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    Automation Software Support

    Nov. 26, 2007
    De-Sta-Co has launched the latest version of its Robosizer software for streamlining the design process for automation applications. The software, which was made more intuitive...
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    Your Personal Robot

    Nov. 26, 2007
    How would you like to have your own personal robot? If research is successful with Willow Garage Inc. (www.willowgarage.com) and Stanford University, personal robots that perform...
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    Small Shop Automation

    Nov. 26, 2007
    Small shops can reap significant benefits in flexibility and production throughput with the same automation system, according to Mazak Corp. Combined with advances in metalworking...
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    Gear Company Makeover

    Nov. 26, 2007
    Overton Gear Corp. of Addison, Ill., has completed a high-tech makeover of its brand to better reflect its state-of-the-art facilities, high-tech processes and global capabilities...
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    Reference Program

    Nov. 26, 2007
    MTS Systems Corp.’s Sensor Division, a company specializing in applying magnetostrictive sensing technology to markets worldwide, is now a member of the Rockwell Automation Encompass...
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    Precise Simultaneous Five-Axis Machining

    Oct. 10, 2007
    The StarragHeckert LX 151 5-axis machining center The LX 151 is designed to produce turbine blades and blisks at high speed. StarragHeckert has patented the axis mechanism for...
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    Variable Horizontal Machining Center Designed For Precision

    Oct. 10, 2007
    MCM SpA (www.mcmspa.it) has developed a horizontal machining center that can be set up in a variety of configurations for high-speed, precision machining and flexible production...
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    Sandvik Coromant displayed technology advances at EMO and beyond

    Sept. 21, 2007
    Sandvik Coromant introduced a wide range of new tools at the EMO Hannover 2007 show under a listing of nearly 30 product categories that were part of its EMO exhibition.
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    The NanoSteel Company patents welding material for hardfacing

    Sept. 21, 2007
    The NanoSteel Company (www.nanosteelco.com), a producer of nano-structured steel alloys for industrial applications, has commercialized a line of alloys that use the company’s...