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I/O Built for Flexibility, Scalability, Auto-Configuration, Compatibility and Reliability
Input/Output Devices Meet Many Needs: Components Must Be Flexible, Scalable, Auto-Configurable, Compatible and Reliable

Kliklok-Woodman Gets Into Users' Heads
60-Year-Old VFFS, Cartoning Builder Listens and Innovates

Connect to a Higher Power
Turck Launches a 1-3/8-in. D-Size Powerfast Modular Wiring System

Custom Builder Integrates Standard Equipment for User Flexibility
Custom Machines Warrant Component Flexibility: Speed-Reduction Capabilities Can Be Integrated With Standard Equipment

How Should Vendors Handle Service Issues With Machine Builders' Customers?
Whom Should Vendors Serve?: When Vendors Sell Products to OEM Resellers, Service Issues Become Complex

Color Sensing Needs Should Be Considered When Replacing a Machine Vision System
How Much Color Sensing Is Necessary?: When Should a Slow Machine Vision System Be Replaced by Color Sensors Without Implementing Overkill?

Software Replaces Machine Hardware, but Mechanical Solutions Still Have Their Places
Where Has All the Hardware Gone?: As More and More Mechanical Systems Are Replaced, Is Software the Final Frontier?

Come Together
New Mechatronics Tools Make It Easier for Engineers to Collaborate on Model-Based, Motion-Enabled Designs

Multi-Tasking PACs
Advantech Thinks Dual-Core Processors Can Simplify Controller Issue

Panel Meters Show Off
Users Who Used to Buy Temperature Controllers or PID Controllers and a PLC Now Only Need to Buy One Piece of Equipment

Machine Mimics Hand Engravings
Hand-Engraving Machine

Manufacturing Technology Use Up 10%
We See a Third Consecutive Monthly Increase in Machine Tool Sales