Current Isssue: November/December 2008

IMTS 2008 Issue

Editor's Page

It May be Expensive but It's Still Second to None Tom Grasson, Associate Publisher/Editorial Director As I write this editorial, I don't know who will be the next president or what will be in store for this country relative to healthcare. continue reading

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IMTS Highlights

For the first time, IMTS - The International Manufacturing Technology Show 2008 ran for just six days but now that the show is a wrap, it stands as a huge success.

We have posted a wrap-up of the Show's activities, as well as the featured slideshow presentation and several IMTS featured products.

Latest News

Boston Scientific Acquires Labcoat Limited
Boston Scientific Corporation today announced that it has acquired Labcoat Limited, a privately held, development-stage drug-eluting stent technology company located in Galway, Ireland. Terms of the acquisition were not disclosed.

GIE Media announces March 2009 Industry & Innovation Conference
GIE Media, Inc. has announced the dates for a new manufacturing conference scheduled for March 17-18, 2009 to be held at the Intercontinental Hotel in Cleveland, Ohio. This new event titled Industry & Innovation: The New Face of Manufacturing" will benefit professionals in the manufacturing industries looking for innovative business solutions to ensure continued growth in the current economic times.

American Competitiveness Institute Chooses Vision Engineering and Pace for Training Center
American Competitiveness Institute (ACI) has chosen Vision Engineering's (VE) Mantis to be used as the sole inspection equipment in their training facility. ACI has also chosen the MBT350 soldering/desolder station by Pace to be the soldering station of choice for their Philadelphia based training center. The ergonomically designed Mantis inspection scope from Vision Engineering helps customers improve quality and increase productivity while the MBT350 from Pace is a fully self contained programmable high capacity, low temperature SMT/Thru-Hole soldering and desoldering system.

Emerging Technologies

Shaft Motor Nippon Pulse Motor Co., Ltd The Shaft Motor is a direct drive linear servomotor and is driven by using magnetic circuits consisting only of permanent magnets and coils. continue reading

Fixe-axis System Charmilles Mikron US As a high-speed 5-axis system, the UCP 600 Vario tackles a variety of machining configurations, including automated production applications. Its modular, scaleabletoolchanger holds 100 to 220 tools, and there is an integrated pallet-changing system. continue reading

Leadscrew Assemblies Haydon Switch & Instrument, Inc. Waterbury, CT - Haydon Switch & Instrument, Inc., a world leader in stepper motor based linear actuators, is proud to announce the addition of a new product line; Lead Screw Assemblies, to their extensive line of award winning linear motion products. Haydon's new line of lead screw assemblies includes a broad offering of acme leadscrews, advanced coatings and the most technically advanced anti-backlash nuts available in the market. These products provide designers with improved axial system stiffness. continue reading