Automation Mag

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

AI-enabled mobile robots can transform sectors like discrete manufacturing, logistics and laboratories,” said Segura. Abilities such as enhanced recognition and decision-making offered by AI, coupled with advances in collaborative robots enable safe deployment alongside workers.

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Control Engineering

DECEMBER 17, 2022

Muhammad Rahman , an assistant research professor of materials science and nanoengineering, is employing Rice’s unique flash Joule heating process to convert asphaltenes instantly into turbostratic (loosely aligned) graphene and mix it into composites for thermal, anti-corrosion and 3D-printing applications.

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Control Engineering

MAY 4, 2023

Digital twins and digital transformation can help additive manufacturers improve their quality control and make products that are better and more durable. Additive manufacturing (AM) and other 3D printing technologies advances were showcased at Rapid + TCT, an exhibition and conference sponsored by SME, at McCormick Place in Chicago.

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Control Engineering

JULY 13, 2023

Hoske, Control Engineering Welding, CNC, 3D printing and other skills for manufacturing The JARC manufacturing training portion of the tour included four welding booths, two CNC machines and a 3D printer that help teach manufacturing skills to those in need of higher-paying, more fulfilling careers than what they had.

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Control Engineering

OCTOBER 5, 2022

This helps manufacturers automate programming by applying their own standard CNC programming, inspection path methods, tools and program templates, and ensures that correct revisions of parts are programmed and measured on the shop floor, creating one source of data for the digital manufacturing process. Courtesy: DMG Mori, Siemens.

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Mold Making Technology

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

To learn more about other exhibits are PTXPO 2023, check out our profiles on the other categories: Mold Materials/Mold Base 3D Printing, Machining and Cutting Tools Mold Components and Hot Runners Mold Building Services Mold Maintenance, Repair and Surface Treatment And thank you to our sponsors — Canon, Hasco, Maguire and Novatec!

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Control Engineering

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

Smart manufacturing trends, digital twins Batch size of one is starting to move into the consumer package goods industry and is particularly driven by things like additive manufacturing, 3D printing, etc.

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Control Engineering

AUGUST 3, 2022

A University of Washington team created a new tool that can design a 3D-printable passive gripper and calculate the best path to pick up an object. The team tested this system on a suite of 22 objects — including a 3D-printed bunny, a doorstop-shaped wedge, a tennis ball and a drill. Courtesy: University of Washington.

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Control Engineering

APRIL 17, 2023

Courtesy: Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) A human-inspired finger for the robot The robotic finger is comprised of a rigid, 3D-printed endoskeleton that is placed in a mold and encased in a transparent silicone “skin.” Making the finger in a mold removes the need for fasteners or adhesives to hold the silicone in place.

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