AutomationDirect’s enclosure offering now includes rugged INTEGRA polycarbonate enclosures. Integra’s superior polycarbonate design provides an enclosure that is
This issue of Automation Notebook gives you snapshots of some of our latest products. Some of the products you’ll find include helical inline gearboxes and additional magnetic
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Should You Purchase Direct?
Online purchasing has taken over much of the consumer goods sector, and is now a viable option for many industrial automation products. The automation products used by machine builders,
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Keeping the World's Largest Model Train Display On Track
Ahhh… model train displays. There is just something about walking into a showroom with model trains in operation. But what does it take to control the world’s largest indoor train display with over 80?
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Machine Produces Nanofibers for Biomedical Research
If you can’t buy it, you have to build it. This was the situation our group of engineering students encountered when we needed to grow vascular tissue for a bioengineering project at Walla Walla University, and found existing solutions were not acceptable.
Did you know researchers have proven that taking time for things like brain teasers and brain games is really good for you? Those puzzles, riddles, and feats of logic help
Now that you think you’ve solved our brain teasers, it’s time to check your answers. Maybe you got them all correct. Maybe you were stumped on one of them…but surely not all of them.
Everyone loves the challenge of a word search. We’ve taken the concept to a new level. In this issue of Automation NOTEBOOK, we have hidden a myriad of photoelectric sensor terms in the puzzle below. You’ll find the terms in various directions (horizontally, vertically, diagonally and backward). Once you think you’ve found all of them,…
Now that you’ve completed this photoelectric sensor terms word search, it’s time to check your work. Compare your answers with the solution below. Then tell your friends, family, coworkers, and your mother-in-law how well do did. If you’d like to give it another try, just click the link below. [hozbreak]
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It’s a Wrap! Automated Taping Machine
The capstone senior design project is the crowning achievement for seniors at the University of Connecticut School of Engineering. In this two-semester course, senior students are mentored by faculty and industry engineers as they work to solve real-world engineering problems for their corporate sponsor. Students learn about the principles of design, how ethics affect engineering…