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Zontec: SPC software

Zontec’s (Cincinnati, OH) 4.0 Synergy 2000™ statistical process control (SPC) software contains more than 20 new features and program enhancements. Designed for plant computing environments that want an enterprise-wide approach to quality management.

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Protective details

The Xbox console includes a variety of sensitive internal components including a hard drive, DVD drive, and a CPU. To protect the console during transportation and handling, Microsoft selected expanded polystyrene foam end caps.

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Xbox box has 'game'

The graphics design for the much anticipated mid-November debut of Microsoft's Xbox game console strikes a balance for hard-core gamers and mainstream consumers. After soliciting concepts from several firms, Redmond, WA-based Microsoft awarded the design work to SBI and Company (Salt Lake City, UT).

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SERCOS N.A.: SERCOS conformance test

A new conformance test for SERCOS interface controls, servo drives, and I/O stations is now available from SERCOS N.A. (Bloomingdale, IL). Test software ensures that SERCOS interface products from various manufacturers are compatible and interoperable at the SERCOS Conformance Class A level.

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ROY-G-BIV Corp.: Programming software

Extensions for Motion Control (XMC®) motion control communications software products from ROY-G-BIV (Bingen, WA) can help reduce the cost of programming motion controllers and decrease the time it takes to integrate motion systems with different machine control architectures.

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Pacific Scientific: SERCOS-based drives

New PC840 servo drives series from Pacific Scientific (Rockford, IL) use SERCOS interface for closed-loop, real-time distributed control. The SERCOS chip ensures each drive receives update commands, such as positioning, velocity, or torque, from the controller as fast as every 500 microseconds.

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Tri-Tronics Company: Tri-Tronics Company: Computer-controlled sensor

Tri-Tronics (Tampa, FL) has introduced the first photoelectric sensors that can be configured, adjusted and monitored directly from a computer, according to the company.

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Efector, Inc: Efector, Inc: AS-I controller

ifm efector (Exton, PA) has released a SmartLogic™ unit that operates as an AS-i module with 4 inputs and 4 outputs. Module uses a programmable microprocessor with an 8-kb program memory that adds fast, local control functions to AS-i installations.

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FEMC: FEMC: Piston fillers sport HMI

FEMC (Bedford Heights, OH) piston fillers are now equipped with Allen-Bradley programmable logic controllers and interfaces from Rockwell Automation (Milwaukee, WI) that control nearly every aspect of the filler’s operation.

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Reliance Electric: Drives and motors catalog

A 432-page catalog from Reliance® Electric (Greenville, SC) describes line of adjustable-speed drives and motors. Detailed are AC and DC drives and motors, options and accessories, the Custom Classic line, and a complete listing of product demonstrators and training programs.

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Hoover Materials Handling Group, Inc: Package tracking software

The Internet Tracking Recovery and Asset Management (iTRAM™) from Hoover Materials Handling Group (Alpharetta, GA) is an application service provider for tracking returnable packaging.

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A line that's loaded with smarts

Latrobe Brewing Co.’s new line for 12-oz glass bottles of Rolling Rock beer is a textbook illustration of SCADA in action. Analysis of data is equally impressive.

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