Company fined $50K after worker’s arm gets pinned by machinery

In April 2015, a worker was testing equipment at the Bailey Metal Processing establishment in Burlington, Ont. The equipment malfunctioned and the worker attempted to fix the malfunction and accidentally activated the equipment, which resulted in the worker’s arm being pinned and injured. >> Read full article

The deadline is next Friday! Don’t miss your chance to win 1 of 10 $100 Visa cards

Are you a member of Canada’s manufacturing industry? Manufacturing AUTOMATION, in conjunction with the Excellence in Manufacturing Consortium (EMC), is benchmarking manufacturers and giving you the opportunity to compare your facility to others across Canada. Just complete our quick survey and you can enter to win 1 of 10 $100 Visa gift cards. >> Read full article

Lean manufacturing: A prescriptive approach to achieving performance excellence

Manufacturers are constantly looking for new ways to accelerate productivity, increase output in their operations, and achieve sustainable excellence in manufacturing. While there is no “magic bullet” to achieve manufacturing excellence, innovation can pave the road to excellence and can be derived from various parts of an organization. >> Read full article

Magna to acquire BOCO Group of Companies

Magna International will increase its product portfolio and engineering capabilities through its acquisition of the BOCO Group of Companies, an automotive supplier of latches, hinges and strikers. >> Read full article

TE Connectivity joins the OPC Foundation

TE Connectivity (TE) has joined the OPC Foundation, a vendor-independent non-profit organization which aims to drive the development, maintenance and promotion of Openness Productivity Connectivity — Unified Architecture (OPC UA). >> Read full article

MANUFACTURING AUTOMATION PRESENTS THE CONNECTIVITY TECHNOLOGY HANDBOOK

Check out MA’s CONNECTIVITY Technology Handbook to learn more about the latest products, technologies and solutions shaping the market.

• EPLAN: How the EPLAN Data Portal fits into a data strategy for the smart factory
• Harting: Harting leads the way with new UL solutions
• Moxa: Your trusted partner in automation

Vicwest opens Centre of Excellence manufacturing facility in Alberta

Vicwest celebrated the grand opening of its new manufacturing facility in Acheson, Alta., with a ribbon-cutting ceremony and a $5,000 donation to the Alberta Food Banks. The centre was “designed for maximum efficiency and output in a smaller facility footprint,” said the company. Forty-five new jobs were created as a result of the new facility. >> Learn More…

Drive operational productivity and boost performance

Ready for the future, the Ethernet-based Modicon M580 ePAC offers connectivity capabilities to help you react faster to informational demands - in a safe and cybersecure environment. Download our white paper today to learn how the M580’s can maximize your Total Cost of Ownership, while providing enhanced capabilities for better performance and availability. >> Learn More

Signal conditioner

Alliance Sensors Group has expanded its line of LVDT/RVDT signal conditioners to include the SC-100 DIN-rail mountable AC-LVDT, boasting “smart and fast” LVDT setup with built-in null indication and “simple” front panel pushbuttons to set zero and full scale. >> Read full article

Gather sensor data

Manufacturers and industrial operators can now access “more detailed sensor diagnostics in harsh operating environments” using the IP67-rated, Allen-Bradley ArmorBlock IO-Link master from Rockwell Automation. >> Read full article

Hexagon launches Blaze 600M optical scanner

Hexagon Manufacturing Intelligence is describing its Blaze 600M non-contact optical measurement solution as a flexible, manually-operated system that provides “ultra-rapid 3D data acquisition, a high level of accuracy, and actionable data for measurement, inspection, product development, line tuning, and reverse engineering.” >> Read full article