After a planning and construction phase spanning several years, the HARTING Technology Group has inaugurated its new logistics centre in its headquarters in Espelkamp in the region of Minden-Lübbecke/NRW.
On June 19th, Asa Hutchinson, Governor of the US state of Arkansas, visited ABB headquarters in Switzerland to discuss firsthand about ABB’s leadership in and support for youth education and training.
A collaboration between two international leaders in their respective fields, Pilz and TUV NORD, Certified Machinery Safety Expert training is the foremost machinery safety training of its kind in the market. Our Training Instructors have extensive experience in the field of machinery safety therefore they have the ability to utilise worked examples from projects to ensure attendees gain both a theoretical and practical understanding.
Endress+Hauser Canada will build a new $28 million, Customer Experience Centre a stone’s throw from its current one here that will emphasize sustainability throughout while delivering a superior customer and employee experience.
Phoenix Contact Canada is pleased to announce that Roger Hallett has accepted the position of General Manager, taking on leadership for our Canadian operations. Prior to joining Phoenix Contact, Roger held a series of senior management roles with Festo, Siemens and ABB. Originally from the UK, Roger’s international career has involved living and working in Germany, South East Asia, and Japan. After a 5-year posting in Japan, in 2002 Roger relocated to Canada and after some years decided to settle there. He became a Canadian citizen in 2007.
In cooperation with TÜV NORD, Pilz offers the qualification to become a CMSE – Certified Machinery Safety Expert. The four-day course gives an overall view of the subject of machinery safety and is divided into five modules which convey comprehensive knowledge on and about the machinery lifetime cycle.
When your equipment operates in harsh environments, you need products you can count on, like Timken QUICK FLEX® elastomeric couplings. They are durable enough to face extreme challenges, yet need minimal maintenance.
ABB has appointed Maryrose Sylvester as Country Managing Director (CMD) and Head of Electrification for the United States, effective August 1, 2019.
ABB announced that it will introduce collaborative robots to medical laboratories as it opens a new healthcare hub at the Texas Medical Center (TMC) innovation campus in Houston, Texas.
The global motion control and motor market saw a 0.2% decline in shipments in the first quarter of 2019 vs. the same period last year, down to $952.3 million. However, according to the Motion Control & Motor Association, part of the Association for Advancing Automation (A3), shipments were up 0.6% ($6 million) compared to the fourth quarter of 2018.
ABB is piloting the world’s first industrial artificial intelligence (AI) application using 5G wireless technology to support the assembly of drives at its plant in Pitäjänmäki, Helsinki. ABB is implementing the solution in partnership with mobile phone operator Telia and software engineering firm Atostek Oy, which specializes in industrial applications.
Mersen Electrical Power has announced that a new enhanced cross reference tool is now available on ep.mersen.com. This robust cross reference was created using reference data from Mersen Technical Services and includes over 20,000 Mersen crosses.
If you are lucky, there will be a veteran in your shop that will pass their knowledge of good machining practices on to all the rookies who come aboard. Most of the knowledge they possess will be priceless, but there are a lot of myths about balancing floating around out there. Teaching these myths to new recruits who don’t know any better can cost your operation a lot of lost time and money. In
For manufacturers across every industry, additive manufacturing (AM) holds enormous promise, particularly when it comes to the production of parts made from high-value materials such as titanium. Rather than starting with a block of titanium large enough to contain an entire part and cutting it down to size – creating a massive heap of chips in the process – AM allows manufacturers to build parts to near-net shape.
Do you have an upcoming automation focused capital expenditure? Call AMC to find out how they can be your partner in developing a solution. Better still why not also take advantage of the latest government program detailed in the 2018 Fall Economic Statement?
OMRON announced that as of June 17, 2019, Andy Zosel has been appointed as the new President & CEO of its OMRON Microscan business located in Renton WA. Andy Zosel joined Microscan in 1997 as a design engineer and has since held several leadership positions in customer service, marketing and engineering.
This project is funded [in part] by the Government of Canada.
Ce projet est financé [en partie] par le gouvernement du Canada.
