The Rexroth GoTo Focused Delivery Program product offering was recently enhanced, and a new eShop allows customers to purchase GoTo items online.
The Rexroth GoTo Focused Delivery Program - offers industry-leading delivery times for its most in-demand pneumatic products and other Rexroth products. The program aims to help customers build better machines faster with swift delivery times, expert applications support, accelerated design and start-up plus reduced system costs.
Select models of twenty-two pneumatic product families are featured in the GoTo pneumatics program. Recently several additions were made to the pneumatics offering, including: heavy-duty and compact guide versions of Series RTC rodless cylinders, metric Series QR1 push-in fittings, Series CD01/01-PI valve manifolds, expanded fieldbus options, Series MNI metric ISO 6432 cylinders, additional Series M mini cylinders, and additional Ceramm and Series 740 valves. Included in the program are pneumatic directional control valves, cylinders, air preparation, fittings and non-contact transfer units.
The new GoTo main web page for pneumatic products, www.boschrexroth-us.com/GoToPneumatics gives customers streamlined access to specific catalog information for each pneumatic GoTo product, and fast connection to product experts. Online resources such as data sheets, part numbers, CAD drawings and specifications greatly streamline the product selection process, and by selecting a GoTo product the customer is assured fast delivery. The ability to buy GoTo items online has been introduced via an eShop on our eBusiness@Rexroth USA portal. See information on the Pneumatics GoTo web pages for how to register.
For more information on the GoTo Focused Delivery Program and a complete list of Rexroth GoTo motion, control and automation technologies - including electric drives and controls, hydraulics, pneumatics, linear motion and aluminum structural framing products - visit www.boschrexroth-us.com/GoTo.
As The Drive & Control Company, Bosch Rexroth develops, produces and sells components and systems in more than 80 countries. In 2009 Bosch Rexroth, part of the Bosch Group, achieved sales of around $5.7 billion
(4.1 billion Euro) with 34,200 employees.
For more information please visit: www.boschrexroth-us.com
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CLIPPARD RELEASES NEW FULL-LINE CATALOG
Clippard Instrument Laboratory, Inc., manufacturer of the industryys most complete line of miniature fluid power products, has just released the all-new 356-page catalog. This full-line catalog includes features, specifications, technical drawings, color photographs, and application highlights throughout. Products can be found in six main categories, including Cylinders, Electronic Valves, Control Valves, Modular Valves, Fittings and Hose, and Air Preparation equipment.
Clippard has been serving the needs of design engineers around the world since 1946 with quality products, on-time deliveries, application engineering expertise and a stocking distributor network that is highly trained to handle all your miniature pneumatic needs. Contact Clippard today, or your local distributor, for catalog #CILCAT-0410, a real working tool and resource for all your miniature pneumatic needs.
Clippard Instrument Laboratory, Inc.
7390 Colerain Avenue
Cincinnati, OH 45239
513-521-4261
www.clippard.com/catalog-pol
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We at Fabco-Air would like to inform you there has been a design improvement in the Multi-Power version of our Pancake II Composite body cylinders.PA or PB Style (new)
Effective immediately, all Pancake II Multi-Power cylinders will be manufactured and assembled using baffles similar to our Original Multi-Power cylinders, instead of the previous design that has been standard until now. Mounting and overall length dimensions do not change.
PM Style (old)
The previous Pancake II Multi-Power design will be available only as a special order, and priced accordingly.
The updated catalog can be downloaded at the following location:
http://www.fabco-air.com/pdf/pancake_II_web.pdf
Please make sure to forward this email to anyone in your organization who would benefit from it's contents, and encourage them to subscribe to our mailing list using the "Join Our Mailing List" button below, or by using the form located in the distributor only section of our website.
Contact Information
phone: (352) 373-3578
fax: (352) 375-8024
email: service@fabco-air.com
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Festo to unveil new Customer Solutions Center
On March 4,2010, Festo will inaugurate its new Customer Solutions Center at its Mississauga, Ontario headquarters demonstrating how it will better help customers find the solution they need.
"With Festo continually expanding its range of electrical and pneumatic technologies for process control, we are determined to show our customers that we are more than a place to purchase their partsswe are a solutions provider," extols Casey Samaroo, Customer Solutions Manager, Festo Inc.
Along with showcasing Festo's constantly evolving leading edge technologies, the new Customer Solutions Center will offer customers a place to examine first-hand how Festo's custom-tailored solution will work via a project simulation.
"Every day, Festo is asked for solutions for electrical and mechanical enquiries, states Samaroo. "Now with the Customer Solutions Center, Canadian customers can partner up directly with Festo engineers on-site to replicate situations to determine the best workable solution.
The Customer Solutions Center will provide an opportunity for customers to complete an industrial automation solution involving:
Handling and positioning including pick-and-place, linear or 3D gantries with pneumatic, electrical or hybridization of both.
Custom components designed and manufactured to specification.
Assembly and kitting services via standard, custom or third-party components.
Control cabinets featuring electrical and/or pneumatic systems.
Air quality and energy auditing services.
As well, the same day will also see the launch of Festo's new Regional Contact Center at the Canadian headquarters that will offer foster product support and technical assistance for its Canadian and U.S. customers.
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Festo opens Regional Contact Center for U.S. and Canadian Customers
In an effort to provide a faster, more streamlined solution to U.S. and Canadian customers requiring information or assistance, Festo has optimized its services to provide answers in a timely and efficient manner.
As of March 4,2010, all queries from customers regarding placement or tracking of orders, request for quotes, product support or technical assistance will be directed through the new Regional Contact Center (RCC) located at Festo's Canadian headquarters in Mississauga, Ontario.
Festo is amalgamating its Contact Centers in Montreal, Quebec and St. Louis, Missouri to better serve the more than 20,000 customer calls and 9,000 faxes and e-mails it receives monthly from across the two countries.
"We want to better serve our customers," explains Contact Center Manager Greg James. "Festo customer service representation in both Canada and the U.S. has always been superlative, and the new RCC will allow us the opportunity to increase our efficiency."
The new RCC offers:
More Festo customer service employees to reduce customer wait-time;
Bilingual agents for French-language customers;
Extended hours of operations from SAM to 8PM EST;
Increased service during both U.S. and Canadian holidays;
Larger outbound calling team to apprise customers of all new product innovations;
Centralized product support team with knowledge of the more than 30,000 Festo products, including in-depth specialists for all electrical and mechanical enquiries;
Increased management overseeing regional growth of the Festo Online Shop.
Structured to answer 80 per cent of all incoming calls within the first 20 seconds, the RCC will employ a new fully automated inbound call and document distribution
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SCHUNK Expert Days Service Robotics 2010 Expert forum for the future of service robotics
The first two Expert Days in 2008 and 2009 were a great success for all the participants. Now SCHUNK, the specialist in toolholding, workholding and automation in Lauffen, Germany, has organized the third Expert Days for service robotics on February 24 and 25, 2010. Experts from all over the world will assemble at this summit. In numerous lectures, which are held in English, the participiants will recieve information on present research projects, trends, and chances for service robotics.
The lectures of international referees particularly focus on current topics of service robotics: safety,
standardization, and European initiatives. Moreover, current research projects in the fileld of gripping, mobile manipulation, and modular robotics will be presented. The forum should be a contribution to identify marketable applications of service robotics.
Beside an intensive exchange of experience, the Expert Days are an ideal platform for generating international networks all around the globe and to jointly tackle projects for the future. As in years before, two moderators will present the event: Professor Dr. Henrik I. Christensen, holder of the KUKA Chair of Robotics at the Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta, as well as Martin HHgele, Head of Department of Robotic Systems at the Fraunhofer Institute for Manufacturing Engineering und Automation (IPA) in Stuttgart. For further information as well as for registration please complete the form online under www.expertdays.schunk.com.
The event will be held February 24-25, 2010, in Brackenheim-Hausen, Germany.
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FREE FRL Sample Available Get Real-Time Ship-To Dates at Bimba.com
Monee, IL November 3, 2009 Bimba Manufacturing announced today that customers can receive a FREE FRL sample at bimba.com. Bimba offers a full line of Air Preparation Equipment, Filters, Regulators and Lubricators available in multiple bore sizes. Custom assemblies and optional accessories including porting blocks, shut-off valves, gauges and more are also available.
As with all Bimba products, users can receive real-time price and delivery quotes on their FRL in three easy steps. One, select Price and Delivery from the Order Info dropdown at bimba.com; two, enter the desired part number and quantity; and three, click Request Part. Individually stocked FRL components will ship the same day to ensure customers receive products on-time, every time. Or, you can call us at, 1-800-44-BIMBA with your Bimba FRL part number or a competitorrs FRL Part Number and we will provide you with real-time price and delivery on the specific Bimba FRL to fit your requirements.
When you need FRLs fast, itts best to go with Bimba. Visit bimba.com/frl today.
About Bimba:
Bimba Manufacturing is a forward-thinking innovator of actuation technology, specializing in providing cutting-edge solutions to engineering challenges. Its capabilities include an extensive line of industry-leading air cylinders, rotary actuators, linear thrusters, rodless cylinders, air preparation equipment, valves, flow controls and position-sensing cylinders. In addition to its broad line of standard catalog products, Bimba also develops many custom and semi-custom products designed for specific customers and applications. These products, used in machinery and automation, are sold to original equipment manufacturers and end-users throughout the world in an expanding variety of industries.
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Herkuless New Blog ---
Information-Packed Web Pages on Scissor Lift Tables and Material Handling Systems
Herkules Equipment Corporation has added information-packed pages to its website in the form of a blog covering a wide range of topics all related to scissor lift tables and material handling systems. Topics include basic applications of scissor lift tables for all possible uses under the sun: basic workstation lifting; scissor lifts for conveyors; skillet lifting system; operator lifting; instrument lifting; and the list goes on and on. Herkuless team members share their experiences and knowledge theyyve acquired throughout many years working on solutions for our customers. The blog is located at www.herkules.us/lifts/.
Many of the bloggs posts cover subjects that customers have asked about on specific projects, such as The Need for Safety Skirtss, and Integrating Lift Tables with Cartss. Other posts cover industry information such as Lift Table Technologyy and Calculating CFM and SCFMM. Actual unique lift projects such as Broach Lift and Rotate Systemm, and Power Turntable with Dual Tilt Tabless are explained along with photos of the final product.
Herkuless CEO, Todd Bacon, has extensive engineering knowledge on creating solutions with scissor lift tables.
For years I have wanted to explain to the world our Herkules message about the beautiful
products we manufacture. The Herkules staff is a group of hard working, loyal employees, who
work as a team and are very good at what they do. Please read about the products we
manufacture in as many postings in our blog as you would like. I am sure you will find at least a
few postings related to a solution that will work for your needs..
Herkules Equipment Corporation has been manufacturing Pneumatic Lifting Equipment for over 25 years, including (standard and custom); Lift Tables, Lift & Rotates, Lift & Tilts, Operator Lifts, Power Rotate Systems, Lifts for Integration, Cart Positioners, and Pallet Positioners. Herkules has now expanded their product offerings with electric lift systems and hydraulic lift systems.
For more product information, contact Herkules at 800-444-4351, or email info@herkules.us. Visit our website at www.herkules.us.
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Engineering More Value for Every Customer
Commited to Customers At Bimba, every customer receives the highest level of quality, value, and service, every time. As the number one rated company in availability, performance and on-time delivery1, Bimba specializes in exceeding customer expectations and is dedicated to helping you get the job done, efficiently and accurately.
The key to great service is listening. So, when our website needed a major re-design, we turned to our customers for input. After hundreds of bimba.com visitors completed online surveys, we restructured our website to better fit your needs. Now, bimba.com features a robust product catalog, as well as an extensive library of online resources. Our dedication to customer satisfaction drives the development of our products and our company.
Bimba.com remains an important and growing source for information and is proof of our commitment to customer service. On our website, you can download CAD drawings, access technical articles, and watch detailed product animations. You can also get instant pricing and delivery dates, access your local Bimba distributor's contact information and see order tracking in real time. No matter what the question, an answer is only a click away.
For a more personalized experience, you can always talk to a Bimba representative. Comprised of experienced engineers and dedicated sales personnel, our team is prepared to tackle your most complicated technical questions and provide you with details on any of our products. Our highly trained customer service professionals are available by phone from 7am-5pm, or can be reached by email. And, with an in-house technical center and engineering group, Bimba closes the gap between customers and production personnel. Contact us and get the answers and information you need, quickly and easily. With Bimba's wide variety of customer resources, you are guaranteed an accurate and fast response, no matter what your inquiry. At Bimba, our customers add value to our company, and we work to do the same for you. Visit bimba.com
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Rexroth recently revised the SC-300 pneumatic industrial directional control valve catalog
Rexroth recently revised the SC-300 pneumatic industrial directional control valve catalog to reflect new part numbers and product line changes.
The SC-300 pneumatic directional control valve catalog has recently undergone major revisions to reflect new part numbers and product line changes. The new 92 page catalog is now available and covers many of the most popular directional control valve lines. Slide valves included are the Ceramm ISO 5599/1 subbase mounted valve with ceramic plates. Poppet valves include: Snap 3-way, Miniblock 3-way, Series 830 3-way, Series 840 4-way, Series 740 4-way and the Rotairr Block 4-way valve. Spool type 4-way valves include the CD-7, TaskMasterr and PowerMasterr. Flow rates for the valves included in the SC-300 range from 0.06 Cv to 15.7 Cv, and include in-line, subbase and manifold type valves. Operator types include solenoid, air pilot, manual and mechanical. The catalog also includes valve sizing charts, application sketches, and a features comparison chart showing the industrial pneumatic directional control valves from all Rexroth catalogs. Request your free copy of the SC-300 today.
Bosch Rexroth AG is one of the worldds leading specialists in the field of drive and control technologies. Under the brand name of Rexroth the company supplies more than 500,000 customers with tailored solutions for driving, controlling and moving machinery used in industrial and factory automation as well as in mobile applications. Bosch Rexroth is a partner for industrial applications, factory automation, mobile applications and renewable energy development. As The Drive & Control Company, Bosch Rexroth develops, produces and sells components and systems in more than 80 countries. In 2008 Bosch Rexroth AG, part of the Bosch Group, achieved sales of around $8.3 billion (5.9 billion Euro) with 35,300 employees. Visit www.boschrexroth-us.com for more information.
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