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Bei Kimco And Crouzet Are Teaming Up To Better Serve Kimco European Customers
February 4th, 2010
BEI KIMCO AND CROUZET ARE TEAMING UP TO BETTER SERVE KIMCO EUROPEAN CUSTOMERS
VISTA, Calif., – February 2, 2010–Since 2008, BEI Kimco and Crouzet are a part of Custom Sensors and Technologies’ motor activity.
This new $50 M organization now supports a world-wide sales team, adaptation centers in Europe and the USA, with manufacturing sites in France, USA, Morocco and Mexico.
Effective February 2010, the Crouzet sales team will take over the responsibility of...
Nosebar Tail Now Available For Qc Industries Automation Series Conveyors
January 26th, 2010
QC Industries’ new Automation Series low profile belt conveyors are now available with a nosebar tail. It improves transfers of small parts between two conveyors or other integrated machinery.
The nosebar tail offers a slim 11mm outer belt diameter, that, when placed end to end, reduces the gap between conveyors. With a smaller gap, it is easier for small parts to pass across the gap without becoming trapped.
This new option builds on QC Industries’ Tension Release Tail by...
January 25th, 2010
PPT VISION, Inc. announces the newest addition to the company’s popular series of IMPACT™ smart cameras, the Right-Angle T-Series intelligent camera. This camera is paired with PPT VISION’s full IMPACT software suite, which solves challenging industrial vision applications such as product or feature inspection, location and identification. IMPACT smart cameras employ closely integrated vision software and hardware to deliver a sophisticated solution for vial inspection, label inspection,...
New Downtown Condos Will Be Extra Quiet
January 25th, 2010
Imagine coming home to your new downtown luxury condominium, ready to unwind from a hectic day, only to hear and feel distant vibrations seemingly coming from the rooftop. This was the recent scenario discovered by builders during construction and testing of the HVAC’s heat pumps for a new multi-use condo and retail complex under construction in the Southeast.
It’s a big project involving approximately 38 heating systems for 22 condo units, so the issue had to be resolved before...
Otp Industrial Solutions Acquires Midwest Fluid Power
January 25th, 2010
TOLEDO, OHIO – OTP Industrial Solutions has acquired the assets and hired the associates of Midwest Fluid Power LLC, the leading fluid power distributor around Toledo Ohio since 1956.
Midwest Fluid Power and OTP have both been Technical Distributors of SMC Pneumatics for many years. The addition of OTP’s broad range of industrial products will benefit Midwest Fluid Power customers and associates by greatly increasing the scope of applications, support and solutions available to...
January 23rd, 2010
The BCG EcoLine of wire draw encoders is ideal for precise length/distance measurement applications. It is an economical solution that includes a scalable analog output (4-20mA or 0-10V) that easily interfaces with control systems. With an easy-to-use pushbutton function, users can easily configure the unit for different lengths – simplifying setup and saving time. The BCG is enclosed in a thin, compact housing, making it ideal for applications with limited installation space. The BCG offers two versions of standalone MRA-F Wire Draw Mechanisms that, when combined with SICK’s existing encoder portfolio, give users advanced customization capabilities that far surpass any competitive products. The BCG provides precise measurements for automated guided vehicles, storage and conveying systems, presses, handling systems, medical applications and many other industries.
January 23rd, 2010
Ranger - The fastest camera in the world for three dimensional shape measurement!
The Ranger camera measures 3D features at unmatched speed producing a complete data set of the object measured. Providing a 3rd dimension adds height and shape measurement data, which can be critical when correctly classifying an object. Ranger is the key component in many market leading in-line inspection machines used in the Electronic, Semicon, Wood, Robot Vision, Plastic, Rubber and Food...
January 15th, 2010
Pantnagar(India) – An investment group led by CHS has successfully
acquired SMC Fabrication, which specializes in building
custom machining, assembly and test equipment mainly for the automotive industry. Mr.
Sanjay, the majority shareholder, will serve as MD and Chairman.
The construction of fine and minute machine parts involve several procedures which require a lot of concentration on the part of the person involved in it . They are therefore not carried out by the...
Tmc-3d Multi-axis Motion Controller Executes G-code Applications
January 11th, 2010
TMC-3D, the Technosoft multi-axis motion controller, is now adapted to execute G-code commands. Today a lot of industrial applications are defined with these types of motion. G-code is a language, used in digital control programming, that executes various movements as: piece cutting, profile shaping or drawing, etc. In order to achieve these particular kinds of movement, the digital control uses basic blocks which carry one or more words, each word consisting of a letter—detailing the function...
