Super Bowl XLV is only three days away and the excitement is building for what could potentially be an absolutely epic game. Both teams are well positioned to walk away with the Lombardi trophy and a pile of oversized, gaudy rings on Sunday. Of one thing you can be certain […]
Punxsutawney Phil, he of the infamous shadow, announced today that he saw no shadow upon emerging from his rodent abode, so spring will be here soon. Not a moment too soon for most of the country which has seen quite enough snow, ice and finger-numbing temperatures. Probably quite enough for […]
Brace yourselves! The Snowpalooza is apparently here. We in the Mid-Atlantic are shivering in our boots, just not used to all this ice and snow. Ocean City beaches are just a faint, sandy memory at the moment. And driving? If you’re from Chicago or Buffalo, you know Baltimoreans are incapable […]
Sweet! The smell of economic improvement is in the air! AP reports today that industrial production rose in December 2010 by the largest amount in five months which is a great surge of momentum to start 2011. Activity at factories, mines and utilities increased 0.8 percent last month reports the Federal […]
Hey design engineers and CNC operators, have you tried Proto Labs’ online First Cut or Protomold CNC Machining Services? If you don’t already know about these guys, they could be quite a time and cost savings find for you. After establishing Protolabs, this 10-year-old Minnesota-based company launched First Cut and […]
Gadget guys rejoice! I have it on good authority that the electronic gadgets revealed this year at the annual International Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas had more hits than misses. More cool toys for you and I to play with in 2011! This is the largest trade show in […]
2010 Flashback: Remember the massive Toyota recall that kept getting shockingly worse, the inspiring Chilean miner rescue, BP’s devastating Gulf Oil Spill, the Tea Party, Mark Zuckerberg (who knew the name Mark Zuckerberg (besides his mom) before 2010? Now it’s everywhere! ), Facebook, Wikileaks, Twitter, Android phones, the Apple iPad, […]
Talk about out of proportion! It struck me today as ironic that an entire manufacturing plant’s production can literally be held hostage by the failure of one relatively inexpensive part: an encoder. When motion control is important to your production, then your encoder is a key component… and yet, often […]
New gadgets are always cool and fun and I love letting you know about new stuff. If you are looking for more dynamic responsiveness, smoother operation, and lower vibration levels, then Siemens may have just the new spindle motor for your applications. The family of Siemens 1PH8 high performance induction […]
Picture this: A cardboard box containing the large Yaskawa circuit board repairs arrives on my loading dock just as expected. Unexpectedly, the box, marked “Fragile”, has a hole in one side, a corner is crushed and it rattles ominously. Shipping disasters can be avoided, even with overly aggressive delivery services. […]
