Design World – August 2019

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Allied Electronics .......Cover,3,121

AllMotion ......................................... 4

Altech Corp. .................................... 1

AS-Interface Organization

North America ........................ 24

Aurora Bearing Company ...... 39

AutomationDirect .......... Gatefold

Centritec Seals ............................ 19

Clippard .......................................BC

Del-tron ....................................... 105

Digi-key ........................................... 13

Dorner ............................................ 20

Dynatect

Manufacturing, Inc. ............ 115

EXAIR Corporation ...................... 5

EZAutomation .....................Insert

FAULHABER MICROMO .........IBC

Fixtureworks ................................. 14

HIWIN .............................123,125,127

HYDAC Technology

Corporation ............................. 17

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IDEC Corporation ....................... 25

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HP 3D Printing ................................................... 49

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• Robotic Hand Uses Machine Learning to Detect Wearer’s Intent .................................... 90

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CGI ................................................................................... 92

CS Hyde Company .................................................... 80

Festo .............................................................................. 69

Harmonic Drive ............................................................ 63

Honeywell Intelligrated ............................................ 59

igus ................................................................................. 85

Kollmorgen ................................................................... 89

LAPP USA .................................................................... 64

maxon precision motor ............................................. 71

FAULHABER MICROMO .............................................. 81

Mitsubishi Electric Automation ............................. 75

mk North America, Inc. ............................................. 79

New England Wire Technologies

& New England Tubing Technologies .......... 94

SICK, Inc. ........................................................................ 87

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