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Return of the Airship
All-in-One Automation
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All-in-One Automation
Omron’s Machine Automation Controller integrates multiple controllers while maintaining high performance.
Canadian firm unveils SCADA security simulator
Security-in-a-box product illustrates and helps plug security holes in industrial networks.
Machine vision in a box
ATS Automation's Cortex machine vision system marks a new direction for the vaunted Canadian automation company.
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Fontaine lays off 150 staff in Magog, Que.
Wastewater and motion control company consolidating manufacturing and engineering facilities.
SMC vs PID Feedback Control
Sliding Mode Control offers significant advantages over the more common PID feedback control method.
World’s smallest electric motor
Tufts University engineers electrify a single molecule for potential medical device applications.
Critical security flaws found in Siemens’ PLC series
Hard coded passwords, replay attacks and “Dancing Monkey” Easter Egg among potential security holes demonstrated at Black Hat conference.
Grimsby’s RMT to unveil new robotic gantry systems
Case and crate picking robots designed for dairy industry.
RMT Robotics secures robotic gantry contract
South Korea’s Hanwha TechM Factory Automation Group places order for RMT’s tire robotic gantry palletizing system.
Breaking Protocol
While Modbus is a versatile protocol, integrating different manufacturers’ components across machines inevitably presents challenges.
JMP acquires U.S.-based Automation Applications
Acquisition latest in a long-term growth strategy for Ontario system integrator.
Rockwell Automation to Acquire Hiprom
Acquisition to increase growth in the Sub-Saharan region and the global mining and mineral processing industry.
RMT Robotics wins warehouse automation project
One of North America’s largest beer distribution centers to utilize robotic case picking system to handle 250,000 cases per day.
The Bright Side to Energy Conservation
Approximately 15 percent of all electricity generated in North America is consumed by the indoor lighting systems of commercial, industrial and institutional facilities. Fifth Light Technology Ltd., based in Oakville, Ontario, has demonstrated that effective lighting management can save a significant portion of this energy while yielding an attractive return on investment (ROI). Maple Leaf ...
U.S., Canadian motion control sales up
U.S. and Canadian manufacturers’ sales increased for the third consecutive month in March, with U.S. manufacturers posting an increase of 5.6 percent and Canadian manufacturers’ sales rising by 18.5 percent according to sales data released by the Power Transmission Distributors Association (PTDA) in its Market Outlook Report. For U.S. manufacturers, sales comparisons between the first ...
U.S., Canadian motion control sales increase
According to the Power Transmission Distributors Association’s (PTDA) Market Outlook Report, U.S. and Canadian manufacturers’ sales increased for the second consecutive month in February. U.S. manufacturers posted an increase of 14.1 percent and Canadian manufacturers’ sales rising by 5.6 percent. For U.S. manufacturers, sales comparisons between February 2010 and February 2009 still reflect sales declines. ...
Refined Solution
The 21st century has presented a technological shift in oil field drilling as most of the easily accessible oil is tapped and well producers are forced to go deeper to procure highly corrosive sour crude oil (H2S). Sour crude oil is a sulfurous mixture that corrodes the iron in the carbon steel pipe that extracts ...
Refined Solution
The 21st century has presented a technological shift in oil field drilling as most of the easily accessible oil is tapped and well producers are forced to go deeper to procure highly corrosive sour crude oil (H2S). Sour crude oil is a sulfurous mixture that corrodes the iron in the carbon steel pipe that extracts ...
Modular Robotics
Although robotics has advanced significantly in the past several decades, efforts have primarily focused on programming and software. Robotic architecture, on the other hand, has largely been limited to six degrees of freedom (DOF): three for positioning and three for orientation. Composed of H, C and T shaped modules, Robotic Design’s ANAT AMI-100 — a ...
X-Ray Vision
A global provider of custom x-ray inspection equipment, Jacobsen Real-Time X-Ray Machinery, Inc. builds its machines from the ground up. The Orillia, Ont.-based company manufactures manual, semi and fully automatic systems believing the intelligent use of x-ray inspection technology improves the manufacturing casting process and decreases rework and production delays. The company’s semi-automatic MAXIpart S-XL, ...
Motion Control Roundtable 2009
It’s not an easy time to be a Canadian machine builder. With two of the big three North American automakers in bankruptcy coupled with a worldwide decline in natural resource demand, today’s economic realities make one wonder when, and if, the manufacturing sector in Canada will return to historical norms. To get a perspective on ...
Rise of the DeltaBot
Much like the historical progression of computer technology, cost-effective robot technology is steadily advancing into areas that were previously too cost-sensitive to apply it. Food manufacturing, packaging and warehousing are prime areas to experience the next wave of robotics with high performance, low cost robots entering the marketplace from leading suppliers. The DeltaBot, from Waterloo, ...