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Bosch Rexroth has introduced the new Smart Function Kit for Handling. Following the introduction of Rexroth’s Smart Function Kit for Pressing and Joining, the linear motion technology experts are expanding the company’s Smart Mechatroni...
Electromate Inc. is pleased to announce that, at the upcoming fifth annual Canadian Business Excellence Awards for Private Businesses being held on Wednesday June 9th, Excellence Canada will be awarding Electromate with their Canadian Busin...
Ruland Manufacturing has expanded its line of Belden Universal single and double friction bearing universal joints to offer over 3,500 standard items. This expansion combines Belden’s reputation for product quality and performance with Ru...
When electronics and mechanics meet we get mechatronics. A great example of this is your car – electronics drive the mechanics within most modern vehicles. Similarly, robots are clearly mechatronic systems; microcontrollers and PCBs contr...
The Consumer Electronics Show (CES) often highlights consumer trends towards robotics and this year, the spotlight remained on robot personal assistants. Inspired by the show, Chris Johnson, managing director of precision bearings providerS...
Siemens Digital Industries Software recently announced the release ofSimcenter Studiosoftware, a web application dedicated to discovering better system architectures, faster.Simcenter Studiooffers a unique competitive advantage for designin...
QuesTek Innovations LLC has received three new Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I Awards from The Office of Naval Research, NASA and The Department of Energy to develop advanced materials and technologies across a diverse ran...
3D printing is not a new phenomenon. Chuck Hull designed a stereolithography process that used ultra violet (UV) lasers to solidify photopolymer in the 1980s, creating 3D parts by layering materials. Now, 40 years later, NASA researchers ar...
Did you know that the slinky was invented by accident when naval engineer Richard Jones was trying to make a meter to monitor power on naval battleships? Jones dropped a tension spring and just like that a world-wide phenomenon was born. Bu...
To analyse the long term performance and reliability of hard working valves and pumps, Manchester-based Bifold Group has adopted radio frequency based torque transducers fromSensor Technologyfor two of its specialist test rigs. When Bifold...