December 2004
What’s in a name?
I was recently thumbing through an industrial catalog when several items caught my attention...
Filling up fast
A multi-tasking motion control system speeds changeovers on an in-line fluid filler...
New twist on precision spring forming
Precision spring manufacturing has never been exact because of the inconsistencies in the wire feed stock and normal wear that occurs in the forming tool...
Stepping off the plane
Non-Cartesian actuators are improving applications where they weren’t even feasible before...
Electric automation event headed to Chicago
A number of companies have already signed up to take part in SPS Electric Automation America, scheduled for May 2005 at the Donald E. Stephens Convention Center in Rosemont, Ill...
In Response
Bargain shopping I read with interest the “Good Buys” editorial (October 2004), and I must share with you two stories that members of my family had with Wal-Mart...
Without a scratch
Heavy-duty idlers help save galvanized steel strip from damage...
Report clears up bearing confusion
The sheer diversity of linear bearing products can be confusing to those who want to use the products in their machine designs...
