Philip Harting, senior vice president of Harting Inc., spoke with DPN editorial director Mike Edwards at last week's Hannover Messe 2012. Harting spoke about the importance of the annual trade fair, the emergence of his company on the global stage, the need for corporate governance on carbon dioxide emissions and on Harting energy management technologies.
At Hannover Messe 2012, Andre Brauers, Turck Industrial Automation product manager for linear position sensors, encoders and inclinometers, describes the latest in rotary position sensing technology.
Bernd Hanstein, VP Product Management System Solutions, Rittal GmbH & Co., provides a tour of the Rittal booth at Hannover Messe 2012. Hanstein points out "tool-less" modular enclosure systems for IT applications, a seamless hanger system for HMI computers/monitors of different weights and Rittal's commitment to energy conservation in its cooling system offerings.
Mechatronic solutions consultant Sean-Patrick Mulherrin of EPLAN Software & Services North America demonstrates the new EPLAN Engineering Center One (EEC) design and assembly software functionality at Hannover Messe 2012. The EEC generates all of the documentation at the click of a button: schematics and fluid plans, mechanical designs, and complete PLC programs.
This video was submitted by a DPN reader at Industrial Shape & Form Ltd. in Anmore, BC, to illustrate how a marine propeller pattern is made using traditional woodworking methods. IS&F also manufactures many types of molds from foundry patterns, thermoforming tools and rotational molds, as well as makes prototypes and other low volume products. CAUTION: Wood chips and noisy saws, so wear eye and ear protection!