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Industry News

• How MCMA Is Helping Members During this Crisis
  During this time when in-person meetings are being canceled, your digital presence is so important.
• World’s Largest Virtual Robotics Show and Conference Runs September 8-11
  Industry’s Top Experts and Leading Companies to Participate
• SMAC Announces Release of High Torque Brushless Motors
  SMAC announced the general release of its HT (High Torque) brushless DC motors.
• Year-to-Date Numbers Show Decline in Robotics (18%), Machine Vision (8%), and Motion Control (6%) Orders Compared to 2019
  Bright Spot: leading economic forecaster provides optimist outlook for overall economy moving into 2021
• AIA Announces New International Vision Solutions Conference
  Save the Date for this free virtual event November 11 &12, 2020

Technical Features

• Time-Sensitive Networking, Eventually
  Time-sensitive networking (TSN) --a set of extensions to Ethernet standard IEEE802.1 defining protocols and requirements for deterministic, real-time industrial communication
• IO-Link: Reducing Costs and Increasing Efficiencies
  Promising simplified connections between fieldbuses or industrial Ethernet networks and sensors and actuators on the factory floor, IO-Link has...
• Delivering Enhanced Insights and Remote Access, IIOT Adoption Skyrockets
  The Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) leverages data, analytics, and connectivity to improve equipment performance, supply chain management, productivity, and...
• Bringing Closed-Loop Functionality to Stepper Motors
  Stepper motors are exquisitely simple devices that have found several uses in automation applications.
• Motion Control Supports Industrial-Scale Additive Manufacturing
  From prototyping to production, modern 3D printing can produce parts with nanoscale features or meter-scale sizes.

New Product/Service News

• maxon and ANYbotics enter into a strategic partnership
  Drive specialist maxon, renowned for its Mars motors, is
• Moving beyond physical barriers
  Robert Riener is the founder of Cybathlon. He shares his thoughts on how we can use technology to address sensitive
• Engineered to the last pour
  Where motion is the key to a great cup of coffee, duplicating the precision and reliability of the motion of...
• AMM31 New Generation Kit Encoder
  AMM31 is the first of a new series of optical kit encoders developed by Lika Electronic.
• Enhanced StateMonitor from HEIDENHAIN
  Meets Today’s Machine Control Connectivity Needs.