GIDDINGS & LEWIS ANNOUNCES EMC COMPLIANCE FOR PIC CONTROLS

(Fond du Lac, WI --14 July 1995) Giddings & Lewis has announced that its
complete PiC (Programmable industrial Controller) product line will be EMC
(Electromagnetic Compatibility) compliant as of 15 October 1995.

Effective 1 January 1996, machines installed in the European Community will
be required to carry the CE (Community European) Mark. By nature,
industrial controls alone do not meet CE Mark requirements without proper
installation. Combining proper installation with EMC compliant Giddings &
Lewis controls ensures CE Mark compliance for the control portion of a
given application.

Giddings & Lewis has undertaken an aggressive program to ensure EMC
compliance of its PiC90 and PiC900 control systems since many OEM machine
builders are standardizing on PiC controls for their high-performance
servo controlled machinery. "With up to 40% of the high-performance OEM
machinery being shipped into European Community nations, it was imperative
that we meet the new requirements in a timely fashion," according to Bob
Kynast, Vice President and General Manager, Giddings & Lewis Automation
Control. While the Giddings & Lewis controls have always been designed to
meet the stringent demands for electromagnetic noise immunity found in the
industrial control environment, the EMC standards brought forth the new
requirement of controlling electromagnetic emissions as well.
Electromagnetic noise immunity is defined as the amount of electrical
noise the control system will tolerate while still operating properly.
Noise immunity standards cover three areas: radio frequency
electromagnetic noise immunity, fast transient noise immunity, and
electrostatic discharge immunity. New standards include electromagnetic
emissions that define the amount of radio frequency electrical noise that
may be emitted by the control system. With the introduction of EMC
compliant PiC controls, Giddings & Lewis has greatly reduced the cost to
their customers of achieving CE Mark compliance.

Typical automated production processes using PiC controls include
packaging, paper converting, food processing, plastic film production, and
metal cutting. High-performance applications handled by PiC controls
include flexographic printing machinery with up to 64 axes of motion
control and packaging machinery operating at rates of up to 1,500 products
per minute.

Headquartered in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, Giddings & Lewis is the largest
supplier and integrator of automated machining and assembly systems in
North America, and one of the largest in the world. Major product lines
include manufacturing systems, flexible transfer lines, flexible
inspection systems, automated assembly systems, high-precision automated
machine tools, measuring systems, and other related products and services.
Its stock is traded on The Nasdaq Stock Market under the symbol GIDL.

Giddings & Lewis
666 South Military Rd, PO Box 1658
Fond du Lac, WI 54936-1658
414-921-7100,  fax 414-929-4669
 
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