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Achieving sustainable manufacturing with IoT technology
This article delves into how IoT solutions integrated into manufacturing processes can help achieve industrial sustainability.
Transforming Logistics and Warehousing
The logistics industry, like many others, is focusing more and more on meeting sustainability goals. This is why we can expect companies to prioritize eco-friendly solutions to address their carbon footprint.
How Investments in Supply Chain Technology, Analytics and Visibility Strategies Can Improve Manufacturing Organizations
It’s crucial to prioritize data management before jumping into implementing analytics. Because different departments and processes produce different data types, a common data language is a good place to start to help structure the data and break down silos.
The Role of Vision Systems in Conveyor Technology
To achieve optimal performance and ensure great accuracy in capturing visual information, choosing the right belt conveyor and aluminum framing system is critical.
Optical Component Manufacturing – a Lesson in Timing, Trust, Partnership, & Experience
It is important to carefully analyze whether making or buying optical parts and components is the best approach for your team, budget, and business goals before deciding.
Smart Technology Developer Optimizes Processes With RFID-enabled Workforce Tracking
Caron Engineering needed a smart, secure RFID reader that would allow them to add operator authentication and log-in to their solutions for US and international CNC machining market customers and to enable those customers to use their current employee badge system.
Building Sustainability Into Your Next System Design
Regardless of your company’s motivation for becoming more environmentally friendly, now is a great time to be building sustainability into your next system design. Here are a few approaches to help meet these goals.
Supply Chain - Featured Stories
Why training with few good images is fake news
As recently as five years ago, the only way to teach a machine vision system what a good product looked like was to laboriously show it every possible fault, mark and annotate the errors and catalogue them.
REFLECTING THE FINISH: THE CRUCIAL ROLE OF POST-PROCESING IN AM
With a holistic approach that combines advanced printing technology with equally advanced finishing techniques, AM is redefining manufacturing, offering unprecedented agility, efficiency, and quality to industries around the world.
Desktop Metal Remains Focused on Path to Profitability After Preliminary Tally Shows Stratasys Shareholders Did Not Approve the Merger Agreement
While Desktop Metal stockholders voted to approve the merger agreement, Stratasys announced its stockholders – faced with two alternative acquisition offers for its company – did not likely vote in favor of the merger agreement proposals
Supply Chain - News Headlines
Rootstock Manufacturing ERP Selected to Improve Visibility for Optical Frame Manufacturer's Operations
French Eyewear Company J.F. REY Leverages Cloud ERP to Support Its Continued Product Innovation & Growing International Team
Rootstock Software to Showcase Latest Manufacturing Cloud ERP Capabilities at World Tour Chicago
Rootstock also slated to provide thought leadership on the Manufacturing Signal Chain and results from its State of AI in Manufacturing Survey
Fronius Welducation Simulator- Learning to weld the easy way
The new augmented reality glasses make the weld, the welding process, and hence the entire welding experience astonishingly realistic, while the Welducation Campus rounds off the entire training package by teaching the theoretical aspects of welding.
Supply Chain - Featured Product
T.J. Davies' Retention Knobs
T.J. Davies' Retention Knobs
Our retention knobs are manufactured above international standards or to machine builder specifications. Retention knobs are manufactured utilizing AMS-6274/AISI-8620 alloy steel drawn in the United States. Threads are single-pointed on our lathes while manufacturing all other retention knob features to ensure high concentricity. Our process ensures that our threads are balanced (lead in/lead out at 180 degrees.) Each retention knob is carburized (hardened) to 58-62HRC, and case depth is .020-.030. Core hardness 40HRC. Each retention knob is coated utilizing a hot black oxide coating to military specifications. Our retention knobs are 100% covered in black oxide to prevent rust. All retention knob surfaces (not just mating surfaces) have a precision finish of 32 RMA micro or better: ISO grade 6N. Each retention knob is magnetic particle tested and tested at 2.5 times the pulling force of the drawbar. Certifications are maintained for each step in the manufacturing process for traceability.
Supply Chain - 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 1300 people worldwide. PI's customers are leaders in high-tech industries and research institutes in fields such as photonics, life-sciences, semiconductors and aerospace.
