Monthly Archives: August 2011

Ford and Toyota Team Up to Put Hybrid Trucks and SUVs in Fast Lane

Posted on August 30, 2011 by Ivan Romanow

Ford Motor Co. and Toyota Motor Corp. will bring their research and development forces together to accelerate the creation of a hybrid vehicle system for trucks and SUVs. var dd_offset_from_content = 40; jQuery(document).ready(function($) { window.setTimeout(‘loadGoogle1_164()’,1000);window.setTimeout(‘loadTwitter_164()’,1000);window.setTimeout(‘loadDigg_164()’,1000);window.setTimeout(‘loadFBShare_164()’,1000);window.setTimeout(‘loadDelicious_164()’,1000); }); function loadGoogle1_164(){ jQuery(document).ready(function($) { … Continue reading →

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Gescan and Eaton Power Quality and Power Management Group form Strategic Alliance

Posted on August 23, 2011 by Ivan Romanow

Gescan Ontario has formed a strategic alliance with Eaton Power Quality and Power Management Systems group  to provide the Ontario marketplace with Power Quality and Power Management solutions. Gescan’s partnership with Eaton will bring to our market a family of … Continue reading →

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GE IP ProfiNet Seminars are coming to Ontario

Posted on August 22, 2011 by Mark Robertson

This unique workshop will demonstrate how you can save time, reduce hardware cost and improve your system’s performance. See the latest capabilities made possible by Ethernet technology, and learn about powerful integration tools to easily migrate your systems—using the integrated … Continue reading →

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Taking a hint on “Green” from Nature

Posted on August 19, 2011 by Carl Kaehler

With all the excitement around green and renewable energy, I found a very interesting article that talks about the use of the Fibonacci Sequence to design and build a better solar array.

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Gescan is now a distributor of Mark-First

Posted on August 18, 2011 by Ivan Romanow

Gescan is pleased to announce the addition of Mark-First to complement Gescan’s “Manufacturing Excellence” lineup of solutions. Mark-First brings a complete dot peen marking system including a universal marking controller, software and head with cartridge, pin and pneumatics. Whether your … Continue reading →

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Developing an effective energy management strategy for Industry

Posted on August 16, 2011 by Ivan Romanow

As energy price volatility continues, manufacturers are coming under increasing pressure to proactively manage their energy consumption while also maintaining compliance with evolving sustainability requirements. Many manufacturing companies, however, have not factored energy consumption into their planning or execution decisions … Continue reading →

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Managing plant-floor software changes

Posted on August 16, 2011 by Ivan Romanow

When time is of the essence, a worker doesn’t have the luxury of looking for the right software file, or right version to get his plant up and running again. Ever wished you had an undo button for the programming … Continue reading →

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Power Quality, An Industry Nightmare when the Gremlins are on the loose!

Posted on August 16, 2011 by Ivan Romanow

Power quality problem exists if any voltage, current or frequency deviation results in a failure or in a bad operation of customer’s equipment. However, it is important to notice that the quality of power supply implies basically voltage quality and … Continue reading →

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Electric Vehicles get a major investment boost for Ontario

Posted on August 11, 2011 by Ivan Romanow

Going electric on Ontario highways continues to gain momentum.  Premier McGuinty unveils a $80-Million fund to boost infrastructure to support EV for Ontario. http://www.torontosun.com/2011/08/09/green-energy-costs-will-drop-mcguinty Toyota chooses Woodstock plant to build electric version of Rav 4.  Premier McQuinty states that producing … Continue reading →

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Gescan is now a distributor for PPT Vision

Posted on August 9, 2011 by Mark Robertson

We’re happy to announce that we are now an approved distributor for PPT Vision! We’ll be adding some content to our website shortly but in the meantime, feel free to check out their site at: www.pptvision.com Check out some of … Continue reading →

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