On June 9th, 2022, the Vaughan Chamber of Commerce named Electromate Inc. the winner of the Innovation and Technology Award at the 2022 Business Achievement Awards. The award recognizes significant accomplishments in the field of Innovation and Technology made throughout the past year.
Extreme flexibility and fast format change are the distinguishing features of the 1200 s tray former from Sema Systemtechnik: the cardboard blanks are fed in at one second intervals and folded, glued and sealed in several production stages. From a risk analysis it was clear that an effective safety solution had to be found for the situation where there was “no cardboard in front of the feed opening” – a solution that would restrict neither the operator nor the process. SEMA opted for Pilz’s TÜV SÜD-certified solution for safe cardboard feed.
NSK will be exhibiting at the International Manufacturing Technology Show at the McCormick Place, Chicago, IL, from September 12-17, 2022. As the 33rd edition of the premier manufacturing technology show in North America, IMTS 2022 will raise expectations of what challenges manufacturing can address. Experience the power of new equipment, software, and products to move your business forward.
For the fifth consecutive year, Electrozad has been recognized for overall business performance and sustained growth with the prestigious Canada’s Best Managed Companies designation. The company first won the Best Managed award in 2018 and became a Gold Standard winner last year. The Best Managed program award winners are amongst the best-in-class of Canadian-owned and managed companies demonstrating leadership in the areas of strategy, capabilities and innovation, culture and commitment, and financials to achieve sustainable growth.
Since July 2021, Sault College Employment Solutions has offered free training opportunities in the manufacturing and production sector in an effort to provide local employers with a pipeline of skilled workers. The most recent cohort of the General Manufacturing and Production Fundamentals training program welcomed 33 participants who completed job-specific technical, essential, and soft skills training preparing them for rewarding careers within manufacturing and production.
Ryan Weaver, VP Commercial at Robotiq, gives you a glimpse of what the Robotiq Machine Tending Solution can do for you. Getting robots up and running is complex and can leave you feeling overwhelmed. With the Machine Tending Solution, we deliver peace of mind that your machines will always be running through accessible automation. Increase your machine’s capacity and reduce downtime with an easy-to-use Robotiq solution that does the work for you.
VX IT is THE pacemaker and a superior all-rounder for network and server applications, making it the perfect solution for your needs. It will help you install new IT infrastructures in record time, whether a single-rack installation or an edge,enterprise, colocation or hyperscale data centre. Learn more: www.rittal.ca/vxit
Governments issue joint statement after IEA Global Conference in Denmark, highlighting efficiency’s benefits for energy security, affordability and sustainability. Global energy and climate leaders meeting at the IEA’s Global Conference on Energy Efficiency have agreed on actions to accelerate improvements in energy efficiency that can reduce energy bills, ease dependence on imported fuels and speed up reductions in greenhouse gas emissions.
The International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAMAW) is demanding workers be represented on the Advisory Council on Artificial Intelligence created in 2019 to advise the Government of Canada on building Canada’s strengths and global leadership in AI, identify opportunities to create economic growth that benefits all Canadians and ensuring that AI advancements reflect Canadian values.
During IMTS 2022, Siemens will present its hardware automation and software technology portfolio, highlighted by the first-ever, digital-native CNC platform, SINUMERIK ONE, for machine tool applications. In addition, Siemens will present its solutions and services for the industrialization of additive manufacturing. In booths 133346 and 433028, the company will highlight how machine users can quickly and easily embark on their digitalization journeys — from part concept to design, digital twin to simulation, part and machine production, as well as total integration of these processes into the digital enterprise for job shops and production departments alike.
Recently, a key puzzle piece fell into place with the announcement of $1.65 million in federal funding for a joint training program involving the University of Waterloo and partners in Germany. Support from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) gives the green light to a nine-year initiative to train dozens of graduate students and help bring promising new two-dimensional materials out of the laboratory and into the marketplace.
Universal Robots has reached a new milestone with 100 certified training centers worldwide. This comes following the opening of a new center in Täby near Stockholm in Sweden, with other centers spread across 23 countries. All over the world, from Munich to Michigan, Singapore to Sweden, Universal Robots offers its customers world class robotics training that helps them maximize the potential of their cobots. This means that no matter where a business is based, it is always near a certified UR Training Center.
MDA Ltd., a leading provider of advanced technology and services to the rapidly expanding global space industry, recently announced it has been awarded a contract from Lockheed Martin as part of the Space Development Agency (SDA) Tranche 1 Transport Layer (T1TL) program.
Last May in Hannover, at one of the world’s largest trade fairs, the future of industrial automation was on everyone’s lips. What does that future hold? To put it simply, industry transformed. We’re already in the midst of a modern industrial revolution, shifting industry to a model where more work can be done remotely, more interactions are digital, and more operations automated. And to keep up, business needs to be data-driven, open, sustainable, and efficient.
Motion Industries, Inc., a leading distributor of maintenance repair, and operation replacement parts, and a premier provider of industrial technology solutions, is pleased to announce the formation of its fluid power business brand: Mi Fluid Power Solutions (Mi FPS). Unifying top tier fluid power business units – including the former Kaman Fluid Power divisions of BW Rogers, Catching FluidPower, Intellimotion, Calkins Fluid Power, Northwest Hose & Fittings, Western Fluid Components, and Inrumec along with Hydraulic Supply Company and Motion’s OE Mobile service capabilities – MI FPS is a complete provider of fluid power, integrated electronic controls, and electro-mechanical technologies for industrial and mobile equipment.
Moxa has launched the EDS-4000/G4000 Series, the world’s first IEC 62443-4-2 compliant industrial Ethernet switch to be certified by IECEE. The EDS-4000/G4000 Series is the all-new futureproof layer 2 Ethernet switch, featuring IEC 62443-4-2 certified security, advanced UX, as well as high performance with 802.3bt PoE and 2.5G fiber uplinks. The portfolio includes 68 models across 7 series with options ranging from 8 to 14 ports.