Managing Automation - January 2009 - (Page 47) GXS BUSINESS-TO-BUSINESS INTEGRATION XS, a provider of on-demand businessto-business electronic commerce services, has launched GXS Trading Grid for Excel, a service that helps trading partners collaborate using Microsoft’s Office Excel 2007 spreadsheet software. GXS Trading Grid for Excel is aimed at smaller companies that may communicate with trading partners G Manikin Analysis Extension ensures conformance with health and safety standards, simplifies workflow by reusing saved postures, and leverages advanced reporting and analysis capabilities. Basic Manikin capabilities that enable users to insert a pre-defined human model into a CAD model to gain an understanding of how a human would fit or interact with a proposed design will be included in all Pro/ENGINEER packages at no additional charge for those customers on the latest maintenance release of Pro/ ENGINEER Wildfire 4.0, PTC said. www.managingautomation.com/PTC dleware appliances, which are suitable for use in industrial automation environments. www.managingautomation.com/Omnitrol MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC AUTOMATION INC. MOTION CONTROLLERS T OMNITROL NETWORKS RFID SOFTWARE O using manual methods, including spreadsheets, rather than automated methods such as EDI. GXS Trading Grid for Excel allows such companies to submit information using Excel. The information is then automatically translated into EDI or enterprisespecific formats and forwarded to trading partners via a Web-based portal equipped with dashboards, alerts, and other features. Users can search for specific documents using a variety of criteria. GXS Trading Grid for Excel supports the new user interface in Excel 2007. The service also supports builtin data validation. www.managingautomation.com/GXS mnitrol Networks’ Edge Application and Services Engine (EASE) version 2.1 includes features that enable business process implementation without regard to specific RF technology (HF, UHF, UWB, WiFi, etc.). EASE version 2.1 includes the updated Omnitrol Service Development Kit for creating customer-defined business processes; an enhanced Emulator to simulate sensors and RFID devices while developing, testing, validating, and monitoring process workflow implementations; and integration with new databases and ERP applications. The software also features support for the Omnitrol-M and Omnitrol-A mid- he Q172D and Q173D motion controllers are the latest members of Mitsubishi Electric Automation’s iQ Automation platform. The Q172D, an 8-axis motion controller, and the Q173D, a 32-axis motion controller (expandable to 96 axes), are engineered for simple-to-complex motion control applications, including packaging, material handling, printing, semiconductor fabrication, solar panel movement, automotive manufacturing, and all non-metal cutting applications. The controllers offer high-performance positioning, speed, and synchronous phase and torque control. The units also provide on-the-fly mode switching and registration through electronic cam and gearing. The Q172D and Q173D motion controllers connect to Mitsubishi Electric Automation’s MR-J3B servo over SSCNET III, Mitsubishi Electric’s proprietary serial servo control network. Programming is done via MT Developer, MR-Configurator, GX-Developer 2, GT Works 2, or GT Designer programming software. www.managingautomation.com/MEAU1 Streamline the Product Selection Process se the TechMATCH product comparison tool at ManagingAutomation.com to evaluate and compare software packages and automation tools. Start by pointing your browser to www.ManagingAutomation.com/comparisontool. To view listings by category, mouse over your category of choice within the white box. Follow the subcategories to the right to narrow the field of listings. From the product listings returned, select the ones you’d like to compare side by side. To request more information from a product’s manufacturer, click the icon below the vendor’s name, add comments if needed, and submit. The company will then contact you with additional details. If you prefer to search by specifying the features/functions you need, simply click “Start your custom specification” below the list of categories to get started. PARAMETRIC TECHNOLOGY CORP. HUMAN FACTOR ANALYSIS FOR CAD U TC’s Pro/ENGINEER Manikin is a 3D digital human modeling tool that simulates human-product interaction. While engineers are designing products in CAD software, the Manikin modules provide a visual image of how a human would work with the finished product. Two modules, Pro/ENGINEER Manikin Extension and Pro/ENGINEER Manikin Analysis Extension, provide ergonomic and human factor analysis for PTC’s Pro/ENGINEER 3D CAD/CAM/CAE software. Manikin Extension provides a way to customize and manipulate 3D human models, create human reach envelopes and vision cones to understand limitations of the design, and gain a first-person perspective by being able to “see” what the 3D model “sees.” The P 47 January 2009 http://www.managingautomation.com/Omnitrol http://www.managingautomation.com/PTC http://www.managingautomation.com/MEAU1 http://www.ManagingAutomation.com http://www.managingautomation.com/GXS http://www.ManagingAutomation.com/comparisontool
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