Free Webcast supercharging products with embedded RFID.(NEW AT...

Machine Design;  June 5, 2008 ;     94 words ......supply-chain accuracy and efficiency. The story now is how adding RFID to products increases reliability, efficiency, functionality...smart-shelf and smart-cabinets, asset tracking, and user-specific machine configuration; technical considerations; and real-world applications...

Placement machines.

Design News;  November 20, 2000 ;   Lewis, John;   52 words ......12-segment collect and place revolver heads, depending on the requirement profile. This expansion of the Modular Manufacturing concept is said to enable optimum machine configuration, allowing machines to be matched to the product manufactured.

Sticky notes get smart.(Brief article)

Popular Mechanics;  May 1, 2008 ;   Hutchinson, Alex;   84 words ......OMITTED] People are loath to abandon familiar technology. With that in mind, a team at MIT has altered the common adhesive note, adding RFID tags (circled, at left) on each paper square so they can't be lost. Slap a note labeled baby pictures on a box of old photos...

Flexo printing deck: K 2004, Hall 3, Booth C 73.(New Technology)(Brief...

Converting;  September 1, 2004 ;     145 words ...Co.'s Universal Flexo Deck does not identify with a fixed machine configuration or model but enables a progressive upgrading of initial CI-flexo press configuration from 8 to 10 colors after installation to...

Ultrasonic Welding Machine Aids Automakers.(Brief Article)

Welding Design & Fabrication;  June 1, 2001 ;     95 words ......transducer and horn perpendicular to the reed. This gives a low amplitude high impedance combination suited for metal welding. Machine configuration provides the shear motion while putting the line of force directly over the workpiece. System allows a high energy transfer...

P-s coating line: with double-coating units. (New Technology).(Brief...

Converting;  December 1, 2001 ;   Suzik, Holly Ann;   126 words ......concept in rapid changeover. To solve short-run capability problems inherent in wide-web, high-speed commodity coating, a machine configuration with double-coating units, one next to the other, was created. While one unit is working, the operator sets up the other...

Moulding machine.(Equipment, materials, products and services: A round-up...

Medical Device Technology;  December 1, 2004 ;     110 words ......H 750/9130 is designed for a range of high-end moulding applications, including injection--compression processes. The machine configuration can be equipped with a hydraulic or electric motor to drive the screw. The barrel change is also made easier, says the...

Heavy cutting from HMC.(new equipment)

American Machinist;  July 1, 2005 ;     78 words ......2-in. true position through all linear axes, with 0.001[degrees] resolutions on the B and C rotary axes. A trunnion-table machine configuration handles high-speed contouring and high-accuracy positioning applications for heavy workpieces. mitsuiseiki.com [ILLUSTRATION...

Intermec Technologies Corp.(Wireless Headliners)

Fleet Equipment;  July 1, 2004 ;     56 words ......Intermec RFID Authorized Partner and will work directly with Intermec to help customers develop comprehensive plans for adding RFID capabilities to their supply chain operations, www.intermec.com or (www.questsolution.com) READER SERVICE NO. 257

Make Money Making Precision Parts

Manufacturing Engineering;  May 1, 2007 ;   Tessarzyk, Olaf;   760 words ......CNC answers. There is often room to consider another machine configuration that fits between single-spindle CNC twin-turret machines...unprofitable for certain volumes. The decision to invest in any machine configuration depends largely on expected production, the operations...

The 910 Series high-speed case palletizer.(Brief Article)(Product...

Packaging Digest;  February 1, 2000 ;     68 words ......cost-effective way to upgrade from row-forming machinery into in-line palletizing. Optional right-angle pallet travel offers machine configuration flexibility. Two-inch center rollers ensure gentle handling of small, unstable packages. The video demonstrates the 910...

Kusters/Langerbrugge rebuild on schedule.(Supplier News)

Solutions - for People, Processes and Paper;  August 1, 2002 ;     102 words ......largest-ever rebuild and is designed to minimize operating costs. Krefeld engineers are planning a 25-day shutdown; machine configuration; calender foundations; and production of the Multi HV Rolls (MHV-Rolls) for the ProSoft Calender. The ProSoft Calender...

Butfering Optimat SCO Diamond QCE.(PRODUCTS)

Wood Digest's Finishing Magazine;  December 1, 2005 ;     120 words ......QCE, available exclusively from Stiles Machinery Inc., is one of several wide-belt veneer sanders from Butfering. This machine configuration is well suited to processing today's thin veneers. With three segmented pad heads, one cross-belt and two wide belts...

Reed makes return with Brazil press.

Plastics News;  July 17, 2000 ;     254 words ......Reed demonstrated a press with a hydraulic bridge clamp during the Chicago show, but the company also sells a shuttle machine configuration. Reed also dropped down a size on its vertical-clamp Duplimatic line, offering a 33-ton model to go with existing Duplimatics...

Vertical machining center: the Ultra ZV5000 CNC Vertical Machining Center...

Production Technology News;  October 1, 2004 ;     76 words ......Vertical Machining Center is designed for fast and accurate mass- to medium-production of near net shaped parts. A standard machine configuration includes a CAT 40 taper tool shank, a 25 HP spindle with 12,000 RPM maximum speeds, a 25-tool ATC, three axes travel...