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Top trends in linear motion technology: Part 2 of 2

★ By Rachael Pasini Leave a Comment

Tablet showing Emerson's electric actuator metrics

For the annual Design World Trends issue, we asked industry experts to share their insights into linear-motion trends. Here’s more of what they had to say on linear actuators, linear guides, and stages. Meet the experts Dave Walden | Applications engineer • PBC Linear Eric Rice | Product market manager — electric automation • Festo Samuel Orozco | […]

Filed Under: Featured, Industry news, Linear actuators (all), Linear drives (all), Slides + guides (all) Tagged With: bishopwisecarver, boschrexroth, emerson, festo, pbclinear, thomsonindustries, tolomatic

Top trends in linear motion technology: Part 1 of 2

★ By Rachael Pasini Leave a Comment

Emerson Aventics linear guide

We recently asked several industry experts about trends they’re seeing in the design and use of linear actuators, linear guides, and stages. Here’s what those experts had to say. Meet the experts Saurabh Khetan | Product line manager — Leadscrews • Thomson Industries Inc. Justin Lackey | Product manager — Systems • Bosch Rexroth Kelly Walden | V.P. […]

Filed Under: Featured, Industry news, Linear actuators (all), Linear drives (all), Slides + guides (all), Uncategorized Tagged With: bishopwisecarver, boschrexroth, emerson, festo, linak, pbclinear, thomsonindustries, tolomatic

Automated farm equipment uses rugged linear components

★ By Lisa Eitel Leave a Comment

Precision agriculture is the discretization of farming — defined as the analysis of highly variable (and often unpredictable) landscapes to: • Break larger agricultural fields into smaller discrete sections • Quantify the characteristics (such as soil composition, light, and seed spacing) of each section • Adapt to the variations between sections with automated farm equipment […]

Filed Under: Applications, Featured, Integrated Linear Systems, Linear actuators (all), Slides + guides (all), Track roller (cam + wheel) guides Tagged With: bishopwisecarver

Linear motion systems for packaging applications from Bishop Wisecarver

★ By Miles Budimir Leave a Comment

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Bishop-Wisecarver offers product options that include UtiliTrak linear guides and LoPro linear actuators, to complete actuated system solutions. LoPro linear actuators excel in high speed, long length and dirty environments. UtiliTrak is constructed with DualVee Motion Technology in vee and vee/crown designs, and using MadeWell Crown Rollers, and are ideal for commercial applications in need […]

Filed Under: Linear actuators (all), Slides + guides (all) Tagged With: bishopwisecarver, linear motion

What are some considerations for linear actuators in contaminated environments?

★ By Miles Budimir Leave a Comment

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Reliable motion is often difficult to obtain when the operating environment is heavily contaminated with debris, or contains extreme conditions such as a wide temperature range or other environmental factors.The use of machinery for operations such as cutting, welding, and material processing often generates a substantial amount of debris contamination. Equipment that is not designed […]

Filed Under: FAQs + basics Tagged With: bishopwisecarver

Bishop-Wisecarver Selected as Advanced Manufacturing Finalist in 2018 East Bay Innovation Awards

★ By Danielle Collins 1 Comment

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Bishop-Wisecarver, a trusted industrial automation company offering proven motion solutions that are expertly designed and delivered to perform, announced its selection as a finalist in the Advanced Manufacturing category of the 6th Annual 2018 East Bay Innovation Awards. The East Bay Innovation Awards is a celebration of outstanding innovative companies and organizations in the East […]

Filed Under: Industry news Tagged With: bishopwisecarver, bwc

Bishop-Wisecarver Group sponsors Bay Area STEP Forward event

★ By Danielle Collins Leave a Comment

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Free October 24th event focused on attracting & retaining next generation of manufacturing talent Bishop-Wisecarver Group (BWG), a family of WBENC-certified companies that works with manufacturers to engineer, produce, and build custom complex assemblies, linear motion solutions and optimal embedded intelligence systems, is helping to sponsor the Science, Technology, Engineering, & Production (STEP) Forward: Bay Area Women […]

Filed Under: Featured, Industry news Tagged With: bishop wisecarver, bishopwisecarver

Bishop-Wisecarver Group (BWG) invites students to its third annual Manufacturing Day

★ By Lisa Eitel Leave a Comment

Join Bishop-Wisecarver Group (BWG) for its third annual Manufacturing Day on Friday, October 7th. Bishop-Wisecarver Group (BWG) is celebrating manufacturing in America. The manufacturer will host two sessions (morning and afternoon) on that day — and it welcomes and encourages students and schools to attend. Bishop-Wisecarver Group (BWG) is long-time supporter of FIRST Robotics and encourages FIRST […]

Filed Under: Editor's blog, Linear actuators (all) Tagged With: bishopwisecarver

Bishop-Wisecarver Group President to share entrepreneurial advice

★ By Lisa Eitel Leave a Comment

Pamela Kan, president of Bishop-Wisecarver Group, has served on numerous state and national level boards that support STEAM (science, technology, engineering, arts and mathematics) efforts specifically designed to encourage young women, helped her company gain woman-owned certification as a WBENC-Certified Women’s Business Enterprise in 2011, and leads her successful company in supporting numerous community educational and […]

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Bishop-Wisecarver president wins award

★ By Lisa Eitel Leave a Comment

Bishop-Wisecarver Group (BWG), recently announced that president Pamela Kan was awarded the Mary Lehman MacLachlan Economic Empowerment Award from the Women President’s Organization (WPO) at the group’s annual conference in April. The award is considered one of WPO’s most prestigious honors. Kan’s selection was in part based on her longtime personal and professional focus on […]

Filed Under: Industry news Tagged With: bishopwisecarver

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