e-Newsletter

The machine automation industry is a very dynamic industry and with new products and technologies constantly emerging, Olympus Controls is dedicated to helping our clients stay on top of these latest advancements. To that end, we instituted an e-Newsletter campaign to provide a fast and easy way for our clients to stay well informed. This e-Newsletter is sent out about every four to six weeks. If you don't already but would like to receive future newsletter please click here to sign up. We look forward to keeping you well educated on emerging technologies that will benefit your next automation project.

April 2013 issue:

• Video: Universal Robots Showcase
• Employee Spotlight: Glen James, CFO
• Universal Robots 6-Axis Industrial Robots
• Nexen Precision Ring Drive
• Bayside PS Precision Gearheads
• Delta Tau Power PMAC offers EtherCAT Motion Control
• Parker SSD EX Explosion-proof Motors
• That's Cool:Mountain Biking Video

March 2013 issue:

• Video: SICK G6 Sensors
• Employee Spotlight: Vern Miller, Gulf Divisional Manager
• Cognex DataMan 302 Solar ID Code Reader
• Parker PX & RX Flange-face Mount Gearheads
• SICK G6 Global Sensors
• Parker 200RT Rotary Indexing Tables
• Helical Beam Coupling
• Lin Engineering R325P Single Axis Stepper Driver
• That's Cool: LEGO Ball Contraption

February 2013 issue:

• Video: DataMan 50 Demo
• Employee Spotlight: Kathy Purser, Customer Service Supervisor
• Cognex DataMan 50 - Giant Breakthough in Small Barcode Readers
• Parker MPE Series OEM-style Servo Motor
• SICK OD Precision Displacement Sensor
• Bayside MultiDrive Right-angle Gearheads
• LIN Engineering 4118 Super Torque Motor
• That's Cool: Amazing Feats 2012

January 2013 issue:

• Video: DENSO Robotics
• Employee Spotlight - Nikhil Rao, Application Engineer
• Animatics Harsh Environment Rated Smartmotor
• Cognex DataMan 503 - Just point and read
• White Paper - Advantages of Programmable Encoders
• DENSO XR Robots use up to 40% less floor space
• SICK Incremental Encoders
• Bayside Spur Gearheads, lightweight and Compact
• That's Cool: Skydiving Cats

December 2012 issue: Best of 2012

• Video: Animatics multi-axis coordinated motion
• Cognex In-Sight 7010 Entry level vision system
• Panasonic A5 Servo Motor
• Parker OSPE Actuator
• Sick OD Precision distance measurement
• Bodine eTorq Motors
• That's Cool: Pedulum Wave

November 2012 issue:

• Video: Parker servo motor helps propel Brammo to first place
• Employee Spotlight: Dave Kennedy, Senior Automation Sales Engineer
• Parker AC Variable Speed Drives 1 - 25HP
• Cognex Handheld Code Reader with Mobile Computer
• New Way® Announces Assignment of Patent for Positioning and Control of FPD Glass
• Copley Controls Digital Drives with EtherCAT Communications
• That’s Cool: Ultimate playground; l'Autodrome, France

October 2012 issue:

• Video: Denso VS 6-Axis Robot
• Employee Spotlight: Bruce Hagerty
• Stealth MultiDrive Gearheads
• "Making Monsters" using Parker ACR9000
• VS Robot, world's fastest 6-axis articulated robot
• Sick Bulkscan LMS511 maximizing conveyor throughput
• That's Cool: Who needs a mountain bike

September 2012 issue:

• Video: Sick OD Precision
• Employee Spotlight: Paul Woodhouse
• Sick OD Precision Distance Measurement
• Combitronics Communications
• Parker AC890PX Drive
• Apex AT right angle Gearhead
• That's Cool: People are Awesome 2011

August 2012 Issue:

• Video: OSP Electric Actuator
• Employee Spotlight: Marque Rasmussen
• Parker OSPE Actuator
• Cognex SensorView2 & Checker 4G7
• Parker PFD Factory Display
• Dorner 2200 Series Conveyor
• That's Cool: Nano Tubes

July 2012 Issue:

• Video: Integrated Illumination
• Employee Spotlight: Silas Robertson
• In-Sight 7010 Entry Level Vision System
• Parker XPR2 PowerStation HMI
• Denso WINCAPS III Offline Programming Software
• SICK Absolute Encoders with EthernetI/P
• That's Cool: Kiteboarding Compilation

June 2012 Issue:

• Video: Mars Rover - Curiosity
• Employee Spotlight: Jason McDaniel
• Helical Products Launched into Space (Again)!
• White Paper: Integrated Linear Motion Systems
• Parker OSPE Newest Electric Actuators
• HotBars Image Analysis Technology
• That's Cool: Ascent Eiger's Northface

May 2012 Issue:

• Video:Bramma Electric Motorcycle
• Employee Spotlight: Ross Galuba
• Win Race Tickets
• Parker PS Gearboxes
• Copley Xenus Plus
• Panasonic A5 Servo Motors
• Bodine WX Gearmotors
• That's Cool - Red Bull Downhill Mountain Biking

April 2012 Issue:

• Video: Scott Hendrickson Introduction to Olympus Controls
• Employee Spotlight: Roy Garoutte
• Dorner 2200 Series Conveyor Receives Cleanroom Certification
• Parker AC30V 1-25HP Variable Speed Drives
• Apex Dynamics AT Series Spiral Bevel Gearboxes
• Kvaser USB Interface for CAN bus
• That's Cool - Industrial Revolution, Dan Macaskill

March 2012 Issue:

• Video: Animatics Multi-axis coordinated motion
• Employee Spotlight: Chris Pennington
• Cognex: In-Sight 7000
• Denso ORIN Middleware for Factory Automation
• MDrive Linear Acuators
• SICK BCG Ecoline Wire Draw Encoders
• That's Cool: Golf Simplified

February 2012 Issue:

• Video: Dorner Custom Conveyor Solutions
• Employee Spotlight: Laurie Cole
• Cognex: New In-Sight 7000 Ultimate Vision System
• IMS IP65 Rated Servo Motors
• Parker's Compax3 Servo Drive with EtherCAT
• Dunkermotoren Servo Tube Linear Actuators

January 2012 Issue:

• Video: Implementing CAN
• Employee Spotlight: Karl Bentz
• Cognex DataMan 300 Barcode Reader
• Bodine e-TORQ motors
• SICK DL50Hi Mid-range Distance Measurement sensors
• Stealth Gen II gearheads

December 2011 Issue: Best of 2011

• Video: Animatics CNC Surfboard machine
• Employee spotlight: Sam Gemmet
• Parker MPE Series Economical OEM Servo Motor
• Cognex-In-Sight Micro
• Parker ETH High Force Electric Actuator
• IMS - Hybrid Motion Control with Ethernet

November 2011 Issue:

• Video: Parker LCR product overview
• Employee Spotlight: Drew Whaley
• Parker LCR pre-engineered positioners
• Digital Drives with CANopen Communication
• Sicron automation series machine platforms and bases
• Linear Magnetic Encoders
• "That's Cool" - Smallest Motor

October 2011 Issue:

• Video: Parker Distributed I/O and HMI
• Employee Spotlight: Chris Richling
• Parker ION Stepper motor drive
• SICK Flexisoft controller
• Dorner 5200 Heavy Duty Conveyor
• Koco Motion Hybrid Stepper
• "That's Cool" - Superconducting Quantum Trapping

September 2011 Issue:

• Video: Parker 400XR Designed for OEMs
• Employee Spotlight: Bayar Demchig
• Parker MX45S Miniature Linear Slide
• White Paper: Light Quality Applied to Machine Vision
• Save Energy with AC650V Inverters
• Ruggedized Drive Technology
• Think Small - Lin Engineering Nema 8 Stepper Motors

August 2011 Issue:

• Video: SmartMotor in Action - CNC Surfboard Machine
• Employee Spotlight: Dan Henderson, Automation Engineer
• Parker MPE Series Economical OEM Servo Motor
• SICK S300 Safety Laser Scanner
• Parker Next Gen Electric Cylinder
• Apex AT Series Bevel Gearheads

July 2011 Issue:

• Video: Cognex In-Sght 5605 Hi-Res Vision
• Employee Spotlight: Keith Crosby, Application Engineer
• Parker ETH High Force Electric Actuator
• Copley Controls Motion Controllers at OEM Pricing
• Parker 400XR Precision Linear Positioners
• SICK OD Series Displacement Sensors - Non-contact Gauging Video

June 2011 Issue:

• Video: Interact Xpress HMI
• Cognex-In-Sight Micro
• EXLAR- EL Series Actuators
• Parker Custom Solutions
• Olympus Chief Security Officer "Crosby" Retires

May 2011 Issue:

• Video:"The Olympus Games" Team Oregon
• Parker - MX80 Miniature Positioners
• SICK - CLV600 Barcode Scanners
• IMS - Hybrid Motion Control with Ethernet
• Control Techniques - "Box it!" Pre-engineered Packaged Motor Control Solutions

April 2011 Issue:

• Employee Spotlight: Kevin Metcalf, Automation Engineer
• Video - iDrive Conveyor
• CAD Services: Save Time & Money
• Dorner - iDrive Conveyors
• Denso- New VS Series 6-axis Robot 
• Application Story: High Precision Robotic Vision Inspection System

Employee Spotlight - Scott Hendrickson

• Engineer, Founder, CEO

March 2011 Issue:

• Video - SICK Minivation
• SICK - MiniTwin Light Curtain
• Employee Spotlight - Scott Hendrickson
• Parker - AC890PX SSDrive
• Dorner - Heavy Duty iDrive Conveyor
• Apex Dynamic - AM Series MicroPlanetary Gearboxes

February 2011 Issue:

• Parker – XPR improves SkyCam quality and usability
• IMS – Mdrive Hybrid Technology
• Cognex – White Paper: When 99% Just isn’t Enough
• Parker – HPLA Belt Drive Positioner

Janaury 2011 Issue:

• Video – Cognex Laser Killer
• Parker – LCR Linear Positioner
• Copley Controls – EtherCAT Digital Drives
• Sick – Dx50 Series Distance Sensors
• Cognex – DataMan 500 Logistics Barcode Reader

December 2010 Issue:

• Video – Denso Robot Performing Product Test Functions
• Parker – Linear Actuators
• Denso – VP Series Robot
• Parker – PV Series Gearheads
• Sick – Optical Displacement Sensor

November 2010 Issue:

• Video – Animatics Smart Motor ‘Dancing Balls’
• Parker – ACR9600 PAC
• IMS – Integrated Motor & Drive
• LIN Engineering – Xtreme Torque Stepper Motor
• Control Techniques – UniDrive AC Drives

October 2010 Issue:

• Video – Animatics Smart Motor
• Animatics – Class 5 Smart Motor
• Parker – PFD Factory Dislay
• Dorner – AquaGard Center Belt Conveyor
• Sick – Mini Twin Safety Light Curtain

September 2010 Issue:

• Video – Aries Controllers
• Parker – Aries Series Digital Servo Drives
• Cognex – In-Sight 5605 High Resolution Vision Systems
• Copley Controls – Servo Tube
• Renshaw – Track Mounted Linear Encoders

August 2010 Issue:

• Video – Denso Robots Singularity Avoidance
• Parker – HD Series Linear Positioners
• Denso – Avoiding Robot Singularity
• Sick – Flexi Series of Safety Controllers
• IMS – AC Input MDrive Technology

July 2010 Issue:

• Parker Motor Enables Electric Racing Bike
• Nexen – Precision Roller Pinion Systems
• Apex Dynamics – High Precision Planetary Gearboxes
• Animatics – Class 5 Smart Motors
• Parker – INTERACT Xpress Distributed HMI

June 2010 Issue:

• Video – Accustep
• Parker – Ethernet Powerlink Systems
• Dorner – iDrive Conveyor
• Accustep – Control Technology
• Denso – Robotics Library for NI LabVIEW

Introduction - Welcome to Olympus Controls Newsletter Campaign

Vision Sensors - Newsletter describing linear encoders, vision-sensor resolution and vision-guided motion

Washdown Products - Washdown solutions for Food Processing and Packaging Applications

Inspection and Measurement Sensor - See what is new with Vision, Barcode and Laser Displacement Sensors

Got CAN? - Tightly synchronize Motion Control hardware with CANopen

Actuators & Positioners - Recent breakthroughs in Actuator and Positioner technology

High Precision Technology - See what is on the forefront of ultra-high precision motion control

Linear Motors - Learn more about the different types of linear motors

Machine Safety - Learn how safety legislation is effecting the machine automation industry

Integrated Motors - See how integrated technology is helping reduce cost of ownership over traditional architectures