Manufacturing and Automation - Articles, Stories & Interviews
The printer for the smallest details - Miniature components from 3D printer
The structures that UpNano produces in the 3D printer are so small that they are recognizable neither with the naked eye nor with a strong optical microscope. Only under a scanning electron microscope do the smallest printed structures become visible.
KENGIC Drives Efficiency in Turkey: 60% Cost Reduction and 10,000 PPH for a Famous 3PL
This project serves as a benchmark for green logistics practices in the region, demonstrating how automation can drive low-carbon, sustainable development while maximizing economic output.
How Thoughtful UX Accelerates Decision Making in Industrial Systems
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Mission-critical environments demand interfaces that perform under stress. In utilities, energy, and manufacturing, seconds matter when incidents occur. Software must support rapid recognition and response, not prolonged analysis.
How One Maker and Two Robots Build Civic Monuments: The nioform (Sweden) Case Study
In an old warehouse hangar on the shore of Lake Vänern — no signage, almost incognito — there’s a workshop where small models turn into full-scale monuments, theme-park elements, and cinematic “troll skulls.”
When Quality Controls Break Down in Business Central
Quality inspections disconnected from operational workflows allow defective materials to move through supply chains. This article explains how integrated quality controls in Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central address this challenge.
Are Your Safety Measures Outdated? 5 Signs It’s Time to Upgrade Your Collision Warning Systems
As layouts change, new equipment is introduced, and traffic patterns shift, your once-reliable safety measures might no longer be doing their job. So how do you know when it’s time to upgrade?
Wire Rope Lubrication Manufacturer Cuts Order Fulfillment Times by 90%
The Kirkpatrick Group - a Texas-based industrial manufacturer specializing in high-performance wire rope lubrication systems - reduced order fulfillment times by up to 90% after modernizing its production and inventory structure with MRPeasy.
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How to Scale Configuration Complexity Without Eroding Margins
Customization drives growth. But as configurability expands, many manufacturers face a familiar pattern: greater product variety paired with margin erosion, operational instability, and discount pressure.
A Practical Guide to Using AI for Demand Sensing
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By moving from backward-looking statistics to forward-looking AI, small changes throughout the supply chain (and the signals they send) can be detected, analyzed, and neutralized before they create widespread disruption.
Planning a Facility Expansion? Here's How to Improve Reliability and Uptime at the Same Time
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For modern manufacturers, success entails embedding reliability into the literal foundation of the building. Therefore, expanding operations requires adopting a smart manufacturing strategy from day one.
Manufacturing and Automation - News Headlines
Technology agenda sealed by letter of intent
IDS and Prophesee deepen collaboration to advance next-generation Event-based industrial vision systems. Expanded partnership with newly signed agreement will explore new sensing architectures combining conventional imaging with Prophesee's Metavision® event-based vision for developing faster, more accurate and power-efficient machine vision systems
Innodisk, RealSense, and EverestLabs Partner to Enable Real-Time AI Sorting for Industrial Recycling
The joint solution combines Innodisk's APEX-P200 edge AI system, RealSense depth cameras, and EverestLabs' RecycleOS platform to enable accurate material identification and sorting directly on recycling facility production lines.
Mitsubishi Logisnext Americas will Rebrand as Logisnext Americas, Advancing a Unified Vision for Material Handling
The transition will strengthen the company's global alignment to meet evolving customer needs.
Ambi Robotics Introduces AmbiVision, Utilizing AI Skill Suite for Image-Based Item Intelligence and Cognitive OCR for Distribution Centers
AmbiVision is a new application under AmbiOS utilizing five AI skills from Ambi's AI Skill Suite including measurement, tracking, reading, inspection, and quality control
MIT CTL and Mecalux develop an AI-based simulator to optimize inventory across warehouses
• The platform, powered by a genetic algorithm, recommends optimal inventory levels and transportation strategies
• The solution enables companies to simulate multiple tactical scenarios and minimize costs without incurring stockouts
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The Wire Association International (WAI), Inc.
The Wire Association International (WAI), Inc., founded in 1930, is a worldwide technical society for wire and cable industry professionals. Based in Madison, Connecticut, USA, WAI collects and shares technical, manufacturing, and general business information to the ferrous, nonferrous, electrical, fiber optic, and fastener segments of the wire and cable industry. WAI hosts trade expositions, technical conferences, and educational programs.
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Collision Awareness Products
We're the Leader in Intersection Protection. Our goal is to help your employees avoid accidents and reduce your exposure to liabilities. Collision Awareness products are designed to monitor any traffic & alert others, just around the corner. 40% of all forklift fatalities are caused by an individual being struck or run over by a forklift. Many of these accidents and fatalities can be avoided by warning pedestrians and operators of approaching danger. Our LOOK OUT Sensor Alert Warning System allows for quick and easy recognition of possible hazardous situations. Why take chances of liabilities when you can avoid accidents and protect your most valuable assets. By creating awareness to a possible danger, you reduce the risk of damage, injury and death. Reducing risk should reduce your liability and exposure to workman's compensation claims, and increase employee morale as they see the company efforts to provide a safe workplace.
