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Learn About Different Machine Efficiency Avenues in Our April 2013 Issue

April 18, 2013

There are lots of different paths you can take — energy, sustainability, reliability, performance — that can get your machine to a more efficient place. In this month's Control Design cover story, Executive Editor Jim Montague explains how not only are there many routes, there are many applications for which new tools and methods gained along the way can be tried and adjusted to best meet individual needs. Also in the April issue: See how motion simulation helped a system integrator realize a big decrease in time needed to design and install robotic systems;

There are lots of different paths you can take — energy, sustainability, reliability, performance — that can get your machine to a more efficient place. In this month's Control Design cover story, Executive Editor Jim Montague explains how not only are there many routes, there are many applications for which new tools and methods gained along the way can be tried and adjusted to best meet individual needs. Also in the April issue: See how motion simulation helped a system integrator realize a big decrease in time needed to design and install robotic systems; learn how recent sensor advances promise to boost accuracy and precision; and discover the ways in which a packaging OEM is rethinking motion.

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