Engineering - Articles, Stories & Interviews
ResinDek® Flooring Installed on Elevated Work Platform Over ICON Mechanical's New Cleanroom
For the elevated mezzanine deck, Panel Built selected ResinDek engineered floor panels installed over a steel B-deck sub-surface. This supports both structural load demands and cleanroom-adjacent environmental requirements.
Automating a Modern Factory Floor in 2026 With Minimal Space
Organizations that embrace these space-saving strategies set themselves up for long-term scalability and operational agility. The facilities that thrive will view spatial limitations as catalysts for smarter, more efficient operational design.
Husky Corporation Harnesses 3D Systems' PSLA 3D Printing to Redefine Innovation, Prototyping Speed, and Manufacturing Quality
With a bigger build size than the older ProJet 6000, and new pixel-based projection technology integrated with the buoyant, non-contact precision of SLA, the Husky team realized they could 3D print even faster while still having the accuracy of SLA.
Why Reata's Data Foundation Made Their Automation Strategy Work
Across precision manufacturing, automation is on every owner's mind. Pallet pools, cobots, mill-turn platforms, lights-out shifts, and integrated cells are no longer aspirational. They are a competitive necessity for shops planning to grow.
Why Remote Management Is Becoming Essential for Modern Edge Computing
When an edge device becomes unresponsive, even a simple reboot may require dispatching a technician to the site. The cost of travel, production interruptions, and delayed recovery can quickly outweigh the cost of the hardware itself.
What's (Arguably) the AM Industry's Biggest Blind Spot? Looking at Toolpath Optimization in Isolation
Toolpath optimization is a critical enabler and a powerful lever, as you can improve part performance and reduce costs. But it's only one part of a much larger equation.
Use Case: Building Resilient Cellular Connectivity for Modern SCADA Networks
Across utilities, water treatment facilities, manufacturing plants, renewable energy sites, and other industrial operations, Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) systems increasingly rely on cellular communications to connect remote assets.
Engineering - Featured Stories
Why Your Smart Manufacturing Initiative Is Only as Strong as the IT Behind It
The organizations getting consistent results from their Industry 4.0 investments are not necessarily those with the most sophisticated technology. They are the ones that built the infrastructure foundation before they deployed the technology on top of it.
The Maintenance Queue Behind the Automated Plant
A new category of operational AI agent can now read an unstructured maintenance request, classify the fault type and priority, look up asset history in the CMMS, act in the relevant systems, and close the ticket end to end.
How to Choose the Best Manufacturing ERP System for Your Operations
Organizations need an ERP strategy that supports automated business operations by challenging outdated assumptions about static, monolithic software architectures. Forward-looking implementations balance AI-enabled capabilities with foundational investments.
Engineering - News Headlines
Siemens announces over $200 million in U.S. manufacturing investments and 1,500 new jobs to expand electrical infrastructure production
- New $185M Pendergrass, GA facility to serve as low voltage U.S. manufacturing hub for electrical products and distribution equipment
- $19M Grand Prairie, Texas manufacturing site expands US capacity for critical power distribution solutions
- The two investments will add a combined 1,500-plus jobs, with hiring beginning in Grand Prairie in 2026 and Pendergrass in 2027
- Builds on Siemens' recent milestone of more than $1 billion invested in U.S. manufacturing over the past five years, continuing the company's commitment to American industry and infrastructure
Fluke Empowers Calibration Laboratories with CalStudio Conduit and Intelligent Workflow Automation
Latest CalStudio release built in collaboration with customers to automate workflows, tool crib management and enhance asset visibility
Hypertherm's HySpeed® Technology Accelerates Plasma Cutting Performance for Powermax SYNC® Systems
Achieves laser-like cutting speeds for air plasma cutting
Engineering - Featured Product
Epicflow AI Portfolio Orchestration for Manufacturing, Aerospace & Defense
Epicflow AI Portfolio Orchestration for Manufacturing, Aerospace & Defense
Epicflow is AI value-optimized scheduling and portfolio orchestration software for capacity-constrained manufacturing, aerospace, and defense companies. It helps leaders maximize throughput from finite specialist and machine capacity by exposing bottlenecks, modeling trade-offs, and sequencing work by business value. Trusted by mission-critical organizations including Dutch Ministry of Defence and QinetiQ, with security pen-tested to British MoD standards."
Engineering - Featured Company
PI USA (Physik Instrumente)
PI is a privately held company that designs and manufactures world-class precision motion and automation systems including air bearings, hexapods and piezo drives at locations in North America, Europe, and Asia. The company was founded 5 decades ago and today employs more than 1700 people worldwide. PI's customers are leaders in high-tech industries and research institutes in fields such as photonics, life-sciences, semiconductors and aerospace.
