Physical Prototypes: A Necessary Step or Needless Bottleneck? (14291)
Building and testing physical prototypes — an expensive, time-consuming task in traditional product development — is one area that manufacturers are critically examining to reduce overall design costs and speed time to market. Physical prototyping can be a major bottleneck, slowing down the product development process and seriously constraining the number of design alternatives that can be examined.
ACS Motion Control Develops The First Configurable Machine And Motion Control Solution for OEMs (14249)
ACS Motion Control, an international manufacturer of advanced multi-axis motion controllers, machine control systems and integrated control modules, has developed a rack-based modular control system that offers the flexibility to control up to eight rack servo drives and 64 distributed axes via CANopen.
Consortium to Open National Nanoelectronics Research Center in Indiana (14190)
SOUTH BEND, Indiana - IBM and the Semiconductor Research Corporation have announced plans to open a new $61 million nanoelectronics research center on the campus of the University of Notre Dame, creating new research opportunities to develop atomic-scale technologies that will drive future innovations in computing.
Firesync™ Modular Vision Sensor Platform Allows For Rapid Development of Machine Vision (14168)
LMI Technologies, Inc. has developed a complete modular vision sensor platform of hardware and software components under its FireSync™ brand. The system allows fast and easy integration of components into a scalable machine vision system along with microsecond synchronization.
PDMWorks Helps DuPont Division Distribute Design Data (14136)
Finding the right drawing was never a problem for engineers at DuPont Liquid Packaging Systems in Worthington, OH. The problem arose when two or even three engineers would check out and make changes to the same part simultaneously, which often would result in multiple versions of the same part or changes made but not accepted.
BRINGING CONTEXT TO VISUAL COMMUNICATIONS HALLMARK OF NEW DIGITAL SIGNAGE SOFTWARE FROM OMNIVEX (14113)
CONCORD, ONTARIO, Omnivex Corporation, the premier provider of digital signage software, announced today a new digital signage platform called MoxieT based on the latest technologies from Microsoft. Moxie’s role is to improve the process to rapidly develop and deploy digital signage networks, and significantly lower the cost to operate these systems. This patent-pending technology will enable content developers, network operators and marketing managers to take advantage of the latest advances in Windows graphics capabilities and network management, and tie them directly to real-time information.
New conveyorized overhead stretch wrapper designed for fork truck loading or fully automated integration, with capacity to 80 pallet loads per hour (14040)
Straddle design is ideal for unstable or extremely heavy loads. Touch screen control allows easy reprogramming of wrap patterns, timers, etc., without computer or special software.
LARGEST NORTH AMERICAN DISTRIBUTOR OF ANSYS CONSOLIDATES AS SIMUTECH GROUP (14020)
SOUTHPOINTE, PA., ANSYS, Inc. (NASDAQ: ANSS), a global innovator of simulation software and technologies designed to optimize product development processes, today announced that five of its North American channel partners have merged to become SimuTech Group. As a result of the restructuring, these long-established resellers of technology from ANSYS will be able to provide a higher level of service and support to existing and new customers. The newly formed company includes STI Technologies from Rochester, New York.; JLR The Engineering Solutions Co. based in Everett, Washington and Denver, Colorado; Ohio Computer Aided Engineering with offices in Cleveland and Cincinnati, Ohio; Advanced Engineering Technologies in Atlanta, Georgia; and ROI Engineering from Toronto and Montreal, Canada. While all of SimuTech Group’s offices historically have provided high-end service and support for ANSYS engineering simulation software to their respective customers, the combined company will allow each office to expand on its own internal areas of expertise and reach a broader customer base.
Staco FirstLine® Three-Phase UPS Now Include SNMP Communications (13977)
Staco Energy Products Co. announces the addition of SNMP communications capabilities for their FirstLine® three-phase Uninterruptible Power Supply (UPS). These models, which are available for 10, 15 and 20 kVA applications, allow users to network this UPS with their manufacturing and management systems. With SNMP capabilities, FirstLine® offers web browser based visual readings, alarm notification, a 48-hour system history, as well as client shutdown software for the most popular operating systems
Corevalus Systems Develops Complete Digital Music Management And Display System (13894)
Corevalus Systems has developed and is currently marketing a product named SamePage, a complete digital music management and display system that replaces paper, file cabinets, and music stands in a live music performance environment
