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XYZ - Software Simplifies Programming of Kinematics

May 01, 2012

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With a kinematic mechanism, the position of the end-effector is not determined by straight-line motion.

XYZ: Electronic Camming Improves Pick-and-Place

March 01, 2012

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Cam-driven pick-and-place devices have long been a staple of high-speed, multistation automated assembly systems.

Assembly In Action: Indexer Automates Wire Forming for Seat Component

January 07, 2012

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“Wire forming is our business,” automotive supplier JR Manufacturing writes on its Web site. As proof, the company points to the fact that it currently makes more than 100 wire seat components for major automakers, including Acura, Chrysler, Honda, Lexus, Mitsubishi and Toyota.
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High-Performance Servos Boost Throughput

January 06, 2012

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Fifty milliseconds may not seem like a lot of time. Indeed, the human eye takes between 300 and 400 milliseconds to complete a single blink. And yet in the context of a high-speed automated assembly system, in which a single linear actuator might make more than a dozen moves per minute, 50 milliseconds here and there can really add up.
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Illinois Assembly Plant to Hire 40

December 06, 2011

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GLENDALE HEIGHTS, IL-Lenze Americas, a manufacturer of motion control technologies, is expanding its assembly plant here and will hire up to 40 skilled workers. MORE
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Bosch Rexroth Offers Catalogs on iPad

November 09, 2011

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CHARLOTTE, NC-Bosch Rexroth has developed interactive electronic catalogs optimized for the iPad. The catalogs include embedded videos, white papers and specification information for the company’s line of conveyors, workstations, structural aluminum components and motion control products. MORE
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AssemTech Inc. is a busy and growing harness assembly shop in West Chicago, IL. The company has a 12,000-square-foot assembly area and employs 20 full-time harness assemblers - far cry from its early days back in 1986, when founder Chuck Hall and various family members assembled harnesses in his garage.

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