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Join the National Fluid Power Association (NFPA) for the highly-acclaimed Industry and Economic Outlook Conference (IEOC) August 12-14, 2013 at the Westin Chicago North Shore, Wheeling, Illinois.

As the trend for motion control systems moves towards distributed systems, as they control more axes and more I/O devices, Advantech has launched the new AMAX-1000 series.

AMCI has been designing and manufacturing plug-in modules for Allen Bradley PLCs and PACs with 100% guaranteed compatibility, for over 20 years. AMCI's plug-in modules provide hard to find solutions for many different Allen-Bradley platforms.

Elmo Motion Control enhances Hornet servo drive for hi-burst military applications

Established industrial automation distributor augments Dunkermotor linear motors with complete line of intelligent servo motors, brushed DC motors and gearmotor solutions for southwestern U.S. machinery OEMs.

To meet the growing demand in China for high quality, reliable motion control products and systems, ORMEC announces three newly formed Chinese partnerships. This includes two new ORMEC distributor organizations and a Chinese representative.

Join the National Fluid Power Association (NFPA) for the highly-acclaimed Industry and Economic Outlook Conference (IEOC) August 12-14, 2013 at the Westin Chicago North Shore, Wheeling, Illinois.

Paralan is now the official USA distributor for LAM Technologies, the well-known Italian manufacturer of components for industrial automation and motion control systems including stepper motors, stepper drives, controllers, and power supplies.

As the trend for motion control systems moves towards distributed systems, as they control more axes and more I/O devices, Advantech has launched the new AMAX-1000 series.

AMCI has been designing and manufacturing plug-in modules for Allen Bradley PLCs and PACs with 100% guaranteed compatibility, for over 20 years. AMCI's plug-in modules provide hard to find solutions for many different Allen-Bradley platforms.

Company demonstrates how AX-50 motion controller increases value, lowers component and development cost and decreases time-to-market of automation solutions

This white paper introduces a new, highly accurate, low-cost piezo motor & discusses how positioning application engineers can lower assembly costs & bill of materials, reduce application weight, size & height & achieve ultra-high resolution & torque

Registration continues for the National Fluid Power Association (NFPA) Workforce Summit and the Center for Compact and Efficient Fluid Power (CCEFP) Annual Meeting - working together to connect students and industry.

Elmo Motion Control enhances Hornet servo drive for hi-burst military applications

Two new technical documents have recently been published and are now available from the National Fluid Power Association (NFPA).

Established industrial automation distributor augments Dunkermotor linear motors with complete line of intelligent servo motors, brushed DC motors and gearmotor solutions for southwestern U.S. machinery OEMs.

New 400V models have been added to ORMEC’s XD-Series Indexing Servo Drive family. These high-performance, single-axis models further expand the XD Indexer family power range, the widest in the industry.

High tech provider for automation and motion control adds German engineered intelligent servo motor systems after years of success selling companion linear motors and actuators.

Two contracts awarded to ORMEC for motion control system upgrades are part of the overall aircraft assembly processes in The Boeing Company’s Long Beach, CA facility.

Two new technical documents and a new technical report have recently been published and are now available from the National Fluid Power Association (NFPA).

Industry leaders from across the fluid power supply chain will converge on Hawaii, March 7-10, 2012 for the 2012 NFPA Annual Conference, one of the best opportunities for industry decision-makers to come together for education and networking.

NFPA is accepting nominations for the 2012 Fluid Power Innovation Award, a fluid power technology award program for innovative engineers and technicians who are using fluid power to address the needs of their customers.

Functional and economic factors to be considered in choosing integral control and fieldbus enabled brushless servo motors discussed in new Dunkermotor white paper.

The high-strength V Series has twice the torque as conventional AC motors at a reduced cost.

To meet the growing demand in China for high quality, reliable motion control products and systems, ORMEC announces three newly formed Chinese partnerships. This includes two new ORMEC distributor organizations and a Chinese representative.

Energy efficiency is the key for optimized power modules

PBC Linear's Uni-Guide is installed into an instant, on-demand book printer

High power motor and driver package offers DC power input with space saving benefits.

The Proceedings of the 52nd National Conference on Fluid Power (NCFP) are now available from the National Fluid Power Association (NFPA).

PI (Physik Instrumente) LP -- a leading manufacturer of nanopositioning stages and precision motion-control equipment for bio-medical, semiconductor, imaging and nanotechnology applications -- has released a new catalog on nanopositioning systems

Private company in the area of automation equipment manufacturing, B&R saves energy with servo technology.

The Stäubli robots are connected to the network using POWERLINK, the real-time Ethernet standard.

ORMEC system includes Indexer servo drives, pacer encoder, touch screen MMI and complimentary software

The B&R POWERLINK slave solution is available for Altera and Xilinx FPGAs.

In addition to Real-Time Workshop® and Simulink PLC Coder™, B&R Automation Studio also supports the Real-Time Workshop® Embedded Coder™, thus providing both maximum performance as well as optimal safety.

The National Fluid Power Association (NFPA) has launched a fluid power technology award program for innovative engineers and technicians who are using fluid power to address their needs of their customers. Nominations are now being accepted.

The international spotlight will shine on Daman's Tom Weinkauf, when ConExpo and the International Fluid Power Exposition (IFPE) open in Las Vegas, Nevada, on March 24.

The National Fluid Power Association (NFPA) will host the 52nd National Conference on Fluid Power (NCFP) March 23 – 25, 2011 during IFPE 2011 at the Las Vegas Convention Center in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Videos make XD-Indexer servo drive configuration and operation easy. ORMEC premieres a comprehensive library of motion control videos directly accessible from ormec.com.

Increases Focus on Development of MotionIC IP and Technology; Transfers Gyration Assets to SMK-Link

The network can be expanded beyond 16 ServoWire drives to more than 100

Industry leaders from across the fluid power supply chain will converge on Bonita Springs, Florida, February 16 – 19 for the 2011 Annual Conference of the National Fluid Power Association (NFPA).

Auburn, MA -- piezo motor specialist PI introduces the new M-272 linear actuator for automation applications based on a maintenance-free PILine® ultrasonic ceramic motor.

First time offering from Oriental Motor provides customers purchasing stepping motors with more options than ever before.

Large library of training videos is now available to use at users’ convenience.

Three internationally recognized serial communication protocols ensure product’s universality.

Four new products to linear and rotary line improve application performance in addition to saving time and money.

Small frame size makes the PK 20mm perfectly suited for applications in small spaces.

On July 1, 2010 the National Fluid Power Association (NFPA) installed its 2010-11 Board of Directors. Gregory Willard, President & CEO of Quality Control Corporation, became NFPA’s 58th Chairman of the Board.

Four new technical documents have recently been published and are now available from the National Fluid Power Association (NFPA).

Rockwell Automation and Advanced Micro Controls Inc. (AMCI) have released their first PartnerNetwork™ Solutions brochure. The brochure includes a brief history of the partnership between Rockwell Automation and AMCI, and features AMCI products.

ORMEC Systems Corp. (www.ormec.com) has been awarded a major contract from The Boeing Company, Long Beach, California, for retrofits of Wing and Major Join tools used in the manufacture of the Boeing C-17 military transport aircraft.

New Polycarbonate Pipes offer superior transparency, high strength and impact resistance, and can withstand both high and low temperatures.

Business-to-Business publisher Worldwide Industrial introduces its latest manufacturers of power transmission and motion control products

ORMEC Systems Corporation has announced the global launch of MotionSet™, a powerful, easy-to-use proprietary commissioning software, designed expressly for use with new ORMEC XD-Series Indexer Servo Drives.

ORMEC Systems Corporation (www.ormec.com) has announced global launch of the XD-Series, a new family of Indexer Servo Drives, providing high-reliability motion control capabilities for even the most challenging applications.