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3 Technologies to Help Fill the Skills Gap

Mold Making Technology

The moldmaking and plastics industry faces an unprecedented labor crunch exacerbated by a fragile international supply chain and rapidly growing domestic demand. Robotics, simulation software and metal 3D printing can significantly reduce the labor required during the moldmaking process, enabling shorter lead times and lower costs.

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Embracing additive to move forward

Manufacturer's Monthly

Manufacturers’ Monthly explores how SQP Engineering has progressed from a sub-contract machine shop to a manufacturing solutions hub with the help of Markforged 3D printing systems. Markforged’s 3D printed systems were the solution. The wireline counter cover, which took nine hours to print, now takes just 2.5

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Comment: Why technological transformation matters in manufacturing

E&T

The nature of the factory floor and supply chains continues to evolve, hailing a new era of efficiency and agility driven by automation, data analytics, and interconnected systems. Innovative technologies have the potential to revolutionise every aspect of the value chain.

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How a collaborative approach is driving Ireland from Industry 4.0 to Industry 5.0

Control Engineering

It can help manufacturers improve nearly any aspect of operations and supply chain in a way that’s unique to their needs. project is different, and there’s no one-size-fits-all approach, such projects can be difficult to plan and implement. The blessing and the curse of Industry 5.0 is that it’s an open-ended concept.

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The Future of Manufacturing: What Will Power Production

ATS

Trends and technologies such as microfactories, automation, on-demand production, and more are creating a new reality where local and onshore manufacturing can fit into the overall logistics puzzle along with offshore applications to maximize flexibility, resiliency and profitability. This strategy is no longer viable or profitable.

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Automotive Additive Manufacturing Applications

Additive Manufacturing

What we’ve seen is heavy use of additive in form and fit prototyping. Indirect manufacturing like jigs, fixtures, robots, etc., The applications that you’re seeing and applying for new products, is that utilizing design for additive manufacturing or relying on supply chain? It’s a case-by-case basis.

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Made in the USA - Season 2 Episode 6: Why, and How, Hardinge is Reshoring Machine Tool Production

Modern Machine Shop

I almost ran my car off the road, when you look at the supply chain, and be able to say, hey, each region, every country in the world today, we need to make sure that we secure our own interests. So it was really optimizing a supply chain, a low-cost supply chain.