Manufacturing and Automation - Articles, Stories & Interviews
5 Ways You Can Improve Your Manufacturing Operations with a Data-First Strategy
By going digital and adopting a data-first strategy, manufacturing leaders can transform their operations and better prepare themselves for the future.
The Importance of Digitization for Medical Device Manufacturers
The medical device manufacturing sector faces many challenges with respect to their daily operations such as: data collection and reporting, downtime tracking, real-time visibility and shop floor engagement.
Induction Seal vs Heat Seal: What's the difference?
The main difference between an induction seal and a heat seal is the way in which the seal is created. Induction sealing uses electromagnetic induction to generate heat and create a tamper-evident seal, while heat sealing uses heat to bond two materials together.
The Basics of Warehouse Automation
The implementation of warehouse automation requires an experienced electrical, mechanical, and industrial engineering team and advanced software capabilities on hand.
What are the Differences Between Preventive and Predictive Maintenance?
We’re breaking down how you can best implement condition monitoring in your facility and what approach may be right for you.
Why Monitoring Utilization Improves Process Efficiencies
How efficient your production process is directly impacted operations and growth within your company. With the help of the right RTLS solution, your business will advance to the next level of efficiency! Let’s dive into the importance of improving process efficiencies.
Insights from Brenton Engineering Company
Equipment Flexibility Key to Accommodating Changing Applications , The Upside of Automation on Your End-of-Line Operation, The Value of Project Management
Manufacturing and Automation - Featured Stories
Ten tips for modernising your HMI/SCADA system

Ageing industrial infrastructure can make it difficult to meet daily challenges for industrial plants and manufacturing companies. Fortunately, there are cost-effective ways to solve these challenges.
How Effective Recycling Practices Can Impact the Redistribution of Global Resources and Wealth

The next leap forward in sustainability is going to be reclaiming the resources contained within the garbage and providing feedstock back into the manufacturing process.
MICRO MOLDING - PLACE THE FOCUS ON OUTCOMES

You need to understand what micro molding can do in terms of stimulation of innovation, what it can deliver in terms of manufacturing efficiency, and what — above all — it can do to achieve increased functionality in parts that are often required to be smaller and smalle
Manufacturing and Automation - News Headlines
Modular MOM system bundles all functional areas of the digital factory
The solution enables a high level of flexibility and consistency and offers many interfaces in terms of interoperability. The two companies will display how this works at the Hannover Messe trade fair in Hanover, Germany, from April 17th to 21st, 2023, in hall 15, booth E34.
3D Systems Selects 6K Additive as the Supplier for Tungsten Powder for its DMP Printers
This agreement provides 3D Systems' customers access to high-quality metal powder
for use with its DMP solutions
MICROMETAL OPTIMISES PHOTO CHEMICAL ETCHING PROCESS FOR LEAD FRAME MANUFACTURE
The micrometal Group has developed a next-generation photo-chemical etching (PCE) process which is ideally suited to lead frame production, and gives customers the opportunity to make innovatively designed lead frames with tight tolerances repeatably and accurately while responding to the trend towards miniaturisation and weight saving.
What Is The Machining Seal Failure Of Precision Parts
Those who are proficient in machining basically know what mechanical seal is. In fact, we often call it face sealing.
2023 World Battery & Energy Storage Industry Expo (WBE) Formerly Asia Battery Sourcing Fair (GBF ASIA)
It is universally acknowledged that China is the world's most vigorous battery market and WBE 2023 will be an exchange cooperative platform for battery and its related industries by gathering well-known brands. WBE 2023 is going to be staged on a show floor of 100,000sq.m, hosting 1000+ exhibitors and 80,000 visitors. Exhibition Scope include various kinds of batteries, energy storage, hydrogen energy,etc.
Manufacturing and Automation - Featured Product

PI USA - Motorized Linear & Rotary Air Bearing Stages
PI provides standard and custom linear, rotary, and spherical air bearing systems. They are available with 3-phase motors or voice coil motors, integral optical linear encoders. Our air bearings / and systems serve OEM, industrial, and research markets.
Manufacturing and Automation - Featured Company

maxon group
maxon is a leading supplier of high-precision DC brush and brushless servo motors and drives. These motors range in size from 4 - 90 mm and are available up to 500 watts. We combine electric motors, gears and DC motor controls into high-precision, intelligent drive systems that can be custom-made to fit the specific needs of customer applications.