Manufacturer's Monthly

JULY 20, 2022

Carbon Revolution is now celebrating its 50,000th single-piece carbon fibre automotive wheel, designed to be fitted to the rear of a Corvette Z06. Since then, the design of the wheels was iterated many times to become one of the most complex carbon fibre products. Case studies. ” The post Revolutionising Industry 4.0

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i4.0 today

OCTOBER 3, 2022

A true nervous system for robots at less than 1mm thick, RoboSkin is the only technology that fits all robotic body parts: limbs, fingers, feet, head, and torso, to make robots “feel” better. A human shape ensures a robot should be able to perform any human task; to fit through any door and use every human tool. Today Magazine.

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Mold Making Technology

APRIL 13, 2023

These systems were used to make automotive interiors and exteriors, which demand the parts to be flawless for painting or final finish. It also made the cooling circuit difficult to fit into a contour of a part between all the pins and other thin steel conditions. Plating waterlines was difficult.

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Mold Making Technology

MARCH 8, 2023

Automotive lighting is one of the most exciting and technology-heavy areas of today’s passenger vehicles. No longer a one-size/one-shape-fits-all vehicles approach, lighting is being used as a market differentiator to signal that new vehicles are special, different and worthy of attention. Photo Credit: SPE Automotive Div.

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Mold Making Technology

JANUARY 10, 2024

Most mold customers hail from the automotive and consumer goods markets, but the company also makes tooling for the aerospace and medical segments. The company builds molds for customers in the automotive, consumer goods, aerospace,= and medical segments and also injection molds products for consumer goods.

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Foley

JULY 11, 2023

While these two trends are common across many industries, perhaps nowhere are they more pronounced than in the automotive industry. Beyond the automotive industry, even the most basic household appliances are now wireless and connected. New companies may have limited resources and expertise necessary to overcome hurdles that may arise.

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Modern Machine Shop

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

If you've ever seen large robots working on, say automotive production lines, you'll notice that those robots are all walled off from humans by gates or cages. And it was just kind of a good fit for us. And it was just an easy fit. Why is that? We're down the road from Haas. First is we believe in no programming.

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