Baldor Electric Company is honored to be named a 2014 Top Workplace by The St. Louis Post-Dispatch. Top Workplaces are selected based on employee feedback provided during a confidential survey conducted by Workplace Dynamics, LLP. Baldor, a member of the ABB group, was founded in St. Louis in 1920 and has been at its current […]
Industry News
PTDA Welcomes Eight New Members – June 2014
The Power Transmission Distributors Association (PTDA), the preeminent association for the industrial power transmission/motion control (PT/MC) distribution channel, has welcomed eight new members to date in 2014. Distributor Members DIRISA (San Pedro Sula, Honduras) is a distributor of bearings, motors, mechanical PT and material handling products. Edwards Industrial Sales Inc. (Kalamazoo, Mich.) is a distributor […]
Patent-pending hybrid electric drivetrain technology by Oerlikon
Oerlikon Fairfield will unveil its new patent-pending hybrid electric drivetrain technology at the upcoming ConExpo-Con/Agg trade show from March 4-8 at the Las Vegas Convention Center. This technology is a complete series electric driveline system from engine to wheel featuring an innovative energy recovery system. It is the first of its type to be designed […]
Siemens Makes Large Software Grant to Ohio College
These days you’re likely to hear that manufacturing is experiencing a resurgence in the U.S. Contrary to what some jobs numbers seem to indicate, high-skilled, high-tech manufacturing jobs are in demand, especially so in a traditional manufacturing state like Ohio. That’s why a company like Siemens is making a bet on that resurgence. Today, from […]
Bodine Introduces New DC Motor Speed Control with Dynamic Braking
Bodine Electric Co. expanded its extensive family of DC motor speed controls to include a new enclosed model with forward-brake-reverse switch and dynamic braking. The new control is ideal for use in bi-directional applications such as conveyors, packaging machines, screen-printing equipment, food processing applications, medical devices, lab instrumentation and labeling equipment. Housed in a NEMA […]
Lenze Posts Positive FY2013 Sales Growth
Lenze, a global manufacturer of electrical and mechanical drives, motion control and automation technology for Motion Centric Automation, announced its FY 2013 earnings at a company-hosted International Trade Press Event at the Lenze headquarters in Hamelin, Germany, October 10-11, 2013. Lenze has a sales presence in 60 countries and employs almost 3,300 people worldwide. The […]
Drives Modernize Aging Mexican Port Cranes
DC drives from Control Techniques, an Emerson Industrial Automation company, were selected by Terminal de Contenedores de Yucatán (TCY) to modernize the control system on an aging ship-to-shore crane in Progreso, México. TCY, owned by Grup TCB of Spain, is a large container and cargo-handling terminal in Mexico’s Yucatan peninsula. David Asensio, Project Manager for […]
State of the power transmission market
Contributed by: Paul Heney Attendees at the Power Transmission Distributors Association’s 2013 Industry Summit at the JW Marriott Resort in Palm Desert, Calif., received an early look at the results of PTDA’s brand new Power Transmission & Motion Control Market Report. Tom Gale, Industrial Market Information and David Gordon, Channel Marketing Group, presented results to […]
A look ahead
We talked with a select group of motion control technology providers to learn what is in store for system integrators and designers in 2014. Users of motion control technologies can be assured of one thing: energy efficiency and integrated systems will continue to be a focus. And single cable solutions will be one way in […]
Learn How to Solve Tough Processing and Packaging Challenges, at PACK EXPO 2013
Kollmorgen will be interplaying and educating Pack Expo Las Vegas 2013 attendees about motion technologies in booth 3118 on September 23-25, 2013. Again this year, Kollmorgen is setting the stage so that visitors can have some fun while they get hands-on product knowledge. In honor of Las Vegas, Kollmorgen has a new Servo Boxing interactive […]
