 Employee Spotlight - Denise MacKillop, Administrative Assistant
This month we get to learn a little about the person behind that pleasant voice that you hear when you call Gibson Engineering.
Meet Denise MacKillop >>>
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  Plant Floor Communication Solution
Television-based Visualization System
The latest trend in production displays arises from the ever-falling cost of consumer-grade televisions. With their ability to display images in high-definition, flat screen TVs are quickly becoming the most common method of displaying information on the plant-floor. TheProducTVity Station is a ready to deploy solution for displaying productivity information, andon messaging, and process status on any off-the shelf TV, PC monitor and even projectors.
The PTV leverages over 200 communications drivers via three independent serial ports and an Ethernet port, to connect and collect data from virtually any PLC, drive, bar code scanner, etc. Its 720p (1280 x 780 resolution) DVI output is compatible with both 720p and 1080p/i TVs. The ProducTVity Station extends production monitoring to remote personnel by providing email and text alerts, and its built-in webserver allows productivity information to be monitored via any networked PC or smart-phone.
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Gibson Supports the I.D.E.A. Club
Innovate, Design, Engineer, Achieve
The IDEA Club (Innovate, Design, Engineer, Achieve) is a group of students at UMASS Dartmouth, with a passion for designing, engineering and building various projects that members come up with as an outlet for all the theoretical knowledge they learn in classes.
Gibson Engineering has been supporting this group by providing them with the automation components that the group incorporates into their ongoing projects that include an underwater remotely operated vehicle and a 65HP electric go-kart.
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 Modular System for Vacuum End Effectors
Hose-free vacuum distribution
The Schmalz modular system for vacuum end effectors, VEE allows fast, flexible configuration of end effectors for different processes. A wide selection of combinations of vacuum feed and zones, connection elements and suction pad connections is available to create the matching end effector.
 All VEE elements are made of polysulfone PSU according to FDA guidelines. They are resistant to alkaline and acidic cleaning agents and can be steam sterilized. This makes them suitable not only for the packaging industry but especially for use in the food processing industry. Vacuum end effectors can be combined with many suction pads from the Schmalz product range.
- Flexible modular design with perfectly coordinated parts
- Variable number of suction pads and variable suction pad distances
- Hose-free vacuum distribution
- Designed for high-speed applications with accelerations up to 10 g (100 m/sē)
- Use in flexible packaging machines with frequent format Changes
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Miniaturization as a Guiding Principle
The Real Alternative to Fiber Optics
What makes STM Sensors approach so different?
Packing a high optical performance into the smallest possible space was one of their most important guiding principles right from the start. The optoelectronic components available on the market didn't meet STM's aspirations in terms of size or performance. Thus, they developed  their own microSPOT LEDs and the associated manufacturing technology resulting in optimal optical components. Despite their minute dimensions, the LEDs, photodiodes, and phototransistors STM produces are of outstanding optical precision.
The Results
STM offers optical microsensors with a huge variety of tiny sensor heads. Extremely flexible sensor cables with no bending radius limitations. Powerful microoptical components for perfectly shaped light beams.
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Ideas Worth Spreading
Robots that fly ... and cooperate
In his lab at Penn, Vijay Kumar and his team build flying quadrotors, small, agile robots that swarm, sense each other, and form ad hoc teams -- for construction, surveying disasters and far more. At the University of Pennsylvania, Vijay studies the control and coordination of multi-robot formations.
"robots like this have many applications. You can send them inside buildings as first responders to look for intruders, maybe look for biochemical leaks...[or they] can be used for transporting cargo." (Vijay Kumar)
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"That's Cool"
Pendulum Waves
Fifteen uncoupled simple pendulums of monotonically increasing lengths dance together to produce visual traveling waves, standing waves, beating, and (seemingly) random motion
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Training Events
SICK Tech Tuesday Webinar - Safety Controllers
SICK Tech Tuesday Webinar - Safety Controllers
Cognex In-Sight Basic Training
Cognex In-Sight Advanced Training
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