Automation – Page 175
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ArticleCNC human machine interface
FANUC claims its iHMI (intelligent Human Machine Interface) provides a simpler, more efficient and intuitive way to interact with its 30i/31i/32i-model B CNCs. The iHMI features a flat-panel touch-screen display and a graphical navigation. It also incorporates a suite of new tools and features.The new Cycle Time Estimation function can ...
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ArticleSimulation for thermal management
Ansys claims its AIM 17.2 can accelerate product design through upfront simulation with this new version offering enhanced engineering simulation for thermal management.The new version of AIM builds upon its existing, combined fluid thermal and solid thermal-stress capabilities with momentum and heat sources now available for fluid and conjugate heat ...
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Hexagon Webinar: Big Data metrology and 3D process control
From the progressive assembly line to lean manufacturing principles, the automotive industry has always led the way in manufacturing technology. As the industry faces ever shorter design-to-production times, automotive manufacturers and suppliers have embraced industrial metrology and 3D measurement as enablers of quality and productivity.Hexagon Manufacturing Intelligence is combining ...
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ROFIN Webinar: Selecting the most suitable laser for automotive uses
The automotive industry has always been one of the driving forces behind innovative laser applications.In this webinar, we will explain how to select the most suitable laser for specific automotive manufacturing-related applications using latest laser technology and application techniques. We shall look at examples from the entire spectrum of high ...
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ArticleBio-based polyamide for automotive cooling systems
Royal DSM says is has developed a new application for a hydrolysis-resistant grade of its high performance bio-based polyamide, EcoPaXX. The company claims one particular grade, EcoPaXX Q-HG6/7, is suited for applications such as expansion tanks that need to resist coolants at high temperatures. DSM say it enables part weight ...
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ArticleTanaka heads up Mazda R&D in Europe
Germany – Matsuhiro Tanaka is the new vice president of Mazda’s European R&D Centre, based at Oberursel, Germany.Tanaka first joined Mazda in 1984 after completing an engineering degree at Yamaguchi University. He was initially involved in assorted roles related to crash safety and has since gained more than 30 years’ ...
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Coming soon: A new Ford
There will be a new Ford soon – a new company that is, not just a new model. At least, that is the ambitious plan outlined to Ford's investors in September. This new company will not only allocate capital more efficiently, deliver improved margins and strengthen its core business as ...
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Next generation automation software
Progea USA has released its Movicon.NExT Version. 3.0. automation software. New features include: new iOS and Android apps for web client access using smartphones and tablets; new and advanced report designer; recipe management enhancement to include remote activation; function block diagram feature.The company says NExT is structured on modular concepts ...
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Motores pequenos, grande potencial
Um motor elétrico inovador que promete uma economia significativa no espaço e peso para aplicações em veículos fora de estrada, pode chegar ao mercado em breve.A colaboração entre o especialista em transmissão americano Oerlikon Fairfield e Ashwoods Electrical Motors do Reino Unido, levou ao desenvolvimento de um novo dispositivo ultra-compacto ...
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Toyota almeja o primeiro lugar
A Toyota é a maior empresa automotiva japonesa, mas no cenário global está envolvida em uma batalha pela supremacia ao lado da GM e do Grupo VWA produção global em 2015 totalizou cerca de 8.7 milhões de veículos sob o nome de Toyota, uma queda de pouco mais de 290.000 ...
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ArticleAutomated gasketing
Graco says its Dispense Analyzer error detection system is designed for critical dispense applications where precision dispense required, such as those in automotive manufacturing. The Analyzer pairs quantitative dispense monitoring with effective dispense equipment, the Graco PCF (Precision Continuous Flow) system.The company says its Dispense Analyzer (jointly developed by Graco ...
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Trumpf Webinar: Laser-based solutions for electrified powertrains
As the importance of electric vehicles (EVs) continues to grow, so does the rate of their production.While EV battery technology regularly prompts wide discussion there is also much to be explored around the other elements of the EV powertrain.In this webinar, we look at all the crucial elements in the ...
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Toyota aspira a lo más alto
Toyota es la mayor empresa de vehículos de Japón por un amplio margen, pero en el escenario global está inmersa en una batalla por la supremacía junto con GM y el Grupo VWLa producción mundial de Toyota en el año 2015 fue de casi 8,7 millones de vehículos, descendiendo algo ...
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Pequeños motores, gran potencial
En poco tiempo podría salir al mercado un sistema de transmisión eléctrica innovadora que promete un ahorro importante de espacio y peso para aplicaciones de vehículos fuera de carreteraLa colaboración entre el especialista en transmisiones Oerlikon Fairfield de EE.UU. y Ashwoods Electrical Motors del Reino Unido, ha llevado al desarrollo ...
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ArticleWork begins at JLR Nitra site
The brand new 300,000 sq.m facility, now under construction in western Slovakia, will manufacture JLR's new range of high-tech, lightweight aluminium vehicles. With an annual capacity predicted at 150,000 cars, production is set to begin in 2018.The £1bn facility will be the first in Europe to use Kuka’s Pulse carrier ...
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Small motors, big potential
An innovative electric drive, which promises significant savings in space and weight for off-road vehicle applications, could be on the market before too longCollaboration between US transmission specialist Oerlikon Fairfield and the UK’s Ashwoods Electrical Motors, has led to the development of a new, ultra-compact device that is up to ...
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Toyota aims for top slot
Toyota is by some distance the largest Japanese vehicle company but on the global stage it is engaged in a battle for primacy, alongside GM and the VW GroupGlobal production in 2015 totalled nearly 8.7m vehicles under the Toyota name, a fall of just over 290,000 units, damaging its attempt ...
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Revamped Honda Swindon makes Civic
UK – The first units of the tenth-generation have now rolled off the production line and been shipped to North America, one of 70 export markets which will also include European countries. The factory has completed a £200m ($260m) upgrade so that Honda of the UK Manufacturing (HUM) can become ...
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ArticleCompact laser profile sensor
The scanCONTROL 2910-25 BL is a new high performance compact laser profile sensor from Micro-Epsilon. The company says it features integrated electronics, which uses a sharp-focused 10mm blue laser line for measuring small objects or difficult-to-measure surfaces.The company states this sensor is suitable for applications where absolute precision is required ...
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ArticleNew CNC machines
Haas Automation now offers its new ST-15Y big bore, small footprint CNC turning centre. The company says the ST-15Y provides 102mm of Y-axis travel (±51mm from the centreline) for off-centre milling, drilling and tapping, and comes as standard with 6000rpm high-torque live tooling and a full C-axis for four-axis capability. ...