Although some manufacturers are moving away from pneumatics in their machine designs, the industry can continue to grow if done smartly. That is, seamless integration of automation and pneumatics will rely heavily on the continued adoption of smart technologies, data collection and use, and more compact, efficient machines. This, said Donna Ritson of DDR Communications […]
Pack Expo is coming up fast — October 14-17
With Pack Expo International and co-located Healthcare Packaging Expo (Oct. 14–17; McCormick Place, Chicago) around the corner, anticipation is running high for the largest packaging event of 2018. This year, 50,000 packaging professionals will convene at the four-day event produced by PMMI, The Association for Packaging and Processing Technologies, to network and connect with 2,500 […]
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 as widely known, but equally as important, compressed air also handles critical tasks on large commercial ships. Compressed air is used onboard in a number of ways. One […]
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 ($10,000 per year for four years) to a high school senior who participates in a FIRST Robotics or National Robotics League Competition Team. It may be used […]
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 been named “Hungary’s Best Prepared Industry 4.0 Plant.” In the previous year, Aventics Hungary already won three categories in the “Factory of the Year” contest: “Best […]
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 skills gap in the rapidly changing manufacturing industry. As automated systems become more complex, the need for qualified people with knowledge of integrated mechatronic systems is critical. […]
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 facing off at the sixth annual Corporate Games in Annecy, France, from June 31-July 1, 2018. “Company sports not only promote employee health, they also foster […]
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 West Lafayette, Ind., were experiencing this in their introductory fluid power class. Understanding the theories behind fluid power is important. However, feedback indicated that 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 Instrument Laboratory, Inc., of Cincinnati, Ohio. Clippard is a global leading designer and manufacturer of miniature fluid and pneumatic products used in automation machinery, hydraulic equipment, packaging […]
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 acquired Numatics—and combined the two as the ASCO Numatics division of the company. Now Emerson, the global technology and engineering company, is on […]
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