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In 2011, ATS purchased Sortimat Group, a German life sciences automation firm, for $62 million. [7] In 2013, they purchased German packaging firm IWK for $144 million, [10] and in 2014, they purchased the automation business of German company M+W Group for $362 million. [11] In February 2017, Andrew Hider was appointed CEO of the company. [12]
Klaus Woerner (1939–2005) was the founder and CEO of ATS Automation Tooling Systems. Its main headquarters is located in Cambridge, Ontario, Canada and it is one of the world's foremost companies dealing with automated manufacturing equipment. Woerner was born in Germany in 1939.
Systems for automatic rearrangement of tools have also been used on sheet metal working machinery. Panel benders have an integrated CNC-controlled device that allows punches to be moved according to the size of the part. Automated tool changes on press brakes were limited to machines integrated on a robotic bending cell.
GYP (Generate Your Projects) – Build automation tool created by Google; superseded by GN which generates files for ninja and other tools; imake – build automation system written for the X Window System; OpenMake Software Meister; Meson – Build automation tool; integrated with GNOME Builder [2]
In numerical control systems, the position of the tool is defined by a set of instructions called the part program. Positioning control is handled using either an open-loop or a closed-loop system. In an open-loop system, communication takes place in one direction only: from the controller to the motor.
Steam engines promoted automation through the need to control engine speed and power.. The introduction of prime movers, or self-driven machines advanced grain mills, furnaces, boilers, and the steam engine created a new requirement for automatic control systems including temperature regulators (invented in 1624; see Cornelius Drebbel), pressure regulators (1681), float regulators (1700) and ...