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Mark Buie has joined St. Jacobs, Ont.-based Manufacturers Automation Inc. to represent many of its lines including Moxa, Adaptive Micro Systems, Balluff, Panasonic, Sprecher and Schuh and Carlo Gavazzi. He ...

News | MA Staff | February 25, 2010

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Despite a year of unprecedented economic challenges in 2009, members of the Power Transmission Distributors Association (PTDA) are finding cause for optimism as 2010 begins. According to a survey conducted ...

News | MA Staff | February 09, 2010

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Bearing manufacturer A&S Fersa Bearings S.A. has appointed Ringball Corp. as its Canadian master distributor. This exclusive agreement includes the complete product line of the A&S Fersa Bearings. With five ...

News | MA Staff | February 01, 2010

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Now in its second year, Bosch Rexroth Canada’s free seminar series offers Canadian manufacturers the knowledge they need to improve productivity, safety and innovation, helping them bounce back from the ...

News | MA Staff | January 21, 2010

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Spécialité Hydraulique Côte Nord Inc. (SHCN), located in Sept-Iles, Que., was acquired by Mississauga, Ont.'s Wainbee Ltd., a national distributor of fluid power and automation components and systems. As a ...

News | MA Staff | January 19, 2010

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Mississauga, Ont.-based KSB Pumps Inc., the Canadian subsidiary of the KSB Group, has appointed Michael Blundell as president, effective Dec. 1. Blundell previously served as national accounts manager for energy and ...

News | MA Staff | December 09, 2009

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Automation and control integration provider Altec Integrated Solutions Ltd. has completed the certification process to become the latest member of Bosch Rexroth Canada’s Electric Drive and Controls “Systemintegrator” program. Headquartered in ...

News | MA Staff | December 02, 2009

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Products

Position control units, servo drives

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Omron Corp. has released its new SYSMAC CJ Series position control units and OMNUC G5 Series servo drivers, both with speed/functionality improvements and EtherCAT communication capabilities.   Being a real-time Ethernet-based, open network, EtherCAT is attracting increased interest in Japan, with its operat...

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Motor-integrated electromagnetic disk brakes

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SEW-EURODRIVE has released its latest range of motor integrated electromagnetic disk brakes, which can be customised to match the specific torque and voltage requirements of electric motor applications. The company says the electromagnetic disk brakes have short response times at ...

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AC drive

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Rockwell Automation’s new Allen-Bradley PowerFlex 753 AC drive provides versatile motor control for general-purpose applications, including fans, pumps and conveyors. The DeviceLogix control technology helps meet requirements for stand-alone applications by giving users control flexibility to combine inputs and/or outputs, ...

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Precision linear motor stages

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Dover, a Danaher Motion company, has introduced the MMG Mini-Mag line of precision linear motor stages.  Mini-Mag Stages deliver nearly twice the accuracy at virtually the same cost as competitive standard-grade options. The ability to deliver MMG prototypes rapidly speeds ...

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Compact sensorless AC drive

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Parker Hannifin has launched a new family of revolutionary AC drives that allow energy efficient permanent magnet motors to be used in a wide range of pump, fan and compressor applications. Designated the AC650S Series, the new drives eliminate the ...

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Motor control centre

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Schneider Electric has unveiled its multi-protocol, motor control centre (iMCC), which incorporates “intelligent” components such as PLCs, Altivar 61/71 VFD drives, Altistart 48 softstarters and the TeSys T motor management system. From hardwired I/O to network solutions, iMCCs deliver an ...

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Editor's Update: Feb 10, 2010

Conference Board gives Canada a D for innovation, and the Machine Automation Safety Congress returns in May


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