Automation Parts

Open Design Alliance Announces World Conference The Open Design Alliance (ODA) has announced its second ODA World Conference in Orlando, Florida, from 4-5 May 2010. This conference will offer attendees the opportunity to discuss and learn about the latest advances in ODA platform technology and the technical graphics industry. Each day of the conference will include presentations by ODA member companies, ODA partners and other third parties, as well as offer workshops in the ODA Technology Exchange. The ODA Technology Exchange will provide more direct interaction, collaboration and 'how-to' sessions with technology leaders to address the specific questions and requirements of conference attendees. Topics will include the latest developments and advancements in the CAD industry, conceptual and practical implementations of ODA technology, and how to blend ODA components and third-party components to create a foundation for new solutions. The ODA is also asking its members, partne...

The seventh Parts2clean, the leading international trade fair for cleaning and maintenance within the production process, will take place in Stuttgart (Germany) from 20-22 October 2009. It will be held concurrently alongside the Corosave international trade fair for corrosion protection, preservation and packaging. Parts2clean is aimed at users from industries including the automotive, electronics, semiconductor and food industries, machinery and equipment manufacturing, medical engineering, aviation and aerospace, hydraulics and pneumatics, precision mechanics and precision engineering. The most suitable process (for example wet chemical processes such as spray, immersion and ultrasonic cleaning, or dry processes such as CO2 and plasma cleaning), as well as duration of treatment and the number of process steps can be determined on the basis of key factors including component geometry, material, type and degree of contamination, utilised cleaning agent, throughput and cleanliness req...

The Aspentech 2009 user conference, which is intended to highlight how customers use process optimisation to 'navigate uncertainty', is scheduled to be held on 4-7 May in Houston. BP, Dow Chemical, Fluor and Evonik Degussa, along with other process-industry customers, will share best-practice experiences at the event, which will take place at the Woodlands Waterway Marriott. The theme of the conference highlights how Aspentech customers are using AspenONE to increase efficiency, reduce manufacturing costs and improve agility in a volatile global economy. The Aspentech conference will also focus on best practices for using software to optimise process manufacturing. It will bring together engineering and manufacturing professionals from a range of process-industry companies and across the Aspentech partner community. James Hackett, chairman, president and chief executive officer of Anadarko, an independent oil-and-gas exploration and production company, will deliver the ope...