| Manufacturing shop floor productivity took a | | | | By assisting manufacturers to be more productive on |
| much-needed step forward at the Manufacturing | | | | a day by day operating basis, Memex is assisting the |
| Technology Show IMTS 2010. Memex Automation | | | | North American manufacturing sector to be more |
| will showcase and offer "Show Specials" of its new | | | | competitive on a global basis. |
| universal file server that improves CNC machine tool | | | | |
| productivity, thereby allowing machines to operate | | | | |
| more efficiently and therefore help companies be | | | | |
| more productive. | | | | About Memex Automation Inc. |
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| In today's manufacturing world with individual machines | | | | Memex Automation Inc., a unit of Astrix Networks Inc., |
| being the islands of automation, they very often do not | | | | was created to leverage the research and |
| have ready and quick access to the manufacturing | | | | development of Memex Electronics, which was |
| programs needed to run the machines. This is very | | | | founded in 1992. Memex continues its tradition of |
| often caused because of lack of network connections | | | | serving the discrete manufacturing sector, supplying |
| of the machines to the powerful CAD/CAM servers | | | | component hardware, memory upgrades, and |
| that store the programs and the latency in | | | | visionary shop floor communication technology. Memex |
| downloading very large programs even if there is a | | | | Automation products are "Automating the Automation" |
| connection. In many cases operators are running | | | | allowing a manufacturer to increase productivity and |
| around the shop floor trying to get the correct | | | | decrease costs. Memex Automation focuses on |
| programs where the machine is waiting not being | | | | delivering value with Real-Time Machine Monitoring and |
| utilized, often many hours per day. | | | | Control, which utilizes OEE+DNC solutions that boost |
| | | | | efficiency by up to fifty percent with minimal capital |
| Memex's new Universal File Server, Ax2200HS-FS | | | | investment. Memex Automation is based in Burlington, |
| provides for large file storage directly at the machine | | | | Ontario. |
| as well as an Ethernet to serial Bridge to connect | | | | |
| directly to the machine. This is much more robust and | | | | |
| shop hardened than a PC located at the machine, and | | | | |
| is easily one quarter of the cost. | | | | Memex, Inc. |
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