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Column
 | March 31, 2012

Make Plans—2012 Is Looking Good!

Key leading indicators, such as the Conference Board’s U.S. Leading Indicator, are pointing toward more economic expansion in the second half of the year.
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Wireless Sensor System
Blog entry | February 1, 2012

New Sensor System Fills “Gap”

Designed with motion applications in mind, the new PowerGap sensor system supplies inductive power and signals from a fixed part to a moving part across an air gap, eliminating the need for cables.
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Laser Quality Plasma Cutting
Case Application
 | January 25, 2012

Precise Control for Complex Fabrication

Metal fabricator Waymatic achieves laser-level accuracy with a punch plasma machine using Sigma-5 servos and controllers and EtherCAT networking (CONTAINS VIDEO).
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Column
 | November 1, 2011

Think With Perspective

Henry Blodgett has been running some of the best economic analyses this side of Alan Beaulieu, economist and Automation World columnist.
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UBC has been collaborating with CAPTIN since the late 1990s to develop a computer model for optimizing the design of low-pressur
October 1, 2011

Toyota Wins Funds to Improve Wheel Manufacturing

The University of British Columbia (UBC) and Toyota have received a grant to develop a new process for producing stronger, lighter and lower-cost aluminum wheels.
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News
 | September 2, 2011

Hurricane Season and Manufacturing Best Practices

With certain areas of the United States still devastated by flooding and more tropical storms coming, Schneider Electric, (www.schneider-electric.com/us), is urging businesses to take every precaution
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September 1, 2011

Manufacturing Technology Orders Up 103.9% from June 2010

According to a joint report from AMT - The Association For Manufacturing Technology and AMTDA, the American Machine Tool Distributors’ Association, industry is on track to produce orders equal to all
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Andy Gravitt
News
 | August 15, 2011

The State of Manufacturing in the Current Economy

At the beginning of 2011, manufacturing numbers were positive. But then the economy started showing signs of uncertainty.
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News
 | July 14, 2011

Manufacturing Outlook Survey Indicates Continuing Uncertainty

While manufacturing companies and wholesale distributors of all sizes are employing a number of different strategies in the face of economic uncertainty, many may not be addressing more concrete str
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News
 | June 29, 2011

Siemens Targets Process Industries in a Big Way

First-day announcements from the annual Siemens Automation Summit user conference include a new blog and touring demonstration vehicle highlighting Siemens process instrumentation and analytics prod
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The prototype turbine generator from Deprag Schulz is made from a microexpansion turbine with an electrical generator.
News
 | June 27, 2011

Turbine Generator Captures and Re-uses Wasted Energy

As part of a growing trend across industry to make good use of excess energy created by industrial processes, Deprag Schulz has developed a turbine generator to capture small amounts of residual ene
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Using MakerBot's Thing-o-Matic 3D printer, the infrared camera bar from a Microsoft Kinect system and software he wrote himself,
June 21, 2011

It's Summertime, and the Automation is DIY

Modern and historic automation entertains the masses as hundreds get their geek on at Maker Faire 2011 in California.
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News
 | June 10, 2011

Schneider Electric Buys Energy, Automation Companies

France-based, Schneider Electric SA, agrees to buy China-based Leader Harvest Power Technologies Holdings Ltd. and Televant, a Spain-based IT solutions provider.  
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Product
 | June 1, 2011

Inductive Sensor Extends Range

With a sensing range up to 40mm and a small housing, the Q40 inductive proximity sensor has the ability to sense aluminum and steel at the same distance.
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Second from right, Anthony L. Chirchirillo, ceo, Chirch Global Manufacturing LLC
Case Application
 | June 1, 2011

Cloud Computing Finds Its Target with Mid-Size Manufacturers

Small and mid-size manufacturers are finding "software as a service" to be more than just the latest rage in Internet computing.
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