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Also IN THIS ISSUE of ASSEMBLY E-news:
- Residential Wind Power Manufacturer Opens in Michigan.
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Renault Puts India Plans On Hold. |
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Detect Product Defects Easier, Faster and More Reliably
The new KEYENCE CV-5000 Vision System offers high-speed, reliable defect detection on a wide range of surfaces and materials. Reliable detection is now possible through transparent reflective packaging...an incredibly difficult application with conventional systems. Industry-first advancements and camera options include a 5 million-pixel (2432 x 2050), ultra-high-definition camera with a 16.3 image/sec transfer rate. Real-time shade correction, sophisticated multi-lamp lighting control and pattern search enable detection of subtle deformations on simple/complex shapes.
Click for application report. |
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 After the Smoke Clears
It's been said that by the time something is featured on the cover of a glossy news magazine like "Time" or "Newsweek," chances are its moment has already passed. I'm beginning to think much the same thing about the online and television business press with respect to the current economic crisis. These days the major headlines are all pretty much gloom and doom. Dig a little deeper, though, and you begin to see a much different picture.
I am reminded of the 1988 "Year of Fire" at Yellowstone National Park. At the time, many in the media, having only a limited understanding of how natural systems work, proclaimed that the park was dead. They questioned whether its natural beauty would ever return. In fact, even as much of the park continued to smolder, Mother Nature was already hard at work rebuilding.
It's the same thing with the U.S. economy.
VIEW STORY
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Straight Talk from Fishman
Fishman Corporation answers your questions about dispensing cyanoacrylates.
What's different about dispensing cyanoacrylates?
If you're trying to dispense CAs, you know how the adhesive can stick to the internal parts of the dispensing gun. The answer: AirFree® dispensing with a Fishman LDS9000 CA. Here's how to ensure precision and repeatability (± 5%) without clogging and hardening of the CA in the syringe. What's more, we guarantee the results. Check out the FULL STORY. |
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Residential Wind Power Plant Opens in Michigan
MANISTEE, MI--Mariah Power has begun production of small "vertical-axis" wind generators in a former automotive plant in northern Michigan.
Renault Puts India Plans On Hold
NEW DEHLI--Renault is delaying its entry into the Indian market until economic conditions improve.
Oracle Buys Sun
REDWOOD SHORES, CA--Business software giant Oracle Corp. is entering the computer hardware market through the purchase of Sun Microsystems for $7.4 billion. |
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 Cognex Breaks the Color Barrier
Cognex introduces three exciting new color models to its line of
In-Sight Micro vision systems! Combined with two new color super tools added to the In-Sight Explorer library, the Color Match Sortation tool and the Color Extract tool, In-Sight vision systems can now solve the most demanding color applications
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 Noncontact Gripper Handles Fragile Parts
This ultrasonic gripper works on the principle of near-field levitation, in which an ultrasonic generator creates a thin film of pressurized air between the gripper and the workpiece at the same time air is extracted through holes on the gripper face creating a vacuum. The gripper is therefore able to "hold" a workpiece without ever having to make any physical contact. For more information, visit Schunk Inc. at
www.schunk.com.
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 Wire Organizer Available in New Materials
Split-loom product line is now available in flame-retardant polypropylene, nylon 6 and polyethylene, in addition to standard polypropylene. The material is supplied in 100-foot rolls. Smaller lengths can be packaged in payout boxes for ease of dispensing. Mini Gaylord boxes can accommodate loom in lengths of 500 to 4,000 feet. For more information, visit Micro Plastics Inc. at www.microplastics.com.
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 Self-Clinching Flush-Head Pins
Type TP4 self-clinching flush-head pins can be installed permanently in stainless steel sheets as thin as 0.04 millimeter. They satisfy a range of positioning, pivot and alignment applications. The pins' chamfered ends facilitate alignment of mating holes. Made from 400 series stainless steel, the pins resist corrosion and are heat-treated for use in sheets as hard as HRB 92. For more information, visit PennEngineering at
www.pemnet.com. |
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April 20-23
SAE World Congress 2008
Society of Automotive Engineers
Cobo Center, Detroit
www.sae.org/congress
April 22-23
Assembly New England
Canon Communications LLC
Boston Convention & Exhibition Center
www.assemblynewengland.com
May 20-21
National Electrical Wire Processing Technology Expo
Expo Productions, Inc.
Midwest Airlines Center, Milwaukee
www.electricalwireshow.com
June 9-11
ATX East and MD&M East
Canon Communications LLC
Jacob K. Javits Convention Center, New York
www.atxeast.com
June 9-11
International Robots & Vision Show
Robotic Industries Association
Donald E. Stephens Convention Center, Chicago
www.roboticsonline.com |
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