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Read the online version if links don't work in this Machine Control Update. | | | July 2009 | Sponsor: National Instruments | Lower the cost and risk of machine design - get it right the first time 
Intense global competition is putting pressure on machine builders to deliver machines with higher throughput, reduced operating cost, and more features that improve productivity, increase efficiency and differentiate their machines from the competition. For this reason, todays machine builders have switched from designing single-purpose machines to creating flexible and highly effective multipurpose machines by adopting modern control systems, sophisticated algorithms and integrating high-end electronics into their mechanical machine. Click here to view white paper | Sponsor: AMCI | What is a Resolver? .jpg)
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For machine builders, IndraLogic PACs and PLCs reduce your engineering time and cost, so you can build machines faster and lower production costs. With reusable code, scaleable architecture, and a unified programming platform, you can design competitive improvements on all your machines quickly and easily, while enhancing machine reliability and ease-of-use. Click here for more information | | | In this Issue |  | | Featured Articles | Relays Yield More Programmable Machine Control Options
Control Design, June 2009
Relays might seem to be in retreat for all but the most basic control applications in the face of seemingly relentless PLC advances. Instead, relays actually are adding capabilities and encroaching into control territory formerly occupied by PLCs Is Automation Right for Your Welding Operations?
Robotics On Line, June 2009
By Kevin Summers, Miller Electric
Many manufacturers believe that converting their semi-automatic welding processes to a fast, productive, fully automated process is simply a matter of deciding to do it and then applying the money and time to make it happen. Like most things in life, however, it’s just not that simple. Machine guard fastening and the new Directive
Design Products & Applications, June 2009
By John Snyder
Within the European Union, the new Machinery Directive 2006/42/EC, which becomes effective on December 29, 2009, is part of an approach to harmonise standards and establish the regulatory foundation for health and safety requirements of machinery throughout that market. Protecting Critical Machinery - the value of a complete solution
Maintenance On Line, May 2009
By Dave Gill, Emerson Process Management
Online vibration monitoring integrated with process control and combined with shutdown protection, predictive maintenance and performance monitoring is a sure-fire way to keep your rotating equipment up and generating revenue. Press Automation Systems Increase Flexibility for Manufacturers
IEN, March 2009
By ABB
No longer the exclusive domain of automotive manufacturers, sophisticated Press Automation Systems are now becoming an emerging competitive advantage for a wide variety of manufacturers who stamp moderate to high volumes of metal as part of their production processes. | | Browse more articles and white papers on the Machine Control portal. | Live News Feed | | | Visit our Automation Portals | Our Automation Portals organize information on various topics and include content published on Automation.com as well as other industry websites. Each portal includes new products, company news, articles, white papers, application stories, training, resources, events, and more. Visit these one-stop sites for all your automation information | | | Sponsored Product by Noren Products | _(70_x_67).jpg) | Cooling sealed electrical panels, keeping contaminants out using heat pipe technology, UL LISTED UNITS
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| | Product Announcements | | | Other Product Announcements | Browse more Product Announcements on the Machine Control portal. Search all Products by keyword, category, manufacturer or release date. | | White Papers | Motion Control Cards For Machine Design
By Erlendur Kristjansson, Performance Motion Devices
This paper looks at the different motion control card form factors, their fit into different machine requirements, and how they affect the outcome of a machine design. The paper also examines the interaction between the motion cards and the system architectures to illustrate design trade-offs. CNCs and Lean Manufacturing
By GE Fanuc
CNC has many features that can improve Overall Equipment Effectiveness. Some features can reduce setup, downtime and minor stoppages, and increase speed, setup and production part yields. Which features will be most beneficial to a particular operation? The 10 Most Common Mistakes Made When Purchasing Automation
By Milton Coleman, Bosch Rexroth
Buying a piece of automation can be a very long and difficult process. Here is a list of the 10 most common mistakes made when purchasing automation equipment. This list was composed by a number of individuals who have both purchased and sold automation equipment. Five Things to Think About Before Using Hardwired Controls Again
By ARC
For most OEMs, programmable relays can serve as a very cost effective controller for their products. This paper is written to help OEMs determine the "real cost" of using traditional hardwired controls by comparing it to the "real cost" of using commercially available programmable relays. High Slip Braking Software
By Mike Rucinski, Yaskawa Electric
The techniques for braking of high inertial loads to a stop traditionally involved either Dynamic Braking or DC Injection Braking technology. This paper examines a new load-braking alternative called High-Slip Braking (HSB), identifies the different aspects of HSB, look at what it does, how it works, and how it is different from other braking methods. Includes examples of “real world” successes, and discusses the new technology’s cost effectiveness.
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| | Resources & Literature | igus publishes continuous-flex cables catalog
Catalog has an easy-to-use quick reference guide, application examples from a wide range of industries, and details on the latest Chainflex cables. Nol-Tec offers emergency service for industrial controls and systems
Nol-Tec’s 24/7 Emergency Service provides around the clock support when a machine, process or production line is down. Thomson offers web-based gearhead sizing and selection tool
MOTIONEERING helps machine builders quickly specify the right gearhead to satisfy specific application performance requirements. Machine & Process Safety Engineering Guide
Omron STI's 1500+ page Engineering Guide to Machine and Process Safeguarding is now available. This two-volume set is the most comprehensive machine and process safety product and technical reference guide available in the industry today.
| Browse more resources and literature on the Machine Control portal.
| | Application Stories | Motion and Vision Combine to Detect Flaws
Control Engineering, May 2009
By Howard Foster, MicroCraft
MicroCraft designed an inspection system that could find and categorize the micron-sized defects that can occur in plastic film production. Motion, vision, and data collection were combined using a National Instruments PXI-7324 motion board and two PXI IMAQ boards. Less is more on high speed scribing machine
Process and Control Today, April 2008
By John Houston, Editor
Robotix in Rugby, UK, has developed a high speed production line for scribing traceability serial numbers onto wheel rims for earthmoving equipment. This uses a single Hoerbiger-Origa rodless pneumatic cylinder in the dual critical roles of positioning the scribing head and holding the rim steady in the workstation. EMI Down Under
Automation World, April 2009
By Wes Iversen
G. James is using Oracle's MOC Manufacturing Operations Center EMI software to monitor a dozen individual computer numerical control (CNC) milling machines, wire cutting machines and spark erosion discharge machines in a division that makes aluminum extrusion die toolage. These machines previously had little external communication. Robots Clear Machining Bottleneck
Assembly, April 2009
Morrill Motors replaced two operators with a single robot to load and unload a machining station. The robot increased production, eliminated problems with mis-oriented parts and machine bottlenecks, eliminated overtime costs, and in creased throughput by 25%. Condition monitoring at UK steel mill pays off
Process and Control Today, April 2009
The Corus Skinningrove steel mill used to manually inspect bearings by shutting down the rolling mill, and disassembling the bearing housings. Now they use an eight-channel FAG DTECT X1 vibration monitoring system from Schaeffler UK. The system discovered two bearing faults on two separate occasions within the first week of operation.
| Browse more application stories on the Machine Control portal.
| | Featured Training | Opto 22 Remote I/O for Allen-Bradley Logix seminar
Half-day technical seminar, hosted by Opto 22, shows how to add intelligent remote I/O to Allen-Bradley PLC/PAC systems without programming. Machine Safety Seminar
SICK invites you to attend a machine safety seminar, “Understanding the new global standards — what you need to know to implement machine safety.” Understanding Motion Control Systems - AIT Training Course MCS110
3-Day Course - This practical course introduces engineering concepts of motors and drives that can be easily understood by both engineers and technicians unfamiliar with the technology and not accustomed to complex theory and mathematics. National Instruments extends ELVIS for hands-on learning
ELVIS incorporates an onboard, 100 MS/s oscilloscope and a series of add-on boards to extend the platform beyond instrumentation and circuits applications. Lean manufacturing podcast
“Lean and Sustainability” podcast discusses the relationship between lean manufacturing and sustainable manufacturing.
| Browse more training and seminar opportunities on the Machine Control portal.
| | Company & Organizational News | U.S. High-Tech Industry Adds Jobs
Control Design, May 2009
The high-tech industry has added 382,900 jobs to the U.S. economy over the past four years, according to TechAmerica’s 12th annual Cyberstates report. The industry added 77,000 net jobs in 2008, for a total of 5.9 million workers. This was on top of 79,600 added in 2007, 139,000 in 2006 and 87,400 in 2005. Control Platforms Show Breadth
Control Design, May 2009
The PLC is king of controllers for machine control platforms, but it’s not the only game in town. According to a recent Control Design survey, two-thirds of respondents said they primarily use PLCs. Both PACs and PC-based controls are each used by 13% of the participants in the survey. Embedded-board controls are used by only 5%. AMT annoyed with Presidential Task Force
AMT urges Congress and the Administration to protect the manufacturing technology supplier base in the wake of GM’s Chapter 11 bankruptcy filing, but AMT’s attempts to reach out to the President’s Auto Task Force have so far not been answered. ARC says Automation Services Market to grow
The worldwide market for supplier provided automation services will grow at a rate of close to 7 percent over the next five years. Bringing Manufacturing Back To The U.S.A.
Manufacturing.net, April 2009
By Michael Collins, MPC Management
A recent study by Archstone Consulting indicates that many manufacturers are contemplating bringing their manufacturing back to the U.S. Nearly 90 percent of manufacturers are considering changing or have already changed their manufacturing and supply strategy. The study cited many reasons, varying from rising fuel costs and increasing Chinese wages to delivery problems and satisfying American customers.
| Browse more company and organizational news on the Machine Control portal. | | Featured Events | Asean Industrial Automation
July 15-18, 2009 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Asean Industrial Automation is a leading trade event dealing with the Industrial Automation, Manufacturing Process, Control and Measurement Equipment & Technology. NIWeek Worldwide Graphical System Design Conference and Exhibition
August 4-6, 2009 - Austin Convention Center, Austin, Texas
National Instruments' NIWeek 2009 offers three days of interactive technical sessions, targeted summits, hands-on workshops and exhibitions on the latest developments for design, control, automation, manufacturing and test. The conference also features keynote presentations and demonstrations that highlight how engineers and scientists can use NI graphical system design to test, measure and fix inefficient products and processes to improve everyday life. Industrial Automation Show
November 3-7, 2009 Shanghai
Since its inception in 2003, Factory Automation ASIA has been successfully held three times. It has established itself amongst the most important platforms in the production automation industry in Asia. Hannover Messe Middle East
February 9-11, 2010 Dubai
Deutsche Messe Hannover will be staging CeMAT Middle East, Industrial Automation (IA) Middle East, and Motion, Drive & Automation (MDA) Middle East together.
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