Serviceable) PowerBox platform with Hewlett Packard’s (HP) T5740. The system is shipped fully assembled, tested and ready for quick installation into the most demanding industrial applications.
The FS PowerBox...
March 7th, 2012
Wednesday, March 13th - Huntington Hilton
9am - 12:30 pm
Join us for morning workshop to learn about the latest machine vision technologies...
...and lunch is on us!
Do you wish you could...
DETECT missing parts?
INSPECT for product defects?
READ 1d or 2d barcodes?
CONFIRM printing with OCR?
APPLY code verification?
Most quality problems start at the very beginning of a product’s journey on the production line. Getting it wrong there can have disastrous consequences. However, with Cognex machine vision systems in place, you can instantly improve your production processes to ensure you Make It Right every time.
During this presentation our experts will show you how you can detect issues on your line BEFORE they become problems for your customers!
Join us on March 13th -We want to help you Make it Right and Read it Right - every time!
March 7th, 2012
Optical Character Recognition
Setting new standards for industrial OCR
Complementary Webinar
Tuesday, March 20:
2:00 PM
30 minutes, from your desktop!
Learn how to use OCRMax™, the new Optical Character Recognition (OCR) tool from Cognex, and achieve the highest read rates possible in virtually any production environment using In-Sight® or VisionPro® software.
OCRMax overcomes the limitations of other OCR technologies. This tool takes on character...
March 6th, 2012
In the manufacturing world, time is often your worst enemy. Margins are usually tight, and start-up schedules have to be as short as possible. This is especially true when it comes to large consumer goods companies. One such client recently wanted to replace packaging lines, and their success can largely be chalked up to solid virtual simulation and system analytics tools.
The situation was difficult: one of the world’s largest consumer goods company’s iconic food has been on the...
Effortless Filing Access For Everyone
March 2nd, 2012
Creating an equal work environment for all workers and providing 100% accessibility can be a difficult task for employers. Proper ergonomics requires the job to 'fit the person' in all respects, and the work situation should not compromise human capabilities and limitations.
Employers must also ensure that work tasks do not cause repetitive strain injuries, which can develop over time and can lead to long-term disability. Using equipment and work arrangements to improve working posture...
February 28th, 2012
HATFIELD, Pa. (January 19, 2012) – Brooks Instrument, a world-leading provider of advanced flow, pressure, vacuum and level solutions, received multiple honors from Control Magazine's 2012 Readers' Choice Awards. Brooks earned high marks in three flow measurement categories.
Brooks placed No. 1 in the variable area flow meter and positive displacement flow meter categories, and the company placed fourth in the thermal mass flow meter category. Brooks has placed No. 1 in the variable...