10 Tips for Sanitary Design You Should Consider on Your Next Machine Build
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What hidden hygiene problems in your processing and packaging lines could cause you the most grief? It is important to have compliant, clean machines that satisfy capacity needs.
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Kollmorgen looked at the ten sanitary design principles recommended by the AMI Equipment Design Task Force (EDTF) and the USDA guidelines for sanitary design to help determine how automation system design plays an important role in processing and packaging machinery. View our recorded webinar to learn about these guidelines and how it can affect your machine design.
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Kollmorgen Motor Technology and Design Expertise Enable Advanced Robotics Capabilities for Tartan Rescue Team’s CHIMP Humanoid Robot
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The Tartan Rescue Team, has designed and built an advanced robot known as CHIMP (CMU Highly Intelligent Mobile Platform).
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The team is a partnership of the National Robotics Engineering Center (NREC),and the applied research and technology transfer organization of Carnegie Mellon University’s (CMU) world renowned Robotics Institute.
CHIMP will be entered in the DARPA Robotics Challenge and utilizes Kollmorgen's frameless motor technology in each of its drive joints to deliver advanced functionality and significant performance benefits. This advanced functionality also paves the way for new mobile manipulation and manufacturing automation applications.
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Kollmorgen Expands Global Engineering, Manufacturing and Sales Footprint by Acquiring Leading Brazilian Motion Control Manufacturer
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Kollmorgen has acquired MCS Engenharia Ltda. MCS is a leading Brazilian-based manufacturer and system integrator of standard and customized high performance motion controllers and complementary motion control components.
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Established in 1983 and headquartered in Tamboré, São Paulo, Brazil, MCS is the largest domestic supplier of precision motion controllers. The company was also the first Brazilian-based motion control manufacturer. The acquisition combines both companies’ industry-leading expertise, technology and products, making Kollmorgen resources readily available to Brazilian machine builders and making MCS resources available to Kollmorgen customers around the world. Day-to-day operations at MCS will remain unchanged.
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Save the Date! Visit us on Facebook and hit "Like" if you'll be heading to Las Vegas for Pack Expo 2013! Feel free to send Andy a note at packaging@kollmorgen.com if you have any questions about this year's upcoming show.
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Note: Our North America Kollmorgen facilities will be closed Monday July 1 thru Friday July 5, 2013, including our Customer Support Center.
Please contact our Customer Support team with concerns or to place orders in advance of the planned shutdown at support@kollmorgen.com.
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In This Issue:
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Technical Training Courses
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Help differentiate your machines with hands-on motion control solutions training from Kollmorgen.
Our technical training is designed and taught by key Kollmorgen personnel who are directly associated with the particular product or subject.
Customized, on-site technical training is also available. For more information, contact training@kollmorgen.com.
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Motion 101 – SERVO/Step Product Introduction and Application Sizing
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Oct 8-10, 2013
Radford, VA
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AKD® / AKD® BASIC
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Oct. 15-17, 2013
Radford, VA
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AKD Advance Tuning
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Oct.22-24, 2013
Radford, VA
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Kollmorgen Automation Suite™ – Level 1
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Nov. 11-15, 2013
Radford, VA
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Kollmorgen Machine Architect
Kollmorgen’s machine architect program extends OEM capabilities by providing experienced machine design input during the early design stage. System control, motion design, actuation, I/O, wiring, and sensors are all part of a well-balanced machine design. For the qualified OEM, Kollmorgen can provide access to these machine architects who have the breadth and depth of machine knowledge to enhance the success of your new machine design.
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Blog in Motion has a new home.
Our team of authors will be posting on a variety of topics that may interest you – From embedded motor designs, to direct drive solutions, from Packaging Industry insights, to new discoveries in motion for medical applications.
Follow the history of Kollmorgen as we step though major milestones of the company all the way back to the 1900’s…
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