Manufacturing and Automation - Articles, Stories & Interviews
Automate 2022 Product Preview
Automate 2022 takes place June 6th - 9th in Detroit, Michigan. The Exhibit hall floor will be loaded with new products and services. Here is a preview of some things to look forward to at this years event.
Intelligent Filing Cabinets: Design Requirements, Functions, Benefits, Applications
Before the rise of intelligent file cabinets, the number of warehouse files is large, every time the inventory or in and out of the warehouse, all rely on manual participation, to consume a lot of manpower and time and the risk of error is larger.
6 Implications of the Chip Shortage for Auto Manufacturing
The past few years have proved challenging for the auto manufacturing industry. Automakers faced a slew of obstacles amid the COVID-19 pandemic, but few were as far-reaching and disruptive as the chip shortage.
Digitizing the Energy Transition: How Are Digital Technologies Accelerating Decarbonization?
With growing energy demand and increasing focus on energy security and supply resiliency, governments and businesses alike have turned to digital strategies to shape the new energy landscape.
The Future of Automation Is at Automate
Automate is the largest and most inspiring showcase of robotics, motion control, vision, artificial intelligence and related automation technologies in North America. Bringing together 550+ exhibiting automation innovators, manufacturers and suppliers.
Protect Your Factory Floor Against the Next Global Emergency with IoT
Introducing simple and effective technologies in the right ways can enable manufacturers to get more from their existing operations while also attracting and retaining talent for the long term.
Faster Retail Order Fulfillment and Room To Grow With Advanced Warehouse Automation and AutoStore
Looking to decrease order cycle time and increase reach to the east coast, PUMA turned to long-time partner Bastian Solutions to help plan, strategize and integrate a new facility and automated warehouse system in Indianapolis, Indiana.
Manufacturing and Automation - Featured Stories
When Is the Best Time to Introduce CNC Automation?
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Implementing sophisticated CNC equipment and machines, to achieve automation, is not just expensive, it’s also time-consuming. You can’t just swap everything in one go and hope it works.
Examining the Gender Gap in Manufacturing: 5 Potential Solutions for 2022
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Workforces that lack gender diversity will struggle to reach their full potential. Manufacturing must address this issue if it hopes to sustain growth far into the future.
Embrace the edge to avoid unscheduled downtime
One of the key metrics for process efficiency is overall equipment efficiency (OEE). This KPI is related to the availability, performance and quality of the production process. High OEE often means good revenue.
Manufacturing and Automation - News Headlines
Packaging and Processing Hall of Fame Deadline Extended, Nominate Your Mentor Now
The prestigious Packaging & Processing Hall of Fame has extended its deadline for nominations for the 2022 Inductee Class to Friday, July 1, 2022.
Pleora's Visual Inspection System Ensures End-to-End Quality for DICA Electronics
AI decision-support system ready to use with just one image, with integrated Inspection and Tracking & Reporting apps to reduce quality escapes and provide end-to-end process insight
Overcoming challenges caused by non-conveyable parcels
How a new generation of roller plates can speed up the processing and transport of large, heavy, and irregularly shaped parcels
Machine vision: MVTec sets new standards with expanded deep-learning-based anomaly detection in HALCON 22.05
• Innovative anomaly detection extends the deep learning product range
• Useful new features, particularly for quality assurance
• HALCON 22.05 to be released on May 25, 2022
10 Finalists Named in Cowen Startup Challenge; Winner Chosen at Automate June 7
Competition during North America's largest automation and robotics showcase, June 6-9, will spotlight cutting-edge technologies driving innovations
Manufacturing and Automation - Featured Product
Parvalux Low Profile Design Gearbox
This GB56 right-angled, coupling driven gearbox from Parvalux packs a powerful punch in a small package. A width of 39mm and an output torque of 50 Nm in short-term operation. Ideal for applications where space is at a premium.
Manufacturing and Automation - Featured Company
MVTec LLC
MVTec Software GmbH is a leading international manufacturer of software for machine vision used in all demanding areas of imaging: semi-conductor industry, web inspection, quality control and inspection applications in general, medicine, surveillance, robot vision, and 3D vision.
MVTec is the developer and vendor of the general purpose machine vision software HALCON. In addition, MVTec, LLC works out of Cambridge, MA (USA), to better attend the North American market since 2007.
