Manufacturing and Automation - Articles, Stories & Interviews
ICON TO DEVELOP LUNAR SURFACE CONSTRUCTION SYSTEM WITH $57.2 MILLION NASA AWARD
SBIR Phase III Contract Furthers ICON's Space-based Construction Technology Developments & Will Target Humanity's First-ever Construction on Another Planetary Body
New Ideas, Collaboration Help Brenton Drive Four Major Product Handling Upgrades to KW Container
This cell included four robots picking lids and packing them into one of four SKUs. This cell, encapsulated in a small footprint, also included an auto adjustable case sealer to accommodate the four different SKU boxes, a palletizer and stretch wrapper.
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.
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.
Manufacturing and Automation - Featured Stories
Industry 4.0 Needs Automated Power Sources
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Decision-makers developing their Industry 4.0 strategies must consider how to ensure their facilities stay running during electricity disruptions. One possibility is to explore automated smart power sources.
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.
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.
Manufacturing and Automation - News Headlines
Mitsubishi Electric's Factory Automation Systems Business to Launch "Automating the World" as Global Slogan
Mitsubishi Electric Corporation announced today it will launch "Automating the World" as the global slogan for its Factory Automation Systems business.
Warren Controls Highlights 313 Overflow Trap
Trap steam and relieve deaerator condensate with overflow feature
MiddleGround Capital Completes Add-On Acquisition of Dutchland Through Its Lindsay Precast Platform
Dutchland offers clients a unique combination of engineering and process design, operations expertise, and control systems implementation to allow for the efficient execution of water and wastewater projects. Dutchland uses its in-house design capabilities to work with engineers to tailor preliminary specifications for each solution.
RBTX Online Marketplace 2.0: Low-Cost Automation is now even easier
The intuitive design offers users an immediate overview of the right components and more than 100 cost-effective automation solutions
WAYLAND REPORTS SUCCESS AT FORMNEXT 2022 & NOTICES ENCOURAGING TRENDS IN ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING
In addition, the company detected a building momentum behind the industrial use of metal AM processes, and an overtly better-informed visitor base looking for pragmatic solutions for real industrial applications.
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.
