Inside the Gigafactory That Will Decide Tesla's Fate
From Bloomberg:
To get to Tesla’s Gigafactory, you drive east from Reno, Nevada, turn into a sprawling industrial center, and make a left on Electric Avenue. The high desert landscape dwarfs everything, even the vast white building with the red stripe along the top. As you reach the gate with the security guard, the breadth of Tesla’s ambitions becomes clear. Even the name itself suggests more to come: Gigafactory 1...
...The $5 billion Gigafactory was born of necessity. Tesla needs a hell of a lot of batteries, for both the forthcoming mass-market Model 3 sedan and the Tesla Energy product line. The timeline for getting those batteries made just became much shorter, too. On Wednesday, Tesla Chief Executive Elon Musk stunned investors by announcing a sped-up production schedule that calls for a half-million electric vehicles per year by 2018, not the previously stated goal of 2020. For a company that delivered just 50,658 vehicles in 2015, the ramp looks like a hockey stick... (full story)
A New Breed of Speed Reducer
Basically the drive works like a harmonic gear, the most distinctive difference is the flexible spline is now replaced by rollers to generate needed wave motion.
Electric Imp Debuts Next Generation IoT Solutions to Enable Connected Manufacturing at Mass Scale
Electric Imps Connected Manufacturing innovations will be showcased at IoT World (booth number 515).
InvenSense and ARM Innovation Ecosystem Accelerator Partner to Advance China's IoT Industry
Aiding in development of ARM Innovation Ecosystem Accelerator innovation labs
Unicircuit Selects InetSoft's Style Scope for Production Efficiency Dashboards and Reporting
Cites flexibility in security, price, and deployment as main reasons for selection
Three ways to leverage IIoT
Scott Stone for Plant Engineering: The Internet of Things (IoT) will significantly alter manufacturing, transportation, distribution and other industrial sectors over the next decade, according to the World Economic Forum. We've only hit the tip of the iceberg in terms of the ways Internet-connected devices will transform these industrial sectors. To put a number on the anticipated growth of Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) over the next few years, Accenture places conservative spending estimates at $500 billion worldwide by 2020.
Forward-thinking businesses are already leveraging the power of the IIoT and reaping the benefits. When used effectively, it allows companies to better manage their operation, increase production and transform business for the better.
Let's take a look at how industrial organizations should be harnessing IIoT to set their businesses up for future growth. Cont'd...
Why an Open "Plug-and-Play" Platform is The Answer for Industrial Automation
These days almost all industrial automation engineers fall victim to three toolset options to build their applications
Low-Cost Precision Linear Stage: Compact and Smooth Running Stepper/Servo Motor Solution, by PI
High precision positioner now available for loads up to 22lbs.
MLC CAD Systems Drills Down into Additive and Subtractive Manufacturing with Unprecedented Display at OTC 2016
MLC CAD Systems unveiled a unique and unprecedented display exhibit to kick off OTC 2016.
Hypertherm Announces ProNest 2017; a Major Version Upgrade to its CAD/CAM Nesting Software
Hypertherm, a U.S. based manufacturer of plasma, laser, and waterjet cutting systems, today announced a major version upgrade to its ProNest® advanced CAD/CAM nesting software for automated cutting. ProNest® 2017 contains a number of improvements designed to make customers more efficient and profitable.
Module Works Press Release - ModuleWorks release 2016.04 CAD/CAM components
Each ModuleWorks release contains many new and enhanced features across the product range. This latest version includes new features for 5-Axis, 3-Axis and Simulation.
Pole and slot numbers often not considered carefully enough, says motor design expert
The design of brushless PM-AC and PMDC motors - in particular the selection of stator slot and rotor pole combinations - has often appeared to result from a copycat culture, rather than being based on sound design principles, according to Motorsolver president and IEEE life fellow Jim Hendershot.
Full 5-axis or 3 + 2 Machining: Which is Right for You?
Both 5-axis and 3 + 2 machining have advantages and can help make you more profitable by improving efficiency on your current production jobs.
ProgeSOFT SA Releases progeCAD 2017 Professional on the Brand New Engine
progeCAD 2017 takes another step forward presenting the new version based on the entirely rewritten source code with the new up-to-date Ribbon look, improved performance, native 64-bit and multi-core support.
Belden Enables Standardized Real-Time Communication for Industrial Networks of the Future
Time-Sensitive Networking Standards Establish a Vendor-Neutral, Real-Time Industrial Ethernet Ecosystem to Enable the IIoT and Industry 4.0
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