The Role of Automation in Supply Chain Resilience
While automation offers significant benefits for enhancing supply chain resilience, it also comes with challenges and considerations that businesses must address to ensure successful implementation.
Learning From Visionaries: The Stages at IMTS 2024 Feature Technology, Manufacturing, and Industry Leaders
The Stages throughout IMTS feature executive conversations and presentations on AI transformation and empowerment, innovation and change management, digital transformation, growing the defense industrial base, manufacturing infrastructure, and much more.
New VERICUT® CNC Machine Connectivity Feature Improves Program Accuracy Through Digital Twin Technology
This feature of CNC Machine Connectivity, which utilizes the Scytec DataXchange machine monitoring solution, supports the analysis of digital twin simulations through the replay of stored, live-streamed data from the numerical control (NC) machine.
Master-Follower Configuration: Precision Control with Encoder-Based VFD Synchronization
Variable Frequency Drives (VFDs) are the backbone of modern and legacy industrial systems, managing tasks from powering fans and compressors to enabling intricate robotic operations. For more complex industrial operations, the need for precise coordination between drives escalates.
Automation isn't a one-size-fits-all: 5 key considerations for your warehouse
From AI-vision systems revolutionizing inventory management to advanced depalletization solutions streamlining logistics, we'll explore five critical considerations that can make or break your journey toward integrating robotics into warehouse operations.
Interrogating Quality Issues in Polymer 3D Printing
In production settings, maintaining quality control is essential for cost-effectiveness. Inaccurate or inconsistent 3D prints can lead to scrapped materials, increased production time, and costly rework.
Error-Proofing: The Key to Modern Manufacturing Success
For manufacturing engineers, a large part of the job is managing and eliminating risks. This process is called error-proofing, or poka-yoke in the industry.
Using Advanced Cooling Techniques to Reduce Cycle Times and Improve Quality in Injection Molding
If parts do not cool down enough or cooling happens unevenly, they can shrink or warp, requiring time-consuming rework processes. Fortunately, numerous ways exist to accelerate cooling time while ensuring it happens effectively.
Securing the Future: OT-Security in Manufacturing
Operational Technology (OT) encompasses the hardware and software that detects or causes changes through direct monitoring and control of physical devices, processes, and events in the enterprise.
7 Key Features to Look for in Next-Generation HMI Systems
While high-tech functions like IoT connectivity and AI may be less common, they're growing and will become crucial as Industry 4.0 develops. Getting ahead of these trends now will ensure manufacturers get all they can out of their HMIs well into the future.
An Island of Manufacturers: What Does "Made in Britain" Mean for the Economy?
A new government could represent a fresh start for British manufacturing, if they increase support for manufacturing businesses and protect the vital jobs they create.
Manufacturing in the Age of Industry 4.0
The manufacturing industry is undergoing a profound transformation driven by the advent of Industry 4.0 technologies. This article examines the key technologies underpinning Industry 4.0 and their transformative impact on manufacturing.
Artificial Intelligence: The Game-Changer Manufacturers Can't Afford to Ignore
Companies embracing AI-powered machine learning (ML)and data analytics are already seeing significant benefits including streamlined operations, improved predictive maintenance and optimized supply chains.
How to Implement Best Practice Ergonomics in Manufacturing
Ergonomic principles play a significant role in enhancing efficiency and reducing the risk of injury. As we move through 2024, these best practices can help you optimize the work environment and foster well-being among your workforce.
Three Ways AI Improves Maintenance Operations for Manufacturers
AI-driven maintenance decision intelligence tools give teams an unparalleled level of efficiency and insight, automating the integration of varied data sets and surfacing insights across your maintenance operations technology stack.
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