Capitalizing on Motion Control Innovation

Single-serve stick packs are one of the hottest trends in consumer packaging, and Ropak Manufacturing Co., Decatur, Ala., is poised to service that growing market with an innovative machine it calls Stik Pak.

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Manufacturing Trends Shape New Microsoft Vision

At its annual partner conference last month, the software giant rolled out a redefined vision for Microsoft’s role in the manufacturing environment.

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World Class Manufacturing Must Be Sustainable Manufacturing

In the early 1970s, new ideas emerged about the human influence on the environment and the responsibilities of corporations, especially manufacturing operations. Read more

Staying Competitive

Everyone knows that emerging countries—India, China and many others—are starting to grab significant market share in U.S. and world markets. Read more

Bottom-line Thinking

This month, we are covering two issues very important for the profitability of manufacturing companies—and that have potentially far-reaching consequences.

Written by Gary Mintchell, Editor in Chief

The major focus of the issue is “green,” regarding both environmental concern and corporate profitability. The second important issue is the role standards play in developing machines that make manufacturing responsive to both customer demand and corporate competitiveness. The common thread, of course, is a weave of automation and operational excellence. Read more

Green is Good for Business

In the past, corporate environmental plansvwere mostly cost burdens relating to regulatory compliance, with perhaps a touch of the public relations image of being socially responsible. In the past few years, this has changed dramatically—“green” is becoming a business profit opportunity.

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Samsung Attacks Energy Costs

Samsung Fine Chemicals Co. (SCF) recently revamped its heat power plant at its chemical facility in Ulsan, South Korea, in an effort to increase efficiency and reduce emissions.

The company turned to Honeywell Process Solutions’ Unified Energy Solutions (UES), a process optimization product, to help optimize the power plant. Plant operators sold the investment in the technology as a way optimize the plant while going green. “We presented the system to management as a valuable tool to reduce cost, yet achieve maximum efficiency in an environmentally conscientious manner,” says Kyung-Chul Park, advisory manager at SCF. Park also argued that the investment would pay for itself within a year. Read more

Manufacturing Plants are Going Green Across the Globe

Energy savings has become a major issue for companies providing manufacturing equipment.

Production speed and durability used to be the big concerns for T-Tek Material Handling Inc., in Montgomery, Ala. The company produces high-speed beverage palletizers. But recent spikes in the cost of energy added a new competitive factor. Now, manufacturing equipment needs to be fast, durable and energy lean. “Going green has become a competitive factor for us,” says Brian Traff, president of T-Tek. “We’re building lighter equipment and using variable speed drives and servos for energy savings.”
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Rexroth expands the function of pneumatic position monitoring – IMTS 2008

Rexroth has expanded the functionality of the pneumatically-driven MS01 controlling and measuring system. This system checks the presence, position, shape, and dimension of test objects during automatic supply and processing of work pieces. (Lex…
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Clear and Distinct: The New PE5 Electronic Pressure Switch from Rexroth – IMTS 2008

New, compact PE5 electronic pressure and vacuum switches are easy to operate and install, with three ergonomically-arranged buttons and numerous pneumatic connection options. Large LCD display is easy to read, even from a distance. This switch come…
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