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August 2008

CONTROL DESIGN is the only industrial automation magazine dedicated to the automation information needs of industrial machine builders, those original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) that build the machines that make industry work.
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Articles
Rebuild or Buy New?
An Upgrade to Automation, Replacement of Machine Parts or Repurposing a Machine for Different Production Are Alternatives to Brand New Machinery
Science Fair Gives Second Chance
Maker Faire Is an Adult Science and Technology Fair for the Entire Family
Panels Get Size and Heat Under Control
Machine Builders’ Space and Heat Restrictions Dictate Panel Requirements
Do What You Say and Say What You Mean
Every Interaction Is an Opportunity for Customer Service. Don’t Be the Component That Breaks the Machine Builder’s Back
Keep Your Skill Set in Tune
Just Because a Skill Has Been Automated or Replaced by Software, You Should Still Keep It Sharpened
Confluence of Influences
As Machine Control and the Global Business Environment Increase in Complexity, Both High- and Low-Priced Producers Must Customize Their Business Approaches to Geographic Markets
Controlled Size Reduction
Chicago Grinder Builder Explores New Control Options
Lucky in Business, Lucky for STEM
Science Philanthropist Mark Gelfand Focuses His Contributions Where They’re Needed
Revenge of the Web
The Internet and Its Millions of Crawlers Are Watching Me and Recording Everything I Do
Brain Gain
There’s A Bit of Healthy Competition There. Something’s Clicked In a Lot of People’s Heads
Semiconductor Fab Clears the Air
Networked Recirculation Air Handlers Save Hardwiring and Programming Costs for Intelligent Motor Control
Enclosure Options Grow
New Enclosure Options
New MFA Control Toolbox
To Help Automation Engineers Solve Various Tough Control Problems, CyboSoft Released a Revision to Its Model-Free Adaptive MFA Control Toolbox
News
Mergers, Alliances & Acquisitions News August 2008
New Mergers This Month
PACs’ Use Predicted
Globalization Fuels PLC Growth
Fall Shows Highlight Manufacturing
National Manufacturing Week Expands Its Field and Corrals Nine Shows onto the Floor
Controllers Get to Atomic Level
Searching to Select and Integrate the Right Motion Control Solution
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