Manufacturing and Automation - Articles, Stories & Interviews
Your Manufacturing Supply Chain Tech Implementation Went Live But No One Knows How To Use It
Months of planning, design sessions, data migration, integration work, testing, and executive updates. The platform is live. The project dashboard turns green. The software vendor confirms the system is working as designed. Then the harder question shows up.
7 Critical Design Challenges for High-Precision Gantry Automation Systems
Designing, manufacturing, and controlling a high-precision gantry is a complex, multidisciplinary challenge that requires deep expertise in structural mechanics, thermal behavior, mechatronics, and advanced motion control.
Harnessing AI to Revolutionize Bike Safety with Velo AI
By choosing Hellbender as its trusted hardware partner, Velo AI was able to reduce its development time, get its product to market, and execute on its core mission – creating safer streets for cyclists – sooner.
How Dominique Bastien Turned Gondola Restoration Into a Specialized Manufacturing Discipline
Over the years, we developed much more precise restoration procedures. Things like sanding sequence, machine pressure, heat control, polishing compounds, and movement patterns all became extremely important.
Industrial Flooring Upgrades: When Retrofitting Makes More Sense Than Full Replacement
Whether it’s a mezzanine system or a ground-floor concrete slab, full replacement often means extended downtime, lost productivity, and significant labor costs.
NORD Powers Bulk Material Handling with Reliable, Robust Drive Solutions
NORD’s reliable solutions for bulk goods accommodate a wide range of plant arrangements and offer various application-specific options for long service life, low maintenance, and excellent load capacity.
If the Headline Number on Your Monitoring System Is Spindle Uptime, You're Measuring the Wrong Thing
How OMW Corporation retired a homebuilt monitoring system, changed the vocabulary on their floor, gained 12% utilization across 43 machines, and turned a single customer meeting into $2.5M in new business.
Manufacturing and Automation - Featured Stories
How to Maintain Consistent Weld Strength During High-Speed Automated Production
The need for quality control doesn't disappear when facilities install robotic welding cells. High-speed automated weld penetration depends on thermal management, adaptive controls, continuous monitoring and nondestructive testing.
The Value of Additive Manufacturing — When it Works, Why it Works
The fastest way to lose trust in AM is to apply it indiscriminately. The fastest way to unlock its value is to treat it like what it really is: a precise manufacturing tool with defined strengths, defined trade-offs, and a growing role in modern production systems.
Addressing Patch Management Challenges of IT/OT Convergence
Manufacturing facilities that understand the fundamental differences between IT and OT systems can implement best practices that protect critical assets and maintain operational continuity.
Manufacturing and Automation - News Headlines
India's automotive market accelerates - Feintool opens first production site in Pune
With 18 production sites across Asia, Europe, and the United States, Feintool offers large-series manufacturing of high-precision components based on its core technologies: fineblanking, cold forming, and e-lamination stamping.
KOMA Precision Showcases Shop Floor Productivity Technology and End-to-End Integration Expertise at IMTS 2026 Booth 338754
One of the latest innovations featured in the booth will be the new, fully submersible, high-precision ball-drive Tsudakoma EDM table. Four-axis tables, and new rotary and tilt tables will be demonstrated live throughout the show.
Visual Components Brings Immersive VR Experience to FABTECH 2026
With flexible, customizable software, Visual Components enables manufacturers to design more efficient manufacturing systems and validate processes before implementation.
As AI Agents Speed Up Order Intake in Business Central, Order Fulfillment Worksheet Answers What Can Ship Today
AI agents in Business Central are speeding up order entry, but more orders arriving faster does not tell your warehouse what it can actually ship today. The Order Fulfillment Worksheet calculates availability across every open order, allocates inventory only once, and creates the shipments and picks for what your team can fulfill now. Find out how to keep fulfillment in step with automated order intake.
ALMCO Brings Integrated Parts Finishing and Washing to FABTECH 2026
As part of ALMCO's Spiral Bottom Bowl (SBB) Series, the SBB-8 features an 8 cubic-foot working capacity and is part of the company's latest generation of round finishing machines.
Manufacturing and Automation - Featured Product
OnLogic Karbon 520 Series of Scalable Rugged Computers
The OnLogic Karbon 520 Series of rugged computers is purpose-built to deliver unwavering performance and reliability in the face of extreme temperatures, vibration, and dynamic power conditions. Powered by the latest Intel® Core™ Ultra processors and validated by MIL-STD-810H testing, the Karbon 520 Series makes it possible to deploy dependable computing for AI at the edge, advanced automation, or critical remote and in-vehicle applications in even the most challenging environments.
Manufacturing and Automation - Featured Company
"Save"ty Yellow Products
Since 2003, "Save"ty Yellow Products has been a leading producer of facility asset protection and safety products used in manufacturing, distribution centers and warehousing facilities. We design products to reduce the overall cost including installation. Our St. Charles sales and distribution center is strategically located to reduce shipping costs, 40 minutes west of Chicago, placing us in the heart of logistic channels to support North America. We have 43,000 sq. ft. of quick ship items. The 165,000 sq. ft. manufacturing facility is located in Rockford, Illinois and is ISO-9000 certified. Our entire product line is powder coated for long lasting durability. We take the approach to be a solution provider, so we offer several models for each product line giving you a choice when designing your facility, including custom applications. Our product line includes industrial guard rails, collision awareness forklift warning systems, column / rack post protectors, building column protectors, industrial handrails, industrial dock and driveway gates, mezzanine and handrail gates as well as steel bollards and machine guards.
