MAG Cincinnati Introduces Industry's Highest Output Horizontal 5-axis Profiler for Aluminum Aerospace Components. New HyperMach H4000 features high-performance simultaneous 5-axis contouring, 2 x 4 meter part capacity, cell-ready design, and ergonomics. (14398)
MAG Cincinnati clears the table and collects all the chips in high-value aluminum machining, introducing industry's highest output 5-axis horizontal machining center for clean, contained cutting of parts up to 2 x 4 meters. Designed especially for high-throughput, precision machining of next-generation aircraft components, the new HyperMach H4000 adapts proven modular components from the company's advanced high-speed vertical profiler family.

Sky-Trax NEW Total-Trax (14322)
New Castle DE, Sky-Trax, Inc. is pleased to announce the official commercial release of their first complete vehicle and inventory tracking solution, the Total-Trax™ system. Built on Sky-Trax’s two break-through systems, the Sky-Trax System™, Total-Trax is a premium material handling solution that automatically captures exact pallet location and identification, vehicle location, precise location and full path tracking of all warehouse assets. With Total-Trax, Sky-Trax goes beyond RFID to automatically track mobile assets and inventory indoors to inch accuracy without any reliance on human operators; bringing huge productivity gains to operations, full visibility of fleet operations, driver accountability, productivity, safety, and data integrity to operations.

Cleanroom Gowning Racks and Benches Combine to Provide The Ultimate Cleanroom Storage Solution (14321)
Clayton, DE, Cleanroom gowning racks from Eagle MHC, now available in independent or wall mounted configurations, are constructed from heavy gauge 304 stainless steel. Independent models are 24" in width and available in single, dual and cantilever styles. Standard 2" diameter, nylon dissipative feet feature ½" adjustability. Wall mounted racks are available in 24", 18" or 14" widths depending on model.

NA 2008 Is Coming to Cleveland’s I-X Center April 21-24. Event will Address Green Trends, Showcase Latest Equipment and Technologies for Manufacturing, Distribution and the Supply Chain (14296)
CLEVELAND -- When the 2008 Material Handling & Logistics Show and Conference (NA 2008) opens it's doors on April 21 it will include over 500 exhibits and an Educational Conference featuring a Keynote on green manufacturing and supply chain solutions. In addition, over 70 educational sessions that will outline leading trends, best practices and state-of-the-art equipment and technology solutions that can make manufacturing and the entire supply chain work more productively and profitably.

Physical Prototypes: A Necessary Step or Needless Bottleneck? (14291)
Building and testing physical prototypes — an expensive, time-consuming task in traditional product development — is one area that manufacturers are critically examining to reduce overall design costs and speed time to market. Physical prototyping can be a major bottleneck, slowing down the product development process and seriously constraining the number of design alternatives that can be examined.

Fresh Warehousing Selected as Haz Mat Warehousing and Distribution Facility for Oxychem Division of Occidental Petroleum Corporation (14270)
St. Louis, MO, Safe handling of hazardous materials (HAZMAT) in a confined public warehouse is a specialty of Fresh Warehousing & Fulfillment. Fresh has taken all precautions to create a total haz mat warehousing solution for all their haz mat customers’ needs and has the highest safety record for hazmat warehousing. Fresh strives to meet and exceed the safe hazardous materials standards of all regulatory agencies. Because of Fresh Warehousing’s exemplary reputation as a superior haz mat facility, they were recently chosen as Midwest fulfillment center for Occidental Petroleum Corporation’s Oxychem Division as a storage and distribution facility for the company’s line of chlorine tablets for Leslie’s Pool Company. Fresh stores over 10,000 palettes of chlorine product for Occidental Petroleum in their Sauget, Illinois facility.

Parker Acquires Vansco Electronics; Expands Global Ability to Integrate Hydraulics with Electronics to Provide Total Systems Solutions (14254)
CLEVELAND, - Parker Hannifin Corporation (NYSE:PH), a leader in motion and control technologies, has acquired Vansco Electronics, a global leader in the design and manufacture of electronic controls, displays and terminals, communication and operator interfaces, and sensors. Vansco systems for mobile equipment, a primary Parker market, include key applications for agricultural, construction, material handling, bus, RV, and specialty truck equipment. Vansco facilities in Canada, the United States, Finland, Belgium, and the United Kingdom employ 1,005 people. In the fiscal year ending August 31, 2007, Vansco achieved sales of approximately $180 million. Approximately 83 percent of Vansco's sales are made in Parker's Industrial North America reporting segment. This acquisition is expected to be accretive to earnings in its first full year of operations. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.

Thayer Scale Introduces the MWF-OS Sanitary Open Construction Weigh Belt Feeder (14250)
Thayer Scale, developer of continuous weighing and feeding equipment, introduces the new MWF-OS Sanitary Open Construction Weigh Belt Feeder for processing of snack food, cereal, pasta, pet food and any other application where hygiene and ease of cleaning is important. The MWF-OS can provide either a “closed loop” gravimetric control of material feed rate or an “open loop” control for precise convey rate output and totalization of an uncontrolled or intermittent material supply.

New SPECTRA 820 Laser Machining Center Generates Complex 3D Chip Breakers in PCD and PCBN Cutting Inserts (14246)
Wixom, MI, – Wendt GmbH has introduced the SPECTRA 820 Laser Machining Center for generating complex, three-dimensional contours in hard materials. Initially targeted at the cutting tool industry, the SPECTRA 820 provides a high-quality, economical solution to the challenge of creating chip breakers in PCD, PCBN, carbide and ceramic tools. Other fields of application include pill punch pressing, tool and mold making, eroding dies, inscriptions and medical implants.

Gripper 101: What Is A Gripper? Why Use One? (14243)
WHAT IS A GRIPPER? WHY USE ONE? A gripper is a device which enables the holding of an object to be manipulated. The easier way to describe a gripper is to think of the human hand. Just like a hand, a gripper enables holding, tightening, handling and releasing of an object. A gripper is just one component of an automated system. A gripper can be attached to a robot or it can be part of a fixed automation system. Many styles and sizes of grippers exist so that the correct model can be selected for the application.