Mirroring efficiency
In Europe's most efficient car production plant, 115 cars are created every hour. Through a mixture of robots, experienced staff and lean manufacturing principles, the process is highly efficient, leading to the high output. Here, Hugh Freer, a director of electric tug specialist MasterMover, explains how suppliers to the automotive industry can mirror this efficiency.
Avoiding cross contamination on conveyors
In the twelfth century, workers in the Venetian Arsenal produced naval vessels by moving them down a canal, affixing a new part at each stop. This early version of the production line allowed shipbuilders to produce a ship a day. Since then, the modern assembly line has become much more complex, with stricter regulations, particularly concerning contamination in the food processing industry. Here, Rob Rogers, technical director at materials handling specialist Gough Engineering, looks at how factory managers can avoid products being contaminated as they move through the assembly line.
Innovation-driving research, applications at SPIE Photonics West
Conference tracks cover biomedical optics (BiOS), industrial laser sources and applications (LASE), and optoelectronics and photonic materials and devices (OPTO).
Datakit announces the version 2017.4 of its CAD conversion tools
The latest update of Datakit's CAD data exchange software range is now available!
MakerBot Launches New Experimental Platform, MakerBot Labs
It includes new customizable hardware and software with open APIs, custom print modes, and the internets largest community of 3D printing experts
Highly Successful Bihler 4 Slide-NC on Display at FABTECH 2017
Bihler of America, a complex components manufacturing and automation innovator, will showcase its highly successful 4 Slide-NC at FABTECH 2017, McCormick Place, Chicago, IL, November 6-9, Booth A-5253.
ILLINOIS Manufacturing Industry Celebrates Fourth Revolution Awards
Inaugural awards hosted by manufacturing innovation centers mHUB, UI LABS and IMEC celebrated regions manufacturing innovation and leadership by recognizing the companies, products and initiatives driving a new revolution
SMAC Introduces Graphic User Interface for Thread Checking and Other Apps
GUI's make popular applications easy.
Grand Opening of Daifuku North America new HQ in Novi, Michigan
The new facility will be dedicated to showcasing the companys vast array of material handling solutions and equipment and will also be utilized for testing and design purposes. The nearly 77,000-square-foot facility houses over 300 employees and includes the companys in-house demonstration center showcasing the newest innovations and state-of-the-art Factory Acceptance Testing Center.
SPS - Industrial Automation Fair Guangzhou: Industrial Robotics and Machine Vision Zone reaches sold-out status for 2018
-A number of global brands confirm their first attendance
-Booming market of advanced machinery and robots in China driven by intelligent manufacturing trends
Apple & GE Partner to Bring Predix Industrial Apps to iPhone & iPad
"The partnership between Apple and GE is providing developers with the tools to make their own powerful industrial IoT apps,"
Colorado Manufacturing Design Engineers Fill GE Additive's Design for Additive Manufacturing Course
H2 Manufacturing Solutions, which provides a broad scope of problem-solving services to manufacturers, in cooperation with GE Additive and Manufacturers Edge, today announced GE Additives Design for Additive Manufacturing (DfAM) course October 24 and 25, 2017 is full.
Elmo Motion Control Introduces Ready-to-use Inertial Platform Stabilization Solution
The off-the-shelf solution stabilizes inertial platforms for any application in any environment with precise synchronization and absolute accuracy, speeding up implementation and reducing time to market
ATI Develops New Low-cost Force/Torque Sensor
Axia80 Provides High Resolution with Outstanding Overload Protection
NDT Company Launches Exclusive High Energy CT Inspection Service
Jesse Garant Metrology Center launches exclusive high energy industrial CT service for rapid inspection of larger 3D printed/AM parts and assemblies
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