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High-school students win the 2022 Bishop-Wisecarver Innovation Award

★ By Lisa Eitel Leave a Comment

Motion-solutions provider Bishop-Wisecarver recently awarded Luna Zarco from Pittsburg High School in California the 2022 Bishop-Wisecarver Innovation Award for her automated design submission for the agriculture industry. Maurice Straubhaar from another Bay-area school — Ygnacio Valley High School — also earned an Innovation Award for his design targeting the packaging industry. “Between Bishop-Wisecarver’s Manufacturing Day […]

Filed Under: Featured, Industry news Tagged With: bwc

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

★ By Danielle Collins 1 Comment

Bishop-Wisecarver

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

Guide systems that turn corners

★ By Danielle Collins 1 Comment

curved guides

The shortest distance between two points may be a straight line, but some applications dictate moving in curved sections and around corners. When two or more axes are combined, as in a Cartesian or gantry system, a method of control called contouring can be used to create radii and round the corners of traditional rectilinear coordinates. […]

Filed Under: Applications, FAQs + basics, Slides + guides (all) Tagged With: bishop wisecarver, bwc, igus, rollon, THK

Patent Awarded To Bishop-Wisecarver For New Dualvee® Washdown Wheels

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Pittsburg, CA – Bishop-Wisecarver Corporation, manufacturer of the original DualVee® guide wheel and industry leader in guided motion technology, announced today that it has been awarded a third U.S. Patent by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) for its latest technological development of a washdown wheel in their signature DualVee family of products. Contact […]

Filed Under: Industry news Tagged With: bishop wisecarver, bwc, dual vee

Bishop-Wisecarver Launches New Spanish Web Site

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Pittsburg, CA – Bishop-Wisecarver Corporation has unveiled a new Spanish language web site. Complete with detailed product pages, a library of downloadable product catalogs, 3D CAD files, and a full line of application stories, the new web site is part of the company’s extensive initiative to support the needs of its Spanish-speaking customers. The initial […]

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