Design World

MAY 8, 2024

The demand for skilled professionals in the power transmission and motion control (PT/MC) industry has never been more urgent. Committed to helping PT/MC employers nurture current and upcoming talent, the PTDA Foundation has launched two new scholarships to empower individuals who are passionate about pursuing PT/MC careers. “By providing financial support by way of scholarships,… The post PTDA Foundation launches student and employee scholarships appeared first on Design World.

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Gary Mintchell

MAY 8, 2024

I received many releases regarding automation from Siemens resulting from the Hannover Messe last month. They presented them to assembled press, analysts, and blogger this week at Automate in Chicago. These are all pretty cool. Siemens Industrial Copilot with Generative AI Spatial Computing Electrical Training for Apple Vision Pro Simatic S7-1200 G2—a new generation of controller Siemens Xcelerator: Scaling roll-out of generative AI with Siemens Industrial Copilot Siemens makes automation easy w

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Design World

MAY 1, 2024

Emerson has launched the TESCOMTM HV-7000 Series two-stage pressure-reducing regulator, which is designed to maximize fuel efficiency and improve reliability in hydrogen-powered vehicles. Easy to install, HV-7000 Series regulators provide stable pressure delivery, high reliability, and long service life for heavy-duty vehicles powered by fuel cells or hydrogen combustion engines.

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Automation World

MAY 3, 2024

NIST offers manufacturers an array of cybersecurity information related to Internet of Things technologies—from device selection and implementation guidance to outlines on what capabilities IoT devices should feature.

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Discover how CMMS (Computerized Maintenance Management System) transformed and revitalized Broderick's manufacturing plant in 5 productive ways. Before the CMMS, the plant faced challenges such as reactive maintenance due to staff shortages, inefficient inventory management, and poor team communication. With the CMMS, the plant experienced increased equipment uptime, streamlined maintenance processes, enhanced inventory management, improved communication, and better decision-making through real-

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Robotics Business Review

MAY 8, 2024

The Seoul National University team with its winning system. | Source: MassRobotics MassRobotics announced the winners of its second Form & Function University Robotics Challenge at the Robotics Summit & Expo last week. A panel of judges at the show picked Seoul National University as the first-place winner. Twelve teams from across the globe showcased their robotics and automation projects for the challenge and competed for cash prizes.

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E&T

MAY 2, 2024

New research from the IET reveals some worrying insights into the passwords we use for our internet-enabled devices, and some top tips about what we can do to make ourselves more secure.

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Automation World

MAY 3, 2024

Like any software, SCADA systems are not immune to problems. But with the right level of emergency assistance, training and planned system improvements, SCADA issues don’t have to result in serious production issues.

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Gary Mintchell

MAY 7, 2024

Interoperability forms a key feature for useful technology. Think of train rail gauges. Or shipping cargo containers. Or much of our industrial technology—much, but far from all. The drive of technology application suppliers for proprietary lock in is strong. Many will open up only as much as customers demand immediately. This news comes from ABB and the Linux Foundation regarding a new interoperability initiative for industrial applications.

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Robotics Business Review

MAY 6, 2024

From left: Jim Shaw, president of Zion Solutions Group; Steve Crowe, editor at The Robot Report; and Jonathan Hurst, chief robotics officer at Agility Robotics, with RBR50 winner Digit. Source: Agility Robotics To spread industrial settings, humanoid robots must prove their utility and integrate with enterprise systems. Agility Robotics Inc. today announced that it has partnered with Zion Solutions Group, which it claimed will be the first systems integrator to offer a humanoid robot to the supp

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E&T

MAY 7, 2024

The explosion of just one nuclear weapon in space could destroy or permanently damage “a significant proportion of satellites” that are in orbit around the Earth, the UK’s ambassador to the UN has said.

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Generative AI is upending the way product developers & end-users alike are interacting with data. Despite the potential of AI, many are left with questions about the future of product development: How will AI impact my business and contribute to its success? What can product managers and developers expect in the future with the widespread adoption of AI?

Automation World

MAY 8, 2024

Festo's decision to adopt PLCnext Technology aligns with its pursuit of an open-system approach for future direction, facilitating the development and launch of innovative products.

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Cisco Smart Manufacturing

MAY 8, 2024

Learn how Cisco is bringing on-prem and cloud security together into a unified platform to marry the power of Cisco Secure Firewall and Multicloud Defense.

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Robotics Business Review

MAY 6, 2024

Intrinsic, a software and AI robotics company that spun out of Alphabet, now integrates with NVIDIA AI and Isaac platform technologies in hopes of advancing the state of autonomous robotic manipulation. Under the collaboration, NVIDIA and Intrinsic plan to bring state-of-the-art dexterity and modular AI capabilities for robotic arms, with a robust collection of foundation models and GPU-accelerated libraries to accelerate a greater number of new robotics tasks.

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Manufacturer's Monthly

MAY 6, 2024

PCW’s success stems from their skilled team, emphasising apprenticeship development and strategic partnerships like Capral / Image: PCW Commercial Windows From humble beginnings in a small factory based at Erina, New South Wales , to prominence in the commercial building sector, PCW Commercial Windows’ (PCW) story is intertwined with a commitment to quality and its pivotal partnership with Capral Aluminium.

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Speaker: Kevin Kai Wong, President of Emergent Energy Solutions

In today's industrial landscape, the pursuit of sustainable energy optimization and decarbonization has become paramount. Manufacturing corporations across the U.S. are facing the urgent need to align with decarbonization goals while enhancing efficiency and productivity. Unfortunately, the lack of comprehensive energy data poses a significant challenge for manufacturing managers striving to meet their targets.

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Design World

MAY 8, 2024

• SINEC Security Guard: Intuitive cloud-based software-as-a-service to improve cybersecurity on the shop floor • Allows users to match vulnerabilities to their OT assets, prioritize them, and engage in mitigation measures • Integration with the cloud-native SIEM Microsoft Sentinel enabled • Available on the Siemens Xcelerator Marketplace in July, 2024 Production facilities are increasingly the… The post New Siemens software automatically identifies vulnerable production assets appeared fir

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Automation World

MAY 7, 2024

Automation professionals can engage in research and development projects, contribute to employer-led partnerships for training resources and help develop pathways for a skilled workforce.

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Cisco Smart Manufacturing

MAY 7, 2024

In 2007, there was a study from the University of Maryland proving that internet-connected systems were attacked every 39 seconds on average. Today, that number has grown more than 60%.

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Robotics Business Review

MAY 6, 2024

ASTM International’s exoskeletons and exosuits committee (F48) is developing a proposed standard to provide guidance for maintaining exoskeletons. According to ASTM member Matthew Dickinson, the proposed standard (WK89778) will be focused on assisting users of exoskeletons. ASTM said the proposed standard will provide a systematic approach to testing that will help ascertain the seamless functionality of exoskeletons , guaranteeing alignment with design expectations.

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As engineers push the boundaries of innovation with groundbreaking hardware products, their success depends largely on the speed and efficiency of production. The challenge? Manual processes and disparate systems lead to multiple versions of documents, incomplete records, and duplicated work, creating a chaotic system of records that is difficult to manage.

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The Fabricator

MAY 3, 2024

More than 100 Connecticut and Rhode Island students got an up-close look at careers in manufacturing and defense at the recent Maritime Welding Competition and Career Exploration Event in Groton, Conn.

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Design World

MAY 7, 2024

Discrete automation with motion systems and complementary forms of warehousing technologies remain core to reshoring and making supply chains more robust in the years since COVID-19. We recently asked several industry experts about trends they’re seeing in this space. Here’s what they had to say. Meet the Experts Brian Burke | Product manager III •… The post Reshoring and supply-chain security appeared first on Design World.

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Automation World

MAY 8, 2024

The complexities of installing a new magnetic flowmeter in an industrial setting.

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Manufacturer's Monthly

MAY 6, 2024

Professor Milan Brandt, Dr Declan Brazil and Professor Peter Lee signing the three-way partnership. Image: RMIT University Australian medical device company Signature Orthopaedics is partnering with leading Medtech researchers at the University of Melbourne and RMIT University. The three-way partnership connects research excellence in the fields of biomedical engineering, health, medicine, technology development and design with one of Australia’s most innovative Medtech enterprises.

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70% of digital transformation projects fail (BCG, 2020). In an industry where most large software implementations falter, we recognize the importance of planning, optimization, and execution. With over 25 years of industry experience and countless successful implementations, MASS Group is opening the vault of tips and tricks to provide a complimentary step-by-step guide in implementing a Work-In-Progress (WIP) tracking software.

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Robotics Business Review

MAY 1, 2024

The interface of the Analytics feature, designed to help optimize robot fleet performance. | Source: Formant Formant Inc. today announced the launch of its Formant Analytics feature. The tool aims to help robotics users optimize fleet performance, make data-informed business decisions, and easily prove their return on investment, or ROI. Formant said it created the feature in response to the growing demand for data-driven insights in robotics.

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Cisco Smart Manufacturing

MAY 6, 2024

State, local, and federal governments all play a pivotal role in maintaining critical infrastructures like water supply, electricity, transportation, and public health services.

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Design World

MAY 6, 2024

ABB Robotics is continuing the expansion of its modular large robot portfolio with the introduction of the new IRB 7710 and IRB 7720. The new robots, combined with recently launched IRB 5710-IRB 5720 and IRB 6710-IRB 6740, offer a combined total of 46 different variants capable of handling payloads between 70 kg to 620 kg… The post ABB expands modular large robot portfolio appeared first on Design World.

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Mold Making Technology

MAY 1, 2024

Source | Platinum Tooling Technologies Inc. Platinum Tooling Technologies Inc. , the exclusive importer of Heimatec live tools and angle heads, announces its expansion of internal coolant tools for popular machine tools models. Coolant-thru technology is often the answer for faster, more productive cutting on many applications, especially when drilling deep holes where chips and excess heat buildup.

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Speaker: Jay Black, Senior Account Executive

We’ve all heard the buzzwords to describe new supply chain trends: resiliency, sustainability, AI, machine learning. But what do these really mean today? Over the past few years, manufacturing has had to adapt to and overcome a wide variety of supply chain trends and disruptions to stay as stable as possible. Stability has become key in this post-COVID world, and will remain key moving forward.

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The Fabricator

MAY 3, 2024

Automated guided vehicles, autonomous mobile robots, and even mobile manipulation robots took center stage at MODEX. The technology hints at what the future fab shop could look like.

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Robotics Business Review

MAY 7, 2024

Symbotic builds hardware and software for flexible warehouse automation. Source: Symbotic Symbotic Inc. yesterday announced its financial results for the second quarter of 2024, which ended March 30. The company reported $424 million in revenue and suffered a net loss of $41 million. Wilmington, Mass.-based Symbotic also said it had an adjusted EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization) of $22 million for the quarter.

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Plastics Today

MAY 1, 2024

April showers of bad news rained down on readers, but there were also sustainable solutions, plastic positive fact checks, and great expectations of global importance.

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Design World

MAY 8, 2024

By Emma Wood, Global Product Manager for Non-ultrasonic Technologies at Emerson Laser plastic welding continues to grow in popularity worldwide because it provides a unique range of capabilities and benefits: gentle and vibration-free joining, particle-free cleanliness and precision fluid paths, strong bonds with hermetic seals, exceptional aesthetic appearance, and the versatility to bond an extremely… The post What is quasi-simultaneous laser welding?

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Start-ups & SMBs launching products quickly must bundle dashboards, reports, & self-service analytics into apps. Customers expect rapid value from your product (time-to-value), data security, and access to advanced capabilities. Traditional Business Intelligence (BI) tools can provide valuable data analysis capabilities, but they have a barrier to entry that can stop small and midsize businesses from capitalizing on them.