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Issue Highlights
- Ups and Downs of Taking the Bus—Part I
- More Than a Backbone
- Networking at RRR Tire Manufacturing

Ups and Downs of Taking the Bus—Part I
An early adopter of fieldbus technologies overcame a few startup and commissioning issues and qualified a control system.

More Than a Backbone
Fiberoptic media offer network benefits over copper in industrial environments.

Networking at RRR Tire Manufacturing
Tire machine maker uses IP67 networking to build equipment faster.


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Take our Web poll and tell us why you use or don't use FPGA-based controllers.


Featured White Paper

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Lean Adoption in the Industrial Machinery and Components Industry

What is driving manufacturers today to adopt Lean? What are their business needs and expectations?

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New Products

Connect One's M2M Internet Solution

Omega Engineering's Wireless Communication Brochure

GE Fanuc's 6U Compact PCI 24-port NETernity Gigabit Ethernet Switches

Banner Engineering's SureCross DX70 Wireless Developers Kit


Machine Builder Forum

A Good Investment?
Is machine-mount I/O worth it? In your experience, are the higher material costs up front outweighed by the installation, configuration and eventual maintenance savings?

Stand up, be counted, and let us know.


Machine Builder Spotlight Video

Automation Comes Clean
John Broadbent, product engineer at Ellis Corp., takes us for a spin inside the company's standard and custom-designed industrial washer/extractors. In a live demonstration at Ellis' headquarters in the Chicago suburbs, we get a firsthand view of the controls and automation that Ellis uses in its machines.

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Industry Events

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Sensors Expo & Conference
June 9 - 11, Rosemont, Ill.

The Vision Show
June 10 -12, Boston

Automation Xchange
August 10 - 13, Park City, Utah

International Manufacturing Technology Show (IMTS 2008)
September 8 - 13, Chicago

Assembly Technology Expo
September 23 - 25, Chicago

PACK EXPO 2008
November 9 - 13, Chicago

ProMat 2009
January 12 - 15, Chicago


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