Manufacturing and Automation - Articles, Stories & Interviews
Remote Inspections Save Time and Increase Flexibility
Remote inspections with smart glasses bundle the know-how of specialists from various fields in only one carrier who must be on site. This saves time and costs and lowers emissions.
Increased Cloud Adoption Will Drive Greater Business Value in 2023
The Cloud is driving business value by breaking down barriers, improving collaboration, and opening new business possibilities. I expect that the trend of cloud adoption will only increase in 2023, driving a revolution in smarter decision support by manufacturers.
Mouser Gives a Closer Look at Autonomous Mobile Robots in New Installment of Empowering Innovation Together
The final installment of Mouser’s 2022 Empowering Innovation Together program explores the cutting-edge applications of autonomous mobile robots and includes a new episode of The Tech Between Us podcast.
General Purpose Programming Languages Are the Future for the Industrial Automation Industry and Are Overtaking Traditional PLC IEC 61131-3
IEC 61131-3 is the de facto standard in the industrial automation industry. It encompasses 5 different programming “languages”. It makes designing simple programs straightforward and easy, and it does this very well.
Total Cost of Ownership – Unwrapping the Hidden Costs of Manufacturing
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When thinking about costs of a part, many engineers and purchasers tend to only have one thing in mind: production costs. Like this, new technologies such as 3D printing/AM are often seen as expensive. However, production costs are just the tip of the iceberg.
Exploring Manifold Design
Manifolds are complex parts that require several levels of expertise to optimize. At Inkbit, we are optimizing the manufacturing of manifolds that finally unlock the geometric freedom of additive manufacturing.
Competence and Awareness: How to Get Started
Regardless of where you are on the ISO journey – compliance, awareness only, registration, or simply trying to maintain your QMS after a successful audit - it is necessary to ensure that competence and awareness are kept at the forefront.
Manufacturing and Automation - Featured Stories
How AI is reshaping the edge computing landscape
How much computing power is needed at the edge? How much memory and storage are enough for AI at the edge? Minimum requirements are growing as AI opens the door to innovative applications that need more and faster processing, storage, and memory.
How We Can Inspire Our New Generation Into Engineering
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It’s no secret that the engineering sector is experiencing a shortage of workers. In fact, research shows that the industry will need to train and employ around 200,000 people by 2024 to fill the gap.
LENNAR ANNOUNCES VISIONARY COMMUNITY OF 3D-PRINTED HOMES WITH ICON IS NOW UNDERWAY IN GEORGETOWN, TX
Lennar and Icon's new 100-home community of 3D-printed homes combines innovative robotics, software and advanced materials to create homes that are technologically advanced, environmentally sustainable and architecturally striking.
Manufacturing and Automation - News Headlines
Spark Laser gets their product to market faster with Tempus 3D's industrial 3D printing service
Spark Laser was able to transition seamlessly from product development to lon-demand manufacturing when releasing their new commercial laser cutter, with the help of Tempus 3D's industrial 3D printing service.
MICROMETAL'S MARKET-LEADING EXPERTISE FOCUSES ON THE PRODUCTION OF MESHES & FILTERS USING PHOTO-CHEMICAL ETCHING
In the area of mesh and filter fabrication, the unique innovations that micrometal GmbH has developed to enhance standard and traditional PCE technologies have led to a number of possibilities in design, and tolerance attainment, until now impossible.
Emerson's New Analytics Software Automates Utilities Monitoring and Reporting for Clean-in-Place Applications
Technology replaces error-prone manual record keeping and monitors energy and utilities parameters, improving efficiency and productivity.
SupplyOne Packaging Management Program Promises Savings Guaranteed in Writing
SupplyOne's Packaging Management Program Provides a Roadmap to Enhanced Efficiency, Sustainability and Cash Flow
SME Awards Prominent Manufacturing Leaders and Researchers at its SME Fall Gala in Atlanta
Awards for productivity, vision, leadership presented; eight SME Fellows recognized
Manufacturing and Automation - Featured Product
CASSIA NETWORKS: HELPING TODAY'S INDUSTRIAL ENTEPRISES SCALE THEIR IIOT PROJECTS
Cassia works with smart IIoT equipment manufacturers to help them overcome their challenges and to provide the competitive edge they need to reach their business goals. We provide companies in various IIoT sectors with a comprehensive suite of enterprise Bluetooth IoT products and solutions they need to enable smart IIoT solutions such as Condition Monitoring, Predictive Maintenance as well as Personnel and Asset Tracking solutions.
Cassia's long-range Bluetooth gateways are uniquely designed for today's Industrial IoT enterprises to provide the scalability, flexibility and ease of deployment needed to reduce costs and achieve greater ROI.
Manufacturing and Automation - Featured Company
SafetyChain Software
SafetyChain is the #1 Plant Management Platform that improves yield, maximizes productivity, and ensures compliance for process manufacturers. Trusted by over 1,500 facilities, SafetyChain is the only enterprise solution uniting production, quality, safety, & supplier management.
