Politics Aside, It’s Time to Get to Work
Updated: 2012-11-30 20:53:34
The election is over, and the President has another four years. The U.S. Congress is essentially in the same condition as it was last week. - The election is over, and the President has another four years. The U.S. Congress is essentially in the same condition as it was last week.
Exactly What Constitutes Savings?
Updated: 2012-11-30 20:45:22The benefit to manufacturers of a resource based cost model is the visibility and correlation of financial and non-financial information. When a planned level of production is met, new opportunities for growth or savings can be realized.Using an Industrialized Approach to Pricing Parts
Updated: 2012-11-30 20:32:47Spare parts can be a steady source of revenue, making them a prime target for maximizing their value.Are We Solving the Big Problems?
Updated: 2012-11-30 20:12:26Jason Pontin never shies away from making a point. The cover of the current issue of MIT Technology Review (Volume 115, No. 6) features a picture of U.S. astronaut Buzz Aldrin with this caption, “ ‘You promised me Mars colonies. Instead I got Facebook.’ We’ve stopped solving big problems.”Synthesis of Man and Machine
Updated: 2012-11-30 20:12:01The anticipated recovery has not brought the unemployment rate down significantly in the United States. Pack Expo 2012: Large-area pneumatic gripper
Updated: 2012-11-30 18:43:25From Asco Pneumatics, a division of Emerson Industrial Automation, comes a pneumatic gripper that is especially suitable for robotic picking applications.Chevron’s HMI Upgrade Embraces Thin Client Technology
Updated: 2012-11-30 15:32:43Thin client management software and multi-monitor technology enables bottom-line savings and speedy implementation for a control room retrofit pilot project at Chevron North America.Pack Expo 2012: IVAC Cylinder Line Reduces Energy Costs
Updated: 2012-11-30 13:19:14Automation World visited Norgren's booth at the Pack Expo 2012 show, where the company was showing its IVAC Cleanline and industrial cylinders. Pack Expo 2012: Sensor means no registration marks needed on labels
Updated: 2012-11-30 13:00:10ML 20 markless sensor, designed by Sick originally for the bottling industry, does away with the registration mark traditionally required on labels.Pack Expo 2012: Cognex Dataman 302 top side scanning of 1-D barcodes.
Updated: 2012-11-30 13:00:02Reads through plastic, reads omni-directionally, including high-powered illumination for accurate reading of variable height packages. Readers can be networked together and integrated into a variety of systems.SmartMotor Communications Improvements
Updated: 2012-11-30 06:01:00Moog Animatics, a division of Moog Inc., has improved their NEMA 23 frame SM23165D and SM23165DT model SmartMotors to provide users the option of employing CAN communications through the D-Sub connector on the top of the motor instead of through the 5-pin connector on the back of the motor. OEE Numbers Shine a Light on Packaging Machine Performance
Updated: 2012-11-30 06:01:00OEE helps a plant wring more production
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Updated: 2012-11-30 06:01:00With its small footprint, dustproof design, and operating temperature range of -25~55 Celsius, the LGX Extended Temperature Atom D2550 AU145 fanless computer from Logic Supply can power displays outside of temperature controlled environments.Smarthome Deal! Quickly connect almost any Electrical Device to a Network for Remote Control
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Updated: 2012-11-29 23:11:54G 120D machine mount IP 67 close loop VFD. Integrated safety and interated IO. Mounts right on side of packaging machine without need for a cabinet. Also, compact drive with power system.Pack Expo 2012: Rockwell focuses on “small machine” components for low-cost control
Updated: 2012-11-29 22:06:45Micro 800 small modular platform offers up to four axis of motion. Component Panel View offers full-color display for OEM market. Now, with free software. Kinetics 3, stand-alone indexing drive, coupled with HMI and small controller, can run small machine effectively for less than $3,000.Pack Expo 2012: Optimizing Manufacturing Performance
Updated: 2012-11-29 21:51:20Parsec measures far more than just down time and up time. What kind of quality KPI’s can you analyze? TrakSys offers detailed data on line quality. Can I see breakdown of rejects? Why am I experiencing poor quality? Improve productivity throughout your value chain.Pack Expo 2012: Precision Motion Using Pneumatic Actuators
Updated: 2012-11-29 21:39:17Enfield Technologies introduces its pneumatic actuators for precise motion control at it booth. The concept allows for pneumatic actuators to work like electric drives while suporting high loads and reducing machine footprint.The Future is Attainable with Today’s Automation
Updated: 2012-11-29 21:39:08I enjoy reading predictions from futurists about what lies ahead in automation. It all sounds so wonderful. But then a sad reality takes over. Pack Expo 2012: Energy monitoring module measures amount of energy per item being filled
Updated: 2012-11-29 21:17:36With Mitsubishi, you can now trend in real time actual power usage per product packaged, per minute, per hour. Operations, maintenance and production can make changes to line to arrive at real ROI savings rather than estimates.Pack Expo 2012: Reduce Energy Consumption
Updated: 2012-11-29 21:16:01Mitsubishi demonstrates energy optimization as revealed by infrared cameras. Variable frequency drive optimized with Mitsubishi’s excitation control runs cool blue and green saving real dollars. VFD not optimized drives a motor that runs red--hot and inefficient!Pack Expo 2012: Reduce energy consumption on machines and throughout factory
Updated: 2012-11-29 21:15:30Mitsubishi demonstration shows three independent servos turning three independent motors. Every time the servos stop, the motors dump energy. Alternately, one servo amplifier can drive three motors, not only saving space, but when three servos share common DC bus and the motors stop, normally wasted energy gets transferred to next servo, saving 36% in energy cost.Cognex Dataman 302 top side scanning of 1-D barcodes.
Updated: 2012-11-29 21:08:25Reads through plastic, reads omni-directionally, including high-powered illumination for accurate reading of variable height packages. Readers can be networked together and integrated into a variety of systems.New Columnist Greg McMillan on PID Control
Updated: 2012-11-29 21:04:44A unified approach to advanced control can make utilizing the full power of PID less of an art and more of a documented, fast and straightforward procedure. This column, first in a series of “User Views,” will cover the original development of process control technologies, and the scope of the application opportunities.Dealing with Big Data
Updated: 2012-11-29 15:04:00The mountains of data—both internal and external—of use to a manufacturer to improve production and/or products are easily accessible and growing by the day. The question is: How best to leverage them?Servo Control Improves Flexibility of Shrink Wrapper
Updated: 2012-11-29 06:01:00One of Italy’s leading manufacturers of packaging machinery, MIMI Srl, has incorporated high-accuracy servo drives from Control Technologies for its latest MITO shrink wrapper.Check out our Smarthome Holiday Gift Guide!
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Updated: 2012-11-19 17:00:07
Savings of $70! The Smarthome™ Hidden IR Repeater System allows you to use an existing infrared (IR) remote control to operate up to eight audio/video (A/V) components located behind closed doors or walls in an entertainment cabinet or equipment closet. The built-in IR distribution technology gives you the ability to conceal, yet still control, bulky [...]Analog Devices Unveils ADAS3022 Data Acquisition System IC
Updated: 2012-11-19 13:25:23
Analog Devices announced the ADAS3022 data acquisition integrated circuit. The 16-bit, 1-MSPS ADI IC uses one-third the board space of competing discrete devices. It enables engineers to simplify designs and reduce the size of advanced industrial data acquisition systems. The ADAS3022 is available now in 40-lead LFCSP ((lead-frame chip-scale package). It is priced at $14.95. [...]Smarthome Pre-Black Friday Sale! Today Only!
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Microchip Unveils MCP19035 PWM Controller, MCP87xxx Power MOSFET Devices
Updated: 2012-11-16 13:29:15
Microchip Technology introduced the MCP19035 power-conversion controller family and the MCP87xxx family of power MOSFET devices. The MCP19035 and MCP87xxx families are available now for sampling and volume production. The MCP19035 family is available in a 3×3 mm 10-pin DFN package. Prices start at $1.12 each in 5,000-unit quantities. The MCP87022 and the MCP87050 are [...]The New Smarthome Catalog is here!
Updated: 2012-11-15 23:00:12
Check out Smarthome’s latest catalog online! It’s chock-full of products which promise to easily integrate into your personal lifestyle. From home theater equipment to pet care products and solar energy kits to full on home automation, Smarthome has got you covered. Click the above catalog image to begin interacting! Request a catalog to be delivered directly to [...]Microchip MGC3130 Electrical-field 3D Gesture Controller Features GestIC Technology
Updated: 2012-11-14 13:14:56
Microchip Technology introduced their configurable MGC3130 electrical-field based 3D gesture controller. The device features patented GestIC technology. GestIC enables the next dimension in intuitive, gesture-based, non-contact user interfaces for a broad range of end products. The configurable MGC3130 E-field IC offers low-power, precise, fast and robust hand position tracking with free-space gesture recognition. Samples of [...]Identity Automation The Identity Data Access Management Company
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Updated: 2012-11-13 13:29:47
Berkeley Design Automation released their Analog FastSPICE AMS. AFS AMS combines the foundry certified Analog FastSPICE circuit simulator with any leading Verilog hardware description language (HDL) simulator to provide full Verilog-AMS language support. It offers simple, fast, and accurate verification of complex nanometer-scale mixed-signal circuits. Read more: Analog FastSPICE AMS Combines Circuit and Verilog HDL [...]Dialog Semiconductor Debuts DA9063 Configurable Power Management IC
Updated: 2012-11-12 13:29:38
Dialog Semiconductor introduced the DA9063 integrated configurable power management IC for ARM quad-core and dual-core application processors. The DA9063 PMIC device can deliver up to 12A from its six DC/DC converters, which is at least 24% better than the competition. The Dialog Semiconductor DA9063 IC has an operating temperature range of -40 to +85 degrees [...]Application Note: Improved Circuit Design Flow using Modelithics Passive Models
Updated: 2012-11-09 13:25:05AWR released an application note about the benefits of combining Modelithics Global Models for passive RLC components with AWR’s Microwave Office high-frequency design software. The improved design flow solution maps the impact that individual components have on sub-system performance such that trade-offs can be made with regard to component values and tolerance, enabling lower manufacturing [...]Analog Devices Debuts AD514x and AD512x Series of digiPOT Devices
Updated: 2012-11-07 13:21:20
Analog Devices launched the AD514x and AD512x series of non-volatile single-, dual- and quad-channel digital potentiometers. The ADI digiPOT devices feature resistance tolerance of ±1 percent (typical). The AD514x and AD512x series improves component matching in industrial and communication control systems. Digital POT devices can be used to calibrate system tolerances or dynamically control system [...]IS2T Launches MicroEJ 28KB Java Virtual Machine for Cortex M3-based MCUs
Updated: 2012-11-06 13:14:13
IS2T introduced MicroEJ, which is the industry’s first Java platform to support the development and integration of Java-based functionality for low cost, memory-constrained, C and C++ applications running on Cortex M-based microcontrollers. The fully customizable MicroEJ platforms will be available for Cortex-M3/M4-based MCUs on December 11th, 2012. The evaluation version will be available for download [...]Cadence Seeking Papers for CDNLive Silicon Valley 2013 Users Conference
Updated: 2012-11-05 13:25:11Cadence Design Systems has issued a call for papers for the CDNLive Silicon Valley 2013 Users Conference. Cadence is seeking presentations and papers on design topics that illustrate users’ experiences with Cadence products, solutions, flows, methodologies, and techniques. The deadline for paper submission is December 4, 2012. Selected papers will be presented at CDNLive Silicon [...]