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Motion Control NewsDevelopers kits now available from stock for tiny M3-F focus module Easy-to-integrate modules enable precision motorized lens motion in miniature OEM cameras for biometric security, machine vision, medical diagnostics and more. Victor, NY - New Scale Technologies today announced that developer's kits for its miniature M3-F focus module are available for purchase online, shipping from stock. Each kit includes an M3-F module for precision closed-loop lens motion, along with a USB adapter and New Scale Pathway software for easy evaluation and prototyping. ...More >> Emerson to Sell Motors and Controls Businesses to Nidec Corporation
Flexpoint Receives Purchase Order for Custom Sensor Draper, UT - Flexpoint Sensor Systems, Inc. (OTCBB:FLXT), announced that they have received a purchase order to manufacture 500 custom sensors utilizing their patented Bend Sensor® technology. "The order is for a multibillion dollar Company with a variety of products and applications and a worldwide presence. They are completing testing and have requested production quotes, timing and guarantees for long term supply. It is an ideal application for our technology and could lead to a significant production contract and the development of additional products for them," stated Clark Mower, President of Flexpoint Sensor Systems. ...More >>CUI Launches New Website with Updated Look and Expanded Resources  Tualatin, OR - CUI Inc announced that they have launched a new version of their www.cui.com website. The new site now includes an expanded resources section, dedicated areas for their three main product groups, an easy to use sales rep locator module, and restructured product pages that make it more intuitive for the user to access technical information.
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New Website on Piezo Technology PI Ceramic -- a leading manufacturer of piezo ceramic materials, piezo components and custom engineered piezo products -- has released a new website. The new website provides more technical background information on general piezo technology, application notes, tips & tricks, and several tutorials on piezo actuators, piezo materials and piezo composite transducers (energy harvesting and structural health monitoring). Content is currently available in the following three languages ...More >>2010 Stepper Design Video Contest from Lin Engineering  Lin Engineering, the Step Motor Specialists, have been manufacturing step motors in the USA for 20 years! We have had the pleasure to work on applications ranging from the Micromouse competition at the University of California, Davis to NASA's Mars rover prototype. We're celebrating 20 years of manufacturing with a video contest; here is your opportunity to shine!To enter ...More >> Oriental Motor Introduces MyPage Torrance, CA - ORIENTAL MOTOR USA CORP Oriental Motor proudly introduces MyPage, a free personal online portal designed to provide customers with a variety of customizable website features in addition to product and service offerings not available through the website's front end. With MyPage, customers can log in to their free accounts and actually create their own homepage at OrientalMotor.com, save product research to their own online catalog and store data and research related to their specific applications. ...More >> Oriental Motor Launches Online Product and Engineering Forum Torrance, CA - ORIENTAL MOTOR USA CORP Oriental Motor recently launched a new online Product & Engineering forum to provide technical support to customers and develop an online community for users interested in Motion Control. The forum allows users to interact directly with Oriental Motor support staff and each other by asking and responding to threads posted online. In addition to providing real-time support for users, Oriental Motor's tech support staff posts a "Question of the Day" on topics relevant to the motion control industry. Questions range from the advanced such as "What is the difference in the stepping motor gearhead types and backlash?" to simpler ones such as "How can I check to see if my stepping motor is in good working condition?" KIT President Cahill to Retire Smidler to Assume Presidents Role Bloomfield, Connecticut (June 9, 2010) - Kaman Corporation (NASDAQ-GS:KAMN) announced that T. Jack Cahill, President of its subsidiary, Kaman Industrial Technologies Corporation (KIT) will retire on August 31, 2010. Steven J. Smidler, currently Senior Vice President and Chief Operating Officer has been appointed by the Board of Directors to assume the role of president following Cahill's departure. ...More >> DENSO Robotics Announces Dare to Dream $25000 Sweepstakes Long Beach, CA - DENSO Robotics announced a DENSO "Dare to Dream" sweepstakes contest that will award $25,000 in cash to the winner, selected randomly from among all eligible entrants. The contest entry period ends September 30, 2010. Entry forms are available at ...More >> More Hardship Ahead for US Manufacturing Chestnut Hill, MA - Already battered by the recession, manufacturers are concerned a wave of retirements across their industry will saddle them with a shortage of qualified job applicants, huge training costs for new workers and the challenge of transferring job knowledge from one generation of workers to the next, according to a new report by the Sloan Center on Aging & Work at Boston College. "In many ways, the aging of the workforce will be like a tide, drawing the talents of older workers out of the labor force," said Stephen Sweet, co-primary investigator for the (2009) Talent Management Study and co-author of "Talent Pressures and the Aging Workforce: Responsive Action Steps for the Manufacturing Sector." ...More >>Bison Gear Chairman, Ron Bullock, Addresses Release of Manufacturers Alliance/ MAPI Report St. Charles, IL - June 18, 2010 - On Tuesday, June 22, 2010 the Manufacturers Alliance/MAPI Report: A Closer Look at the Business Tax Burden: C-Corps, S-Corps, and the Impact of the Federal Budget's 2011 Tax Proposals will be released. The press conference will be held at the National Press Club in the Zenger Room in Washington D.C. at 2:00 p.m. ACEC Urges Senate to Reject Tax Hike on Small Engineering Firms in Extenders Bill Washington, DC - The American Council of Engineering Companies (ACEC) is once again urging the Senate to remove language in a pending tax extender bill that will boost the tax burden on certain small engineering firms. "At a time when America's engineering companies are struggling to recover from the worst economy in decades, raising taxes on the most vulnerable firms - the small engineering companies - makes no sense," said ACEC President and CEO David A. Raymond. Raymond cited language in HR 4213, the American Jobs and Closing Tax Loopholes Act of 2010, which as originally drafted would apply payroll taxes to S corporation distributions in cases where ...More >>3M Joins CC-Link Partner Association Board of Directors to Accelerate Wire-Saving Connector Development AUSTIN, TX - 3M recently accepted an invitation to join Digital Electronics Corporation, IDEC Corporation, NEC Corporation, Mitsubishi Electric Corporation and COGNEX Corporation on the CC-Link Partner Association's (CLPA) board of directors effective May 12, 2010. CLPA is one of the world's leading open control networking organizations promoting CC-link, the market leader of factory-automation networking technology in Asia that is also gaining acceptance in North America and Europe. ...More >> Precise Positioning Solutions can be Low Cost according to Physik Instrumente (PI) Auburn, MA - Those who prefer to use OEM products for technical or financial reasons can now keep the investment costs at a relatively low level even for demanding positioning tasks. Physik Instrumente (PI) from Karlsruhe in Germany, now offers a number of lever-amplified actuators in its PiezoMove Series, which cover the level of integration between preloaded stack actuators (displacement up to around 100 µm) and complete, multi-axis stages in PI's comprehensive product program. ...More >> ON Semiconductor to Expand Manufacturing Facility in Pocatello Idaho Phoenix, AZ - Semiconductor (Nasdaq: ONNN), a premier supplier of high performance, energy efficient silicon solutions for green electronics, announced plans to add $11 million in production equipment to its eight-inch Pocatello, Idaho, wafer manufacturing facility. The company plans to begin installing additional equipment at its Fab 10 manufacturing facility in Pocatello beginning immediately and expects to realize increased capacity and product production for customers by the end of the year. This capital investment further secures current jobs at the Pocatello facility, will lead to some additional hiring ...More >> Johnson Electric Launches New Universal Motor Technology Quattro-Pole Motor Sets New Standard for Power Density & Energy Efficiency Johnson Electric announced the Quattro-PoleTM product line based on patented universal motor technology that sets a new standard for energy efficiency, power density and eco performance. The Quattro-Pole technology is a universal motor platform with a unique configuration of four magnetic poles and two coils. Quattro-Pole technology delivers more power in a smaller package than conventional universal motors. The unique magnetic flux path design reduces reluctance and therefore increases efficiency ...More >> Kaman Acquires National Motion Control Distributor Minarik Corporation Bloomfield, CT - Kaman Corporation (NASDAQ-GS:KAMN) announced that its subsidiary Kaman Industrial Technologies Corporation (KIT), has acquired Minarik Corporation (Minarik). The transaction closed on April 30, 2010 and Minarik is now part of Kaman's Industrial Distribution Segment. ...More >> FieldView Solutions Partners with Wireless Sensor Maker Edison, NJ - FieldView Solutions announced a strategic partnership with a wireless sensor manufacturer. FieldView, an enterprise-ready software tool that drives optimization of space and energy usage in today's most complex data center environments, signed the OEM agreement with the maker of wireless temperature and humidity sensors to deliver a non-proprietary, wireless solution to clients in a timely manner. Macron Dynamics President Anthony J. Cirone Named Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year® 2010 Award Finalist in Greater Philadelphia Croydon, PA - Macron Dynamics Inc., a manufacturer of belt driven linear actuators and multi-axis automation systems, announced that Anthony J. Cirone, president at Macron Dynamics, is a finalist for the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year® 2010 Award in the Greater Philadelphia. According to Ernst & Young LLP, the awards program recognizes entrepreneurs who demonstrate extraordinary success in the areas of innovation, financial performance and personal commitment to their businesses and communities. Cirone was selected as a finalist from nearly 55 nominations by a panel of independent judges. Award winners will be announced at a special gala event on June 9 at the Philadelphia Loews Hotel at 12th and Market Streets ...More >> Parker Launches Electromechanical Automation Blog Rohnert Park, CA - Parker's Electromechanical Automaton Division, a leading supplier of motion control technology, is pleased to announce the launch of its new blog. Hosted at www.parkermotion.com/blog.htm , the blog is authored by product managers, engineers and other Parker automation-solutions experts and will augment the company's information resources for customers and distributors. Blog categories currently include visualization, controls, drives, motors, gearheads, mechanics and tales from the field. Users are able to post comments on the page ...More >> MCA Sponsors Webinar on Step Motor Innovations with Oriental Motor Craig Ludwick Torrance, CA - ORIENTAL MOTOR USA CORP MCA & Design WorldMCA, in conjunction with Design World magazine, is sponsoring its first webinar on Tuesday, May 25. The webinar will focus on Step Motor Innovations for High Efficiency Machines. Craig Ludwick from Oriental Motor USA will lead the technical webinar covering the features of step motor design, efficiency and application. Other topics covered will include switching sequences, losses, motor losses, iron losses, hysteresis losses, lamination, rotor design and much more. To register for the webinar please go to: ...More >> Industrial Automation Electronics Equipment Market to Exceed Expectations in 2010 Austin, TX - Results from a brand new service published by IMS Research indicate a strong first quarter performance for the industrial automation electronics equipment market in 2010. First quarter 2010 revenue growth will likely have been 25% over that of first quarter 2009. Robust order books developed through both restocking efforts and new orders are expected to lead to a similarly strong second quarter in 2010. Based on a healthy anticipated first half of 2010, even a flat second half will result in close to double-digit revenue growth for most product areas. ...More >> Li-ion Motors Corp Advances into the Knockout Round of the Progressive Automotive X-Prize Mooresville, NC - Li-ion Motors Corp, 21st Century Design & Engineering of emission-free automotive propulsion systems using the latest lithium-ion battery technology, announces that it has passed the extremely detailed mechanical, electrical, safety and vehicle design inspections covering hundreds of points, and is advancing to the driving stages of the shakedown event of the Progressive Automobile X-Prize. ...More >> High-Flex Right Angle Gigabit Ethernet Cable Assemblies from Intercon 1 Minneapolis, MN - The Intercon 1 division of Nortech Systems Inc. (NASDAQ: NSYS) introduces High-Flex Right Angle Gigabit Ethernet (GigE) Cable Assemblies for GigE and GigE Vision® cameras. Unlike off-the-shelf options, these assemblies are built to customer specifications for length and connector orientation - right/left, up/down and straight. This customization and the assemblies' low profile help minimize increasingly tight space requirements. ...More >>Precision Velocity Sensors Reduce Waste – and Costs! Hamilton, NJ - INTACTON's COVIDIS velocity sensors provide highly accurate speed and length measurements for production of continuous goods like cable, non-woven's, paper, etc. Based on a unique high-precision, non-contacting optical imaging technology, COVIDIS sensors can measure the velocity of almost any material, regardless of surface texture. The measurable velocity range is 0 to 50 m/s (165 ft/sec) with an accuracy of ±0.05%. ...More >> Analog Devices High-Performance, Low-Power MEMS Gyroscope Enables Applications in Harsh Industrial Environments  New applications for MEMS (micro-electro-mechanical systems) motion sensors are evolving in the industrial automation, medical, and instrumentation markets where much higher performance is required than is typically found in motion sensors designed for consumer applications. To address this growing demand for more accuracy, stability, and high vibration and shock resistance, Analog Devices, Inc has developed the high-performance, low-power ADXRS450 iMEMS® gyroscope with digital output specifically for angular
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Low Power 3-Axis Sensor from VTI Brings Robust and Reliable Acceleration Sensing to an Affordable Level Vantaa, Finland - VTI Technologies (VTI), a global leader in low g MEMS sensors, has released a new, all digital, accelerometer sensor for automotive and robust industrial applications. The new SCA3060 targets non-safety critical automotive applications such as navigation support, burglar alarms and black boxes as well as for industrial applications in heavy machinery, agricultural equipment and general purpose sensing which need a low power and very robust sensor. ...More >>New Miniature Actuator from Steinmeyer Burlington, MA - Steinmeyer, Inc. announced a brand new product focusing on the miniature robotics and life sciences markets: a new integrated miniature actuator consisting of a small dc servomotor coupled to a precision ball screw. Due to its compact design, no external bearing and coupling are required! Included in the completely integrated assembly is a high precision Steinmeyer miniature 8 mm diameter ball screw, a Faulhaber DC motor with graphite commutation, rotary encoder and gearless coupling. The result is high speed, backlash free positioning with high dynamic performance. ...More >> PI Grows Sales Organization in Europe Auburn, MA - Piezo Technology and Motion Control specialist Physik Instrumente (PI) GmbH & Co. KG, Karlsruhe, Germany has strengthened its European sales organization with new offices and people. The new PI UK office at Trent House, Cranfield Technology Park, is strategically located close to Cranfield University and provides room for further growth of the company. PI France recently also relocated into a new office in the suburbs of Paris, very close to the famous Boulevard Péripherique ring road. ...More >> « More News |
