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Process Signature Technology: A Quality Boost
There are a range of technology approaches that not only deliver a swift return on investment, but also drive process improvement and optimize manufacturing efficiency, ultimately providing an effective mechanism for cost control.
Pricing: A Reliable Competitive Advantage
Manufacturers who use fact-based analysis to improve their pricing structures often become more agile in the industrial marketplace and find that pricing can be a reliable competitive advantage.
Automating The Bottom Line
Manufacturers should always be looking for ways to improve processes, and accomplishing that task should be a focus shared by every member of the enterprise.
Dude, Where's My Charger?
The superabundance of techie gadgetry at your fingertips makes your heart sing, but the hectic search to find the right charger to fit your cell phone, PDA, or other handheld device makes you want to call it quits.
Food AND Fuel
A lot of great ideas are developed by imagining a magical black box through which you can process an input to produce a desired output.
America's Most Wanted: Skilled Workers
The looming skilled worker shortage is an unwelcome threat to the nation’s manufacturing base that needs to be addressed at multiple levels, from better educating the next generation of factory workers to improving the public’s image of plant work.
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A Good Read
Cognex Corporation (Natick, MA) recently unveiled the DataMan® 8000 handheld industrial ID scanner. Designed for the factory floor, it features patented IDMax® technology for reading 1D and 2D codes regardless of size, quality, printing method, or surface.
Save Precious Time
Siemens (Atlanta, GA) recently announced the release of its Simatic CPU-317TF-2DP controller. The device unites a series of features that help reduce wiring, coding, and implementation times. Applications include the new device include controlled single-axis positioning to complex, synchronized sequences of motion.
Pre-Activated Cellular Solution
ProSoft Technology (Bakersfield, CA) recently released the new Industrial Cellular Service Packages for AT&T or Verizon 3G networks in the United States. With these service packages, the RadioLinx Industrial Cellular modems are delivered pre-activated and ready to install.
Portable, Flexible Scanner
Wenzel/Xspect Solutions (Wenzel, MI) introduces the MobileScan3D CNC laser scanning solution, designed to allow for fully automatic reverse engineering and part inspection verification. According to the company, it’s a portable and highly flexible device.
Safety First
Omron Scientific Technologies (Fremont, CA) introduces the G9SP programmable safety controllers for a variety of applications. Three base models with a range of I/O options and four types of expansion I/O units are available for hard-wired diagnosis or standard signals.
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