Stratix 2500 Switch Addresses Evolving Networking Needs

Manufacturers that use unmanaged network switches but struggle with downtime or security concerns now have an alternative to using managed switches. The Allen-Bradley Stratix 2500 lightly managed switch from Rockwell Automation provides the security, resiliency, segmentation and bandwidth-optimization benefits of a managed switch without the need for extensive configuration. 

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Mack Trucks Announces Automatic Standby Mode

Mack Trucks announced Automatic Standby Mode, a pioneering option for its 6 x 2 liftable pusher axle available on Mack Pinnaclehighway models. The 6 x 2 with liftable pusher axle offers improved fuel efficiency and productivity benefits and is designed for applications that haul out heavy and return empty, such as bulk haul. The addition of Automatic Standby Mode eliminates the need for…

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3 Maintenance Myths That Are Eating Your Cake

By Ryan Brown Who said, “Let them eat cake?” Marie Antoinette, many people will assuredly reply. This idea was first espoused in 1766, when Jean Jacques Rousseau wrote of an incident he recalled from some 25 years earlier, in which an unnamed “great princess” was told that the country people had no bread. “Then let them eat cake,” she replied.…

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PERMITTING – JUNE 2017

California Quarry Back on Track? Two years after losing its bid to operate a rock quarry in rural Santa Margarita, Calif., the owners of a proposed quarry filed a new application for a reduced project, according to Cal Coast News. In the revised application, truck trips are reduced by 64 percent. In 2014, the San Luis Obispo County Planning Commission…

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Corps Of Engineers Compiling Guidance For Beneficial Use Materials

By Bryan Hinterberger Navigation is the earliest Civil Works mission of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. While the Corps of Engineers performs maintenance dredging in the Great Lakes Harbors to support navigation, the activity results in the collection and transport of a valuable resource: sand and soils.

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