EIT Digital to develop new industrial virtual reality training tool
EIT Digitals is launching the "Handcode project" to develop a virtual reality (VR) training tool to help improve safety, reduce downtime and save costs for European industries. Its doing this in partnership with two Swedish companies and the French Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission.
Opto Diode Introduces Near-Infrared, Surface-Mount
New NXIR-RF100C near-infrared SMD photodiodes will be showcased at SPIEs Photonics West 2017, San Francisco, Jan. 31- Feb. 2 in Opto Diodes booth # 5628.
Promising Hope for Those in Need of Human Tissue and Organs: Rockwell Automation to Innovate Advanced Production Technologies at Department of Defense's New Manufacturing Institute
Company will contribute $10 million over five years to the Advanced Tissue Biofabrication Initiative
The strategic plan Industria 4.0 starts in Italy
And A&T establishes the Innovation 4.0 Award for successful case histories!
Microscan Presents New Capabilities of MicroHAWK Barcode Readers and Multi-Array PanelScan® PCB Traceability System at IPC APEX EXPO 2017
The multi-array PanelScan® PCB Traceability System and the game-changing MicroHAWK family of products - the world's smallest high-performance barcode readers - help electronics manufacturers increase competitiveness by accelerating setup time, ensuring better product quality, and reducing production costs. Microscan will demonstrate new capabilities of both products at IPC APEX EXPO 2017.
The Road To IIoT: What Can We Learn From Other Industries?
John Fryer for MBTmag.com: Â Many manufacturers are viewing the emerging Industrial "Internet of Things" (IIoT) as a way to provide their businesses with a new and powerful competitive advantage. They recognize the potential in harnessing and analyzing data from across the plant to drive greater efficiency and create the foundation for new business models. But how can manufacturers navigate from the automation infrastructures of today to the intelligent IIoT enterprises they envision?
To help answer that question, manufacturers stand to learn much from looking at other industries and how they have addressed the challenges of moving to the IIoT. Companies in a number of industries - from energy to financial services to telecom and building security - have successfully made the transition from the inflexible, limited proprietary technologies of the past to the agile, intelligent open technologies of today.
As manufacturers chart their course, there are insights they can glean from other industries that are successfully achieving the advantages of next-generation IIoT automation. Â Cont'd...
Manufacturers That Use Robots
Manufacturers, looking for new and practical ways to integrate robots into their operations, are finding that robots are a strong influence in manufacturing competitiveness.
SME Announces Georgia Institute of Technology as an Inaugural Institutional Member
Georgia Tech joins Harper College of Palatine, Illinois, and Grand Valley State University of Allendale, Michigan as SME's first institutional members.
ATX 2017 - Design News Announces 2017 Golden Mousetrap Awards Finalists, Lifetime Achievement Award Winner WiFi Pioneer Cees Links
Gadget Freak of the Year and Rising Engineering Star Award winners also unveiled
Turck Debuts New Preassembled Meltric Connector Cable Assemblies to Improve Safety in Demanding Environments
To improve worker safety in industrial environments, Turck introduces its new preassembled Meltric connector offering with arc protection. The products offer a complete cable assembly solution, saving labor and installation time and ensuring reliability.
Mountz Exhibiting at the MD&M West Show
Displaying the Latest Torque Testing & Assembly Technology
U.S. investors see more automation, not jobs, under Trump administration
David Randall for Reuters: When U.S. President-elect Donald Trump criticized United Technologies Corp's (UTX.N) Carrier unit in November for its plan to move some 800 jobs to Mexico, the parent-company made a swift decision to keep the factory in Indiana.
Yet, the move did not translate into saving jobs. Instead, the company decided it would move toward automation as a way to cut costs.
"We're going to make up [the] $16 million investment in that factory in Indianapolis to automate, to drive the cost down so that we can continue to be competitive," chief executive Greg Hayes said on CNBC last month. "What that ultimately means is there will be fewer jobs."
Swapping robots and software for human labor has underpinned much of the productivity gains in the United States over the last 25 years. Now, with a greater political push to keep factories at home, investors are betting that automation will gain speed in industries ranging from auto manufacturing to chicken processing to craft beer breweries. Cont'd...
What is the Smart Factory and its Impact on Manufacturing?
The smart factory is a direct way for manufacturers to excel in a competitive and dynamic marketplace.
Machine Data Collection and Monitoring
For years, the shop floor as been an island of its own and with the latest climate from the US government and other countries, more companies are seeking integration and connection to the corporate world.
Association for Advancing Automation (A3) Announces Launch Pad Competition for Startups
Entrepreneurs Vie for Cash Award and Spotlight at Automate 2017
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