Friday, October 19, 2007

Help create industry standards There are still seats available for the First OMAC Technical Symposium November 28-29 in the Seattle area. The agenda is firming up and features a tour of the Boeing 787 assembly plant. The purpose is to get engineers from process, packaging and machining areas together to discuss forging a set of standards that would include current standards such as ISA88 and the OMAC standard, PackML, to make things more universally applicable. OMAC also is trying to broaden its user reach in order to build a critical mass for applying standards. Engineers from such companies as Boeing and Procter & Gamble are strong supporters because they see major benefits for their companies. Come join in the effort. 1:12:57 PM    comment []

A "performance enhanced" drive It's tough for PR people to get the attention of editors. Of course, if they already have a good relationship with an editor, the editor will be more prone to open the message and check it out. But I have to give a tip of the hat (as the old cartoonist used to say) to Yaskawa. I almost threw the piece of mail away--it was from the WADDA (World Anti-Doping for Drives Association). It was making a play off all the steroid and other doping news in sports. I just happened to catch the word Yaskawa, a fact that saved it from the recycling bin. So, what's doped? The Yaskawa micro variable frequency drive series. It has a new line called the V1000 billed as "the world's smallest adjustable frequency drive" with "the largest menu of performance enhancing and efficiency wielding features available." (quotes from the press release, I cannot verify any of the claims) You can check it out at this Web site. 10:44:28 AM    comment []