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IMTS 2022: Student Competition & I4.0 Learning Experience “Industry 4.Core: Embracing the Journey from Mechatronics to Industry 4.0”

 

Festo Didactic, Siemens, and SICK Safety are teaming up at this year’s International Manufacturing Technology Show (IMTS) in Chicago. The trio is building awareness around the exciting advancements taking place in industry and technical education. They are hosting a special learning competition at the Smartforce Student Summit to inform and excite young people about the future of manufacturing.

 

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MOVI-C® Modular Automation System from SEW-Eurodrive

 

MOVI-C ® is the all-in-one solution for automation tasks. Whether you want to implement standards-based single-axis or multi-axis applications, particularly complex motion control applications or customized automation solutions, MOVI-C ® can help you do all that and give you the scope to achieve optimum automation for new projects.

 

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Achieving Matrimony Between Machine Vision and Motion Control in Lab Automation – A Case Study

 

As technological advancements become common-place and affordable, more industries look to implement motion control and machine vision systems to automate tasks that may be menial and time consuming. Many industries can benefit from automated systems but, the question is, how do they get started? Often, they know what they want to mechanize, but do not have automation experts on staff to make it happen. Mechatronics Canada had the opportunity to talk with Eric Rice, Product Market Manager – Electric Automation at Festo, to discuss a case study where a customer recently chose Festo to help them implement machine vision with a motion control system to automate their industrial application.

 

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All You Need to Know About the Augmenta Construction Platform – An Interview with CEO and Co-Founder, Francesco Iorio

 

Augmenta made headlines recently with an announcement that they have raised US $4.1 million in seed funding to automate building design for the construction industry. Their platform, the Augmenta Construction Platform (ACP), enables contractors and engineers to design fully detailed, code-complaint and constructible designs in hours rather than weeks or months. Mechatronics Canada had an opportunity to speak with Francesco Iorio, CEO and co-founder of Augmenta. 

 

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Monitor Your Drive System on Vacation with DriveRadar® IoT Suite from SEW-Eurodrive

 

The DriveRadar® IoT suite package includes plug and play smart sensors, Edge processing, and intelligent data analysis to transform your static Gear units into sophisticated, self-learning, and self-diagnosing  Gear Units. The technology is designed to take the guesswork and even some of the thinking out of your maintenance tasks and allows you to view critical performance data right from your smart device. Plan maintenance and repair activities predictively for your drives and avoid undesirable system failures.

 

Ontario Supports Significant Aerospace Investment to Boost Regional Economy
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Ontario Supports Significant Aerospace Investment to Boost Regional Economy

 

The Ontario government is supporting a $21.4 million investment by Cyclone Manufacturing, a leading supplier of aerospace components and sub-assemblies with manufacturing facilities in Mississauga and Milton. This investment will strengthen Ontario’s advanced manufacturing sector and further grow the province’s economy.

 

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ABB and SKF Increase Collaboration on Industrial Automation

 

ABB and SKF have entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to explore the possibilities for a collaboration in the automation of manufacturing processes. The MoU was signed at ABB’s Robotics Experience Center in Västerås, Sweden, by ABB CEO Björn Rosengren and SKF CEO Rickard Gustafson. Following the successful delivery of a number of projects in SKF’s global manufacturing network, including in Gothenburg, where a fleet of industrial robots from ABB are installed in the bearing manufacturer’s state-of-the-art factory, the two companies are now taking the next step in their collaboration.

 

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Mazak Highlights Manufacturing Solutions for Every Shop at IMTS 2022

 

At IMTS 2022 in booth 338300, Mazak will show manufacturers how they can move their manufacturing operations forward with the company’s latest innovations. Five pavilions will showcase solutions for job shops, advanced machining and high-production workflows. Among the 19 machines in the Mazak booth will be models from the company’s Ez, INTEGREX Multi-Tasking, new SYNCREX Swiss-Style and NEO Series in live real-world production demonstrations. Mazak also will feature automation systems, its MPower complete customer care program and Mazak Capital Equipment Financing (MCEF) for one-stop factory-direct financing.

 

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Augmenta Emerges from Stealth Mode and Raises US$4.1 Million in Seed Funding to Automate Building Design for the Construction Industry

 

Augmenta, the company automating building design for the construction industry, recently announced it has emerged from stealth mode with US$4.1 million in seed funding to bring to market its design platform for the construction industry. 

 

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Redefine Productivity – Introducing UR20 from Universal Robots

 

The UR20 is the result of constantly innovating and seeking to understand our customers’ needs. Manufacturers need greater payloads, larger work envelopes, faster speeds, and easier serviceability, out of their collaborative systems. We’ve gone to work and pioneered a next-generation cobot that can offer all those benefits in one product. This is cobots without compromise.

 

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MDA Selected By Lockheed Martin for Space Development Agency’s Tranche 1 Transport Layer Constellation

 

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. 

 

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Endress+Hauser’s New Customer Experience Centre

 

The Customer Experience Centre. Four thousand four hundred square meters of sensationally detailed architecture, designed to ensure a superior customer and employee experience. The CEC showcases Endress+Hauser’s best-in-class instrumentation. It has a full-service calibration laboratory capable of handling the entire spectrum of flow, temperature, pressure, and level instrumentation – unmatched by any in the country. The crowning jewel is the state-of-the-art Process Training Unit (PTU), which features on-line instrumentation and controls where people can get hands-on experience with operation, diagnostics, and troubleshooting found in real-life process plants.

 

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MDA Completes First Commercial Sale of Canadarm3 Technology to Axiom Space

 

MDA Ltd., a leading provider of advanced technology and services to the rapidly expanding global space industry, recently announced the first commercial sale of its Canadarm3 technology to Axiom Space. The contract is for the delivery of 32 external robotic interfaces for Axiom Space’s Axiom Station which is now under construction and on schedule to be the world’s first commercial space station in orbit.

 

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New System Release for the Automation System PSS 4000 1.23.2

 

An overview of the most important new functions includes recording of process data for enhanced troubleshooting, SafetyNET p communication is configurable, and new software block: FS_MSO_PITreader_Visu. Each are discussed in mor detail below, as well as the main benefits and features. Projects can now be licensed automatically when the projects are downloaded. If this option is selected, it is no longer necessary to license the project manually after the project has been changed.