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KMC Controls Division Expands
Their Controls & Automation division now provides industrial control panels, systems automation and integration for outside markets.
Heidenhain Opens New Office on West Coast
This new Fremont, CA, facility sells and services ETEL motion systems used in semiconductor manufacturing.
Nano Level Precision Control for Micro-Machining, Laser Processing and Inspection of Medical Components
The Hybrid Hexapod from ALIO combines a precision XY monolithic stage, tripod, and continuous rotation theta-Z axis for superior performance in precision, path performance, speed, stiffness and a larger work envelope with virtually unlimited XY travel and fully programmable tool center point locations with less than 100 Nm 3D 6-axis Point Precision repeatability.
Beckhoff Expands Operations
The new Carlsbad office near San Diego extends their reach of sales, support and training.
THK Expands Manufacturing Operations
They have invested over a half-billion dollars to automate U.S. operations and build almost 10.5 million sq ft of new plants in Japan, Vietnam and India.
Next Generation CNC and Integrated Factory Automation
The MELSEC iQ-R automation platform on the new C80 Series CNC from Mitsubishi Electric Automation
increases productivity, lowers cycle times and integrates with their IoT systems, FR series robots, 5-axis machining, fully automated manufacturing cell and more.
Connecting Systems for Intelligent Production
The Connected Machining package of components and systems from Heidenhain supports end users that are introducing digital order management to their production processes to increase competitiveness.
Heidenhain Appoints New CEO
David Doyle will succeed the retiring Rick Korte on October 1.
Intelligent Systems for Process Optimization
SmartMONITOR for manufacturing and AndonSPEED for the warehouse are process optimization systems from WERMA that reduce disruptions and downtime during operations.
Universal Decoder Connects and Collects Real-Time Shop Floor CNC Machine Data
The Excellerant API universal decoder from WireFreeCNC provides small to large shops with the ability to connect every CNC machine tool controller, no matter the brand, so they can monitor and manage each machine’s data in real-time and send that data to their MES and/or ERP systems.
Moving Machine Builders and Users Toward the Digital Factory
The Mindsphere IoT operating system from Siemens is an open, customized platform for recording and analyzing large volumes of real-time, plant-wide production data used to operate, manage, program and maintain machine tools on the shop floor.
The Next Generation of Data-Driven Manufacturing Software
Merlin Tempus Enterprise Edition from Memex expands machine monitoring and management functionality with real-time data collection capabilities that capture machine-generated information and real-time sensor data, including alarm states, feed and speed rate overrides and other green-light metrics.
