Technology Trends Affecting the PT/MC Industry
Presented by Mike Edwards, editor of Design Product News
Presentation Resources:
1. Web 3.0/Monitoring
Custom "Google" window www.pimpmysearch.com
Darcor Castors www.darcor.com/caster-selector
Cowan Dynamics www.cowandynamics.com
Phoenix Contact www.phoenixcontact.ca
Mazak www.mazak.com
2. Ubiquitous 3D Visualization
SEW-Eurodrive www.sew-eurodrive.ca
Clippard Instrument Laboratory www.clippard.com
Adobe Acrobat www.adobe.com/downloads
eDrawings www.edrawings.com
Autodesk Design Review www.autodesk.com/designreview
DPN 3D www.dpncanada.com/3d
3. Rapid Prototyping/Tooling
Z Corp. www.zcorp.com
Objet Geometries www.objet.com
Wohler Associates www.wohlersassociates.com/
Axis Prototypes www.axisproto.com
Thirty Meter Telescope project www.tmt.org
4. Nanotechnology
PowerMetal Technologies www.powermetalinc.com/
MEMS www.mems.org
5. Smart Grid/Environment
Canadian Nuclear Association www.cna.ca
Canadian Solar Industries Association www.cansia.ca
Canadian Wind Energy Association www.canwea.ca
Green Energy Act Alliance www.greenenergyact.ca
6. Hybrid Vehicle Technologies
Honda Canada www.honda.ca
Ford Motor Company of Canada www.ford.ca
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency www.epa.gov
Flywheel Energy Systems Inc. www.magma.ca/~fesi/
Bosch Motorsport www.bosch-motorsport.com
Hydrogenics www.hydrogenics.com
Tesla Motors www.teslamotors.com
Fisker Automotive www.fiskerautomotive.com
7. Green Components
SKF www.skf.ca
NTN Bearing www.ntn.ca
WEG Electric Motors www.pamensky.com
Festo www.festo.ca
EnOcean Alliance www.enocean.com
8. Servo vs. Fluid Power
Baldor Electric Motor www.baldor.com
Bosch Rexroth Canada www.boschrexroth.ca
9. Wireless Control
Psion Teklogix www.psionteklogix.com
Beckhoff Automation www.beckhoffautomation.ca
Enrange www.enrange.com
10. Haptics
Quanser www.quanser.com
Sensable www.sensable.com
Mike Edwards
Editorial Director: Ryerson Polytechnical Institute electronic engineering technologist with over a decade of manufacturing experience and 20-plus years in technical publishing, is also trained in hydraulics, electro-pneumatics, bearings, mechanical CAD software, sensors, motor drives and electric motors.
Website: www.dpncanada.comLatest from Mike Edwards
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- Hannover Messe 2012: EPLAN Engineering Center One documentation standardization
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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.
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Demonstration of SpaceClaim Engineer 2012, a multi-purpose 3D CAD tool that performs direct modeling operations on parts and assemblies.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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!
