ROSS Controls, Troy, Mich. has acquired the Industrial division of Automatic Valve Corp., as of September 1. Automatic Valve is ISO certified, offering a history dating to 1945. The company manufactures pneumatic industrial valves for a broad range of industrial automation, automotive, and process control applications at its Novi, Mich. facility. Automatic Valve markets its […]
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CCEFP announces NSF funding to tune of $30 million for soft robotics research
The CCEFP recently announced that the National Science Foundation (NSF) Emerging Frontiers in Research & Innovation (EFRI) program will fund $30,000,000 in soft robotics. The topic area of Continuum, Compliant, and Configurable Soft Robotics (C3 SoRo) will award 15 proposals of approximately $2,000,000 each over four years. The NSF EFRI program seeks proposals with transformative […]
Pack Expo Las Vegas to focus on worker safety
The OpX Leadership Network will host three Innovation Stage sessions at PACK EXPO Las Vegas (Sept. 25β27; Las Vegas Convention Center). The group, convened by PMMI, The Association for Packaging and Processing Technologies, is a catalyst for transformative solutions and best practices to improve operational excellence in today’s “do more with less, faster environment.” These […]
IFPS upgrades ΊΪΑΟ³ΤΉΟ Specialist Certification
The International Fluid Power Society (IFPS), the only organization to provide comprehensive technical certifications for professionals in the fluid power and motion control industry, has recently upgraded its ΊΪΑΟ³ΤΉΟ Specialist (PS) Certification Study Manual. The IFPS PS Certification is for those designing pneumatic systems and writing specifications, sizing and selecting components for pneumatic systems across […]
Pack Expo returns to Vegas
Pack Expo will be held Monday, September 25th through Wednesday, the 27th at the Las Vegas Convention Center from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. each day. The event brings together more than 2,000 suppliers of advanced packaging equipment, materials, containers, and automation technologies including several pneumatics and hydraulics manufacturers. Attendees run the gamut, from plant […]
Rob Clippard is semi-finalist for University of Cincinnati Rising Leader award
Rob Clippard, VP of Marketing and Sales at Cincinnati-based Clippard Instrument Laboratory Inc., is one of nine semi-finalists for the University of Cincinnati’s Rising Leader award. The judges selected Rob as on of the first Rising Leader awards for his demonstrated success advancing one of the Goering Center’s 10 Best Practices – Dynamic Business Strategy.Β Nominees […]
Soft pneumatic actuator generates cyclical motion
A new study has demonstrated the advantages and potential applications of an innovative multi-chambered soft pneumatic actuator. Researchers described how the actuator generates cyclical motion and characterized its trajectory and force output in an article published in Soft Robotics. Coauthors Alar Ainla, Mohit Verma, Dian Yang, and George Whitesides of Harvard University detailed the actuatorβs […]
Kaman appoints VP, General Manager of its Automation group
Kaman Distribution Group, the distribution segment of Kaman Corporation has announced the appointment of Jeff Ames as VP, General Manager of its Automation platform effective as of July 10, 2017. Kaman Distribution Group operates through three product platforms: Bearings & Power Transmission, Fluid Power, and Automation. Jeff will report to Steve Smidler, Kaman Distribution Groupβs […]
Tana Utley of Caterpillar to speak at Pack Expo’s Women’s Leadership Network Breakfast
The Packaging & Processing Women’s Leadership Network (PPWLN) β sponsored by PMMI, The Association for Packaging and Processing Technologiesβwill host an exclusive breakfast featuring Tana L. Utley, VP, Caterpillar Inc., at PACK EXPO Las Vegas on Tuesday, Sept. 26 at 7:30 a.m. This event is part of PPWLN’s ongoing efforts to address the gender gap […]
Aventics plant is named βFactory of the Yearβ in Hungary
The Aventics location in Eger, Hungary can now call itself the βFactory of the Year 2016.β The Hungarian production location for the pneumatics specialist was honored in three categories, making Aventics Hungary Kft. one of the top-rated companies in Hungary. The award ceremony on May 5, 2017, in Budapest was thrilling: Aventics won three categories […]
