Fluid Power Engineering and Omron ATC Open House

Fluid Power Engineering worked closely with Omron Industrial Automation as Omron was in the process of investing in a new, state-of-the-art automation center. Our goal? To be among the very first to invite our valued clients to see the new facility once it opened.

 

That date has arrived! You are invited by FPE to tour this impressive new facility. Details are below.

 

Register here.

 

 

Mac Distributor of the Month Awards

 

It's a big month here at FPE! We're the proud recipients of not one, but two Mac Distributor of the Month awards. Nice job, and CONGRATULATIONS to FPE's Jason Welker and Jaren Bowers!

Post by Fluid Power Engineering Company, Inc.

Improved Design on Bag Lip for piGRIP® Suction Cup

Better gripping performance ensures higher productivity.

The latest from Piab:

Piab just introduced the next generation of piGRIP® bag lips, known as "BGI". These lips include an internal retainer piece as well as three additional diameter sizes. The bag lips are ideal for handling different types of bag materials, especially hard-to-handle thin bag material, such as plastic film. The six diameter sizes now at 25, 34, 41, 48, 63 & 80 mm provides a larger range of sizes for choosing the exact cup for the handling application.
 

The first generation of Piab's piGRIP® bag lips "BG" were developed to handle most types of bags and pouches much better than any other available suction cup on the market. The special lip design in combination with the rigid and strong piGRIP® bellows/body allows for bag handling speeds and accelerations never used before in automation equipment for bags/pouches. Beside regular plastic bags for dry food (e.g. chips), the new piGRIP® bag lips were designed to have an excellent grip on stand-up-pouches filled with liquid or dry/wet food/substances.

The range of diameter sizes now allows for very small and/or oblong narrow flexible packages (fast-food ketchup packs) to be handled by the smallest 25 mm size. The largest size, 80 mm, addresses the need for handling heavy bags or sacks such as animal feed sacks.

The new retainer piece prevents thin bags or films from being drawn into the cup, thus improving the grip performance as well as eliminating marks on the thin bag materials. The lip material and the retainer piece are made of FDA approved materials.

A new much stronger bonding solution between the lip and bellows will prevent lips from coming off during working cycles, even for extremely rough conditions (high speed and greasy environments). The new locking sleeve, in terms of a retainer, guarantees the lip will stay in position. Cost savings are possible from exchangeable lips, thanks to the new locking solution – you only need to replace the lip and not entire bag cup-fitting.

 

Richard Bardos Memorial Donation Scholarship Recipient

2014 Scholarship Winners Announced

http://www.fpef.org/2014-scholarship-winners-announced/


The 2014 FPEF Scholarship Winners have been announced! The Richard Bardos Memorial Donation went to the student who received the top score in the trustees' voting process. We wish him, and the other recpients all the best now and into the future.

Congratulations Scholarship Winners!
Fluid Power Educational Foundation’s (FPEF) scholarships help young people enrolled in high schools, technical colleges and engineering schools pursue their interests in fluid power. After careful review of all scholarship applications, the FPEF Board of Trustees would like to congratulate all of the following students who were each awarded a $2,000 scholarship for the Fall 2014 semester:
Thanks to the generous corporate scholarship donations, the top three (3) students were selected to receive distinctive scholarships.

• Nathan Brace – Iowa State University
  Scholarship underwritten by the Richard Bardos Memorial Donation

• David Gilbertson- Hennepin Technical College – Brooklyn Park Campus
  Scholarship underwritten by Norgren, Inc.

• Tyler Hinrichs – Hennepin Technical College – Eden Prairie Campus
  Scholarship underwritten by Donaldson Company, Inc.

• Roy Eckhardt – Texas A&M University
• Matthew Gavino – Hennepin Technical College – Brooklyn Park Campus
• Andrew Gilbertson – Hennepin Technical College – Brooklyn Park Campus
• Jordan Grussling – Spokane Community College
• Ivan Karpich – Hennepin Technical College – Eden Prairie Campus
• Pavel Konstantinov – Centennial College
• Tristan Larson – Minnesota West Community and Technical College
• Kristen Loso – Hennepin Technical College – Brooklyn Park Campus
• Matthew Miller – Hennepin Technical College – Brooklyn Park Campus
• Michael Nendza – Hennepin Technical College – Brooklyn Park Campus
• Dillon Paulson – Hennepin Technical College – Eden Prairie Campus
• Rhaneem Radzali – Taylors University
• Riley Samari – Alexandria Technical and Community College
• Mitchell Sotelo – Hennepin Technical College – Eden Prairie Campus
• Ryan Trenda – Hennepin Technical College – Brooklyn Park Campus
• Macmillan Venu – Hennepin Technical College – Brooklyn Park Campus
• Craig Warzeha- Hennepin Technical College – Eden Prairie Campus

If you would like to make a donation to FPEF, please visit www.fpef.org or call 856-424-8998.

#fpegivesback

Panasonic Quick Clips: A5N Series -- 10 Minute Motion Setup with Real Time Express

 

Check out this short video clip.! In it, Panasonic demonstrates the speed and simplicity of using Panasonic's Real Time Express servo communication network to setup up a simple two servo motion demo, from hardware setup to software programming, in 10 minutes. 

 

See for yourself how Real Time Express can help you decrease wiring, and save time as opposed to traditional modes of servo communication.

 

Winners! MAC Distributor of the Month Award

It's a big day here at FPE! Fluid Power Engineering is very proud to announce that we are, once again, winners of the MAC Valves Distributor of the Month award! In today's information-overloaded world, most accomplishments come and go without much notice. But something like this always makes us stop and appreciate the incredibly talented teams of people that all work together to make successes like these happen. Thanks to everyone who contributed so much time, energy, passion and expertise.

How to Set Up the BOA Smart Camera Vision System

This step-by-step detailed tutorial leads you through the process of setting up a BOA Smart Camera for the first time, as well as setting up basic inspection tasks in the accompanying iNspect software.

Teledyne Dalsa described it to us this way:

"We’ve developed a 15 minute video titled ‘How to Set Up the BOA Smart Camera Vision System.’ In the video, Christopher Chalifoux explains how to easily set up BOA and iNspect Express. He then demonstrates how to use the software’s inspection tools and set pass/fail tolerances."