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Safe pneumatic system design
Consider the following safety and design choices for control of pneumatic systems in automated equipment. By Pat Phillips • Product Manager, … [Read More...]
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Compressors meet shipboard air demands
Many engineers are familiar with plant compressed-air networks that pipe high-pressure air to pneumatic tools, industrial robots and countless types of production and packaging equipment. Perhaps not … [Read More...]
2018 NFPA Robotics Challenge scholarship winner announced
The National Fluid Power Association recently announced that Jacob Barnes of Orcutt, Calif. is the winner of the 2018 NFPA Robotics Challenge Scholarship. This scholarship program awards $40,000 … [Read More...]
Pneumatics specialist honored with prestigious IIoT award
For outstanding digital competence, Aventics Hungary has been honored in the newly established and prestigious industry 4.0 category of the “Factory of the Year” contest. The pneumatics specialist has … [Read More...]
Siemens partners with Festo Didactic to take aim at manufacturing skills gap
Siemens is proud to partner with Festo Didactic to offer the new Siemens Mechatronic Systems Certification Program (SMSCP), which will help students, instructors and learning institutions combat the … [Read More...]
Aventics takes part in Corporate Games for 4th time
Pneumatics specialist Aventics and its team will once again compete at one of the world’s greatest international company sports events. 87 associates will join 5,500 competitors from 150 companies … [Read More...]
Seniors at Purdue complete yearlong project with pressure regulator manufacturer
If you’ve had any formal education, you’ve likely experienced a class that was long on theory, but short on real-life practice. Students from Purdue Polytechnic Institute at Purdue University in … [Read More...]
Air Engineering and Supply receives two awards
Air Engineering and Supply, a major Midwest distributor of Fluid Power and Pneumatic components and value-added assemblies, recently received two awards for outstanding sales and growth from Clippard … [Read More...]
Triton is selling Aventics to Emerson
Emerson, headquartered in St. Louis, still has pneumatics on its mind. After purchasing ASCO in 1985, it bought Joucomatic a few years later and added it to the ASCO family. Later, in 2008, Emerson … [Read More...]
Eaton now exclusive distributor of Coremo Ocmea caliper brakes
Eaton has announced that it has signed a partnership agreement with Coremo Ocmea, a manufacturer of brakes and clutches based in Milan, Italy. The agreement gives Eaton exclusive rights to distribute … [Read More...]
Virtual Engineer tool from Parker Hannifin gives users intuitive interface for simplified design processes
A new motion control design tool for engineers from Parker Hannifin Corp. aims to help with the proper selection of electromechanical and pneumatic linear motion. Dubbed Virtual Engineer, the free … [Read More...]
ControlAir Inc. achieves ISO 9001:2015
ControlAir Inc. has achieved ISO 9001:2015 certification of its Quality Management System. The Certificate of Registration was issued by International Quality Registrars on February 9, 2018. The … [Read More...]
Aventics using additive manufacturing to produce small batches
What was once just a vision of the future has become reality in many industries: using 3D printing for series production. Aventics is now taking advantage of additive manufacturing in short runs. A … [Read More...]
Festo showcases solution for variable control of flow rate or fill level
Festo Corp. will introduce a new control solution for infinitely variable flow rate and fill level based on the DFPI linear pneumatic actuator at the International Powder & Bulk Solids Conference … [Read More...]
Aventics participates in Future Day and Girls Day events
This spring, Aventics will again sponsor several campaigns aimed at getting young people interested in technology. By participating in “Girls Day” and “Future Day,” the pneumatics specialist hopes to … [Read More...]
Festo to triple its Mason, Ohio manufacturing center with $90 million investment
Growth continues for Festo Corp.'s North American manufacturing operations, as it announced, along with the City of Mason, Ohio, that it will expand its existing state-of-the-art Regional … [Read More...]
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