With the new year always comes change. Here at Design World, we’re bidding adieu to two fantastic editors who are retiring after long and fruitful careers. Leslie Langnau, who served for more than a decade as this publication’s Managing Editor, has truly been my mentor here. She’s covered a bit of everything for us, with…
Hannover Fair 2023: Motion, drive, automation firms accelerate digital transformation
High energy costs, broken supply chains, and rising raw material prices continue to pose new challenges to business. To remain competitive, companies need to take steps to increase their efficiency and contain energy costs, which in turn will lead to a reduction in their carbon footprint. High-tech solutions in this area will be presented at…
A leader for the next generation: Antoinette R. Gant
As a child, Antoinette Gant didn’t dream about a career in engineering or the military — she wanted to be an actress. Gant was part of a theater group in school, and that seemed like the perfect career to her, something in the theater arts. But her parents’ careers and influence showed her a different…
Design World’s user community recognizes ‘Leadership in Engineering’ winners for 2022
Design World’s yearlong event recognizes engineering companies, teams and individuals for innovation and engineering excellence. The Design World Network has announced the winners of the 2022 Leadership in Engineering program. Leadership in Engineering is an industry recognition program which acknowledges corporate engineering leadership across several disciplines. The Design World registered user community casts votes anonymously for companies in their respective categories.…
IMTS, Hannover Fairs USA agree to part ways
After 10 years of a successful collaboration producing co-located shows at IMTS, both AMT and Hannover Fairs USA have mutually agreed to move in new directions. The move gives Hannover Fairs USA the ability to expand — and both trade shows the flexibility to look into new sectors and initiatives. AMT owns and produces IMTS,…
2022 LEAP Awards winners in Software category
Winners were announced in the 2022 LEAP Awards yesterday in the program’s competitive Software category. Following are descriptions of the three medalists in the category. Gold Gates Design Power™ Design Power significantly reduces the time it takes to design a belt drive by automating the drive design process for both application engineers and customers. Gates did…
2022 LEAP Awards winners are unveiled!
Winning entries in the 2022 LEAP (Leadership in Engineering Achievement Program) Awards were announced by WTWH Media today in 14 categories: Additive Manufacturing Advanced Materials Connectivity Embedded Computing Fastener Technology Hydraulics Industrial Automation Mechanical Motion Control Pneumatics Power Electronics Software Switches & Sensors, and Test & Measurement. These brands cross four of the company’s design…
Saint-Gobain Films & Fabrics rebranding as Saint-Gobain Composite Solutions
Saint-Gobain Films & Fabrics, a producer of high-performance, technology-driven materials, is rebranding as Saint-Gobain Composite Solutions to better position the business for changes in the marketplace and to more closely align with its core values. Saint-Gobain Composite Solutions will encompass the company’s familiar, yet refreshed brands SHEERGARD, SHEERFILL, ONESUIT and VERSIV — a new brand…
Allied Electronics & Automation announces name change
Allied Electronics & Automation, a trading brand of RS Group plc, a global omni-channel provider of product and service solutions, is rebranding itself as “RS” in the first quarter of 2023. The company said that the name change is part of an overall rebranding strategy to establish a better connection across RS Group’s products and…
JKF Americas launches Top Drive brand of belts and accessories
JKF Americas Inc., a subsidiary of JK Fenner (India) Ltd., has introduced its extensive Top Drive line of power transmission products to the North, Central, and South American markets. The launch of the Top Drive brand is especially timely for businesses that have seen delays and shortages in the supply chain, within the context of…
LEAP Awards judging panel for 2022 unveiled; winners to be announced on October 18th
Next week, on Tuesday, October 18th at 2:00 p.m. Eastern time, we’ll be announcing the winners of the 2022 LEAP Awards (Leadership in Engineering Achievement Program). You may register for the live announcement here: https://gateway.on24.com/wcc/eh/2927718/lp/3976849/2022-leap-awards-winners-announcement What sets this awards program apart from so many others is the involvement of the engineering community. As we do every…
2023 Hannover Fair to focus on “Industrial Transformation — Making the Difference”
The big challenges facing the world today — such as climate change, energy shortages and disrupted supply chains — all have one thing in common: they demand innovative, high-tech solutions. At Hanover Fair, the world’s leading trade show for industrial technology, leading companies from the mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, energy, and software and IT sectors…
Exclusive Q&A with igus North America’s CEO, Artur Peplinski
After a plant tour of igus North America’s gleaming manufacturing facility in East Providence, R.I., Design World had the opportunity for an exclusive interview with Artur Peplinski, the company’s President & CEO. Peplinski spoke about the company’s grand vision for the North American market — which will add more manufacturing prowess here in the States,…
Kubotek3D to operate as Kubotek Kosmos
Kubotek3D, the engineering software division of Kubotek USA Inc., has announced that it will begin doing business under the name Kubotek Kosmos, effective immediately. The Massachusetts-based team continues to develop and support core geometric technology and end-user applications targeted at improving efficiency of 3D data use in manufacturing. The Kubotek Kosmos technology was introduced in…
Working to electrify existing buses and coaches
Saietta Group plc, specialists in high-tech advanced e-mobility propulsion, is intensifying an important overhaul operation to transform existing high polluting diesel-engine-powered buses and coaches into clean, sustainable, and zero-emission vehicles. Through its RetroMotion division, the company is working to offer fleet operators an economical and effective solution to ‘electrify’ existing buses and coaches. A real-world…
IMTS ready for its Chicago comeback
As recent months have shown, engineers are ready to get back to in-person meetings and conferences, from the Automate Show in Detroit to the Robotics Summit and Expo in Boston. And few are larger or more important to OEM design engineers than the biennial IMTS that’s held in Chicago’s vast McCormick Place complex. IMTS, or…
ABB taking action to fight climate change
As concern continues to grow with the advancing effects of climate change, ABB is championing a proactive energy efficiency movement to educate U.S. industrial leaders about the challenges that contribute to energy wastage and environmental sustainability. By joining ABB in this endeavor, U.S. businesses have an opportunity to collectively reduce energy consumption, significantly slow the…
Exclusive Q&A: Clippard and Compact Automation executives on the cylinder line sale
Last week, ITT’s Compact Automation announced that it has acquired Clippard Instrument Laboratories’ product lines of interchangeable pneumatic cylinders. The company said that the purchase will expand its offering of air cylinders, as well as linear and rotary actuators used in applications such as robotics, packaging, and automation. For Clippard, the sale was emotional, as…
Leading — and not giving advice
Engineers who move up the so-called corporate ladder and become team leaders sometimes struggle with managing other employees. That can be because it was simply not part of their educational experience — or because their organizations are lacking in meaningful internal leadership development programs. One habit that new leaders can fall into is becoming advice…
ITT expands portfolio with acquisition of Clippard cylinder product line
ITT Inc. has announced it acquired Clippard Instrument Laboratories’ product lines of durable, low maintenance, and cost-competitive interchangeable pneumatic cylinders. The product lines include stainless steel, brass and aluminum cylinders and volume tanks. These industry-leading components will expand ITT’s Compact Automation product offering of air cylinders, linear and rotary actuators used in applications such as robotics,…
PTDA welcomes new member, MEM Industrial
The Power Transmission Distributors Association (PTDA), the leading association for the industrial power transmission/motion control (PT/MC) distribution channel, has welcomed a new member company. MEM Industrial, LLC (Wichita, Kan.) began in 2003 as a rebuild shop for electric motors, gearboxes and pumps. In 2015, the company opened a parts side–Midwest Industrial Supplies. Following the 2019 merger…
ASTM International awards $10,000 scholarships to four students
Today, ASTM International announced the graduate student winners of four $10,000 scholarships for their studies in fields where technical standards play a crucial role. This year’s winners were chosen from a competitive pool of various applicants. The following candidates will receive the 2022 ASTM International graduate scholarships: Diana Wyman is pursuing her Ph.D. in fiber…
Unison Tube bringing tube bending innovation to Fabtech 2022
Unison Tube LLC of Danville, Va., will present innovative tube manipulation technologies at Fabtech, North America’s largest metal forming, fabricating, welding, and finishing event. Unison machines on show at Booth C10217 will include an all-electric Breeze Twin Head tube bending machine and one of the company’s all-new Synergy hybrid, multi-stack tube benders. Unison will also…
PTDA 2022 Industry Summit to deliver “Amped Up” programming, networking
The Power Transmission Distributors Association (PTDA) will convene for the PTDA 2022 Industry Summit in Nashville, Tenn. on October 27-29, 2022. With more than 500 delegates in the power transmission/motion control (PT/MC) industry expected to attend, representing over 200 PTDA distributor and manufacturer companies, the Industry Summit—themed “Amp Up” — will offer cross-channel networking, shared…
HazLoc cabinet coolers are approved for Class I Div 1
EXAIR’s Hazardous Location Cabinet Cooler Systems have been set apart from the competition by achieving the UL classified designation for Div #1 environments. They have been tested by UL and passed their stringent requirements for use upon classified purged and pressurized electrical enclosures within Class I Div 1, Groups A, B, C and D; Class…