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IFP Automation will be co-located with B&R Automation in November for PACK EXPO International at McCormick Place. We invite you to visit the B&R booth #S-3179 at this year’s show in Chicago, IL from November 2nd – 5th 2014. Read through to the bottom of this post, and find out how to submit your information for free registration to this years event!

PACK EXPO International and the co-located Pharma EXPO, produced in partnership with the International Society for Pharmaceutical Engineering (ISPE) are expected to bring together a combined 2,000 exhibitors and 50,000 packaging professionals to over 1.1 million net square feet of exhibit space. Here are three reasons why you’ll want to stop by!

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On June 21, 2014, 6 riders from Team IFP rode the American Diabetes Association’s Tour de Cure to help raise money to Stop Diabetes. We had a great time on the Tour de Cure ride in 2014 and now is a great time to commit for 2015. Our team raised $2,540.83, and we wanted to thank all who helped us to just reach our goal of $2500!

Our group had a great time, and we have committed to participating in the event again next year, with an increased team goal to $3,500 for 2015. We hope to also get at least 10 riders for the 2015 event and increase participation in this important event that helps raise awareness for this disease.

We’d also like to invite you to support us in our efforts by registering to ride with us or by making a donation. Chances are you also know someone who has been affected by diabetes and you already know how important it is to stop this disease.

By supporting us, you will help the American Diabetes Association provide community-based education programs, protect the rights of people with diabetes and fund critical research for a cure. For more information, please view our team page for 2015 here:

The IFP Tour De Cure 2015 Team Page

One final note – during the event IFP President Bernie Clarke was interviewed by Indianapolis Fox News reporter Charlie De Mar regarding Team IFP’s involvement in the Indianapolis Tour De Cure. Fox had Bernie on air for about 2 minutes, and interviewed him about our team’s involvement in the event.

Click below to watch his 2 minute interview:

Thanks again for your support!

-Team IFP

IFP Automation will be co-located with B&R Automation this September, for the IMTS Show at McCormick Place. We invite you to visit the B&R booth #E-4901 at this year’s show in Chicago, IL from September 8-13.

Over 1,900 exhibitors from the metalworking industry will display their products and productivity solutions at IMTS inside McCormick Place in Chicago covering 1.2 million net square feet of show floor. Manufacturing industry professionals from all over the world attend IMTS to see more than 15,000 new machine tools, controls, computers, software, components, systems and processes that can improve their efficiency.

Integrated machine control for CNC applications to be event focus

The efficiency of CNC machine control development and operation can be improved by replacing traditional systems with an integrated, multifunctional control platform. Traditional systems include logic, machine-specific technologies, point-to-point movement, path-based interpolated movement and visualization, each requiring hardware interface and communication software to work together.

With B&R’s Automation Studio, a single software development environment is run under the same hard real-time operating system on a single processor over deterministic industrial Ethernet and unifies all these functionalities. The straightforward, standards-based design approach lets you easily and independently implement machine processes on the controller without need for intervention by the control supplier.

Stop by our booth to discover how our solutions can help you streamline your engineering, hardware, training and service costs while delivering uncompromising performance, flexibility and scalability.

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When it comes to both local and fieldbus IO,  many of our customers are looking for ways to save space, save cost, and keep simple compatibility with their primary PLC. Here are some of the ways that our preferred IO solution from B&R has helped customer companies achieve a better IO solution.

• IP20 and IP67 rated components
• Unique 3 piece modular design (Featuring an always available backplane)
• Tool free assembly, removal, and wiring
• Hot pluggable electronics
• Fieldbus compatible with other brands of PLCs/controllers
• Unlimited number of I/O nodes per system
• Up to 255 I/O modules per node
• X2X backplane extendable up to 100 meters via copper
• On board shielding and grounding
• 16 points on 12.5mm module

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