Design News - September 3, 2007

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Providing Better Solutions for Packaging Machinery

Since the advent of general purpose motion control 25 years ago, packaging machinery has always been a primary target on the radar screen for suppliers. Packaging is filled with line-oriented machines and heavy demands for higher speeds, torques, accuracies and the dynamic performance that are an ideal fit for servos.

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Light Matters: The Unsung Heroes of Modern Health Care
First, let's define "no-compromise." In an ideal configuration, this lamp would use a high-brightness LED (HBLED) that is built into a small, integrated package and is able to produce a large quantity of focused light, operate with a high level of reliability and generate no audible noise. Is this difficult? Yes, but it is possible.
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Design Engineers' Portal for Sensing and Machine Safety
Whatever industry you're in, or whatever product you manufacture, the right sensors to automate your plant, and to improve your overall efficiency, quality and safety are a must. You'll find Banner Engineering to be an amazing resource of products, training and people with expertise.