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The Paradox of Smart Manufacturing
POSTED: 06/22/2018
Smart drives and control platforms provide a way for companies to improve manufacturing while lowering price, enabling them to deliver more for less. Under SPS Italy 2018 topic of “The challenges of automation: efficiency and flexibility”, which will be held on the second day, Wednesday 23th May. Consumers today want more, more
Fast Settling Servo Drives Speed Wafer Testing
POSTED: 05/01/2018
Semiconductor fabrication requires a complex sequence of time-consuming steps using highly sophisticated and expensive equipment. The reason the microelectronics industry can deliver massive computing power at reasonable pricing is because of batch processing—the ability to fabricate hundreds of identical chips simultaneously on wafers the size of dinner plates. The economics
High-Reliability Drone Systems Deliver Blood to Rural Patients Fast
POSTED: 04/12/2018
Postpartum hemorrhaging is a major cause of maternal mortality in the developing world. The condition requires immediate medical treatment and transfusion with appropriate blood products. Accessing
POSTED: 10/30/2014
Background and Challenges Precision Machinery Research and Development Center (PMC) is a Taiwan-based company created in 1993 by the government and the Association of Machinery Industry (TAMI). PMC has teams of engineers from all fields related to machinery, including mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, control engineering, and information technologies. PMC conducts
Siemens Drives, Motors Breathe New Life into Aging Extrusion Lines
POSTED: 04/16/2010
Production boost of 20% reported by Amgraph on food packages “We gave them a pretty intense schedule. What’s remarkable about this project is that it was done on-time. We have some machines that came in before we did this project and they’re still not up and
Coast Composites Achieves Higher Accuracies on Invar Tooling for Aerospace Structures
POSTED: 02/18/2010
Coast Composites Inc., part of the UK-based Hampson Industries Plc, is a major supplier of Invar tooling, as
POSTED: 01/26/2009
With Siemens Solutions for Powertrain, two highly efficient powertrain lines can be operated at Renault The Renault plant at Cléon, France, produces engines and gearboxes of excellent quality and performance. The newly developed
Streamlining Machine Controls Automation in the Disposable Products Industry
POSTED: 07/02/2008
Seamless integration of Siemens drives, automation and controls products enabled faster startups and improved system productivity with Curt G. Joa, Inc. production machines in the non-woven’s industry. In the market of baby diapers and personal hygiene products competition runs high. Major players in this market know that the slightest changes
A Masterpiece in Motion: Chrysler Gets In Sync with Siemens
POSTED: 08/28/2006
You would expect fender benders in Chrysler’s test facilities, but not in the paint prep shop at the manufacturer’s minivan assembly plant in St. Louis. Transport chains and heavy mechanical carriers move about 1,000 chassis of the popular vehicle every day through a series of hot phosphate treatment stations,
