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NPE News Wrap-Up: Materials Handling
The big show in Chicago presented more new loaders, feeders, blenders, and conveying controls than you could count. They鈥檙e more flexible, easier to maintain, and easier to control. Many are web-enabled, and some are lower in cost.
Read MoreKeep Machines Running in Top Form With New Software ‘Wizards'
Help has arrived for overworked plant managers, process technicians, and maintenance personnel. It comes in the form of three new Windows-based "Smart Manufacturing" software modules from Hunkar Laboratories, Inc. in Cincinnati. Hunkar's Smart Manufacturing philosophy is based on the principle of pre-emptive problem solving, which translates into "Fix it before it's broke."
Read MoreSay Goodbye to Wiring Tangles With 'Snap-Together' Controls
A brand-new family of MACO control systems from Barber-Colman Co. in Love's Park, Ill., employs a "building-block" strategy intended to reduce the system's installed cost while improving its performance.
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