Automation World

JULY 15, 2022

Lenze offered an overview of its cloud offerings as well as its hardware portfolio at Automate 2022 in Detroit.

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The Fabricator

JULY 15, 2022

When people just do what they’re told and are cut out of the decision-making process, shop culture at any manufacturing company suffers. Good leadership and culture can’t exist in an environment that doesn’t protect employees.

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Gary Mintchell

JULY 15, 2022

I haven’t had the opportunity to talk with John Dyck of CESMII or with Phoenix Contact executives for more than a couple of years. But I’m happy to see Phoenix Contact joining the organization. Work must be done in the US to add vigor to the manufacturing and industrial sector. Phoenix Contact Development and Manufacturing Inc., has joined CESMII –The Smart Manufacturing Institute.

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Plastics Today

JULY 15, 2022

Interdisciplinary research team seeks to develop thermoformable thermoplastic composites using renewable bast fibers as reinforcement.

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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 Automation News

JULY 15, 2022

ABB and Red Hat have agreed a global partnership to enable industries using ABB’s process automation and industrial software to scale rapidly and flexibly leveraging Red Hat’s industry leading enterprise platforms and application services built on Red Hat Enterprise Linux. The collection, management and analysis of industrial plant data is critical to improve the efficiency […].

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E&T

JULY 15, 2022

Visitors to two of Turin’s most popular galleries have had the opportunity to experience how 5G communications technology could be used to bring smart robots and virtual reality into museums. The demonstration, hosted by the Civic Gallery of Modern and Contemporary Art (GAM) and City Museum of Ancient Art (Palazzo Madama) in the Italian city during May, was the result of collaboration between public and private organisations that have been working together for three years to demonstrate the pote

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Control Engineering

JULY 15, 2022

A strain-sensing smart skin developed at Rice University that uses very small structures, carbon nanotubes , to monitor and detect damage in large structures is ready for prime time. The “strain paint” first revealed by Rice in 2012 uses the fluorescent properties of nanotubes to show when a surface has been deformed by stress. Now developed as part of a non-contact optical monitoring system known as S4, the multilayered coating can be applied to large surfaces — bridges, buildings, ships and

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Robotics Automation News

JULY 15, 2022

Cross Company, a 100 percent employee-owned industrial technology company, is partnering with Doosan Robotics Americas to bring its collaborative robot (cobot) technology to the south-eastern United States. Doosan Robotics was founded in South Korea in 2015 and following three years of research and development they developed a range of four cobot models that use their […].

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Plastics Today

JULY 15, 2022

Gravity pulls down everything, including sheet and other extrudates that sag or go out-of-round as they exit the die. But you, master of the extrusion universe, have the tools to conquer gravity.

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Robotics Automation News

JULY 15, 2022

Columbia Engineers build a robot that learns to understand itself, rather than the world around it As every athletic or fashion-conscious person knows, our body image is not always accurate or realistic, but it’s an important piece of information that determines how we function in the world. When you get dressed or play ball, your […].

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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?

Plastics Today

JULY 15, 2022

Polyphenylene sulfide (PPS) resin grade from Polyplastics enables use of laser welding in previously challenging applications.

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Robotics Automation News

JULY 15, 2022

Moissanite engagement rings are gorgeous and affordable alternatives to diamond engagement rings and come in many styles and colors to suit everyone’s tastes. However, because they are newer than diamonds on the market, it can be hard to know what to look for when you buy one as a gift or when choosing one yourself. […].

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E&T

JULY 15, 2022

Nasa operators are considering limiting the directions in which the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) is pointed, to avoid further collision damage. . Last month, the telescope was unexpectedly hit by a large micrometeoroid, which hit one of the 18 segments of the JWST's main mirror and caused significant damage. The collision forced the team to adjust the damaged mirror to compensate for data distortion, but Nasa warned that it was not possible to completely neutralise the effects of the impact

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Robotics Automation News

JULY 15, 2022

Global sales of total semiconductor manufacturing equipment by original equipment manufacturers are forecast to reach a record $117.5 billion in 2022, rising 14.7 percent from the previous industry high of $102.5 billion in 2021, and increase to $120.8 billion in 2023, SEMI reports in its Mid-Year Total Semiconductor Equipment Forecast – OEM Perspective at SEMICON […].

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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. 📊 Join us for a practical webinar hosted by Kevin Kai Wong of Emergent Ene

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E&T

JULY 15, 2022

In today's world that seems to be full of them, it’s not often an issue of E&T leads on a national scandal but that’s what this month’s cover story points to. The IET puts a lot of time and effort into the Wiring Regulations, which should be properly followed. Sadly, our investigation into scant wiring inspections found that the inspection regime is not being properly enforced.

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Robotics Automation News

JULY 15, 2022

FORT Robotics, a pioneer in communications and control for smart machines, has closed a $25 million Series B funding round, led by Tiger Global. The company will use the funds to accelerate the rollout of its machine communications platform, which aims to make autonomous machines safer and more secure. Samuel Reeves, founder and CEO of […].

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SMMT

JULY 15, 2022

The UK automotive industry’s production carbon footprint fell by -11.2% in 2021 to reach its lowest level since records began, according to the latest research from SMMT’s 23 rd Sustainability Report , released this week at a reception in Westminster attended by members and policymakers. With the automotive sector still trying to recover from the pandemic while simultaneously transitioning to zero emission vehicles, the improvements made in the sustainability of production is quite remarkable.

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Robotics Automation News

JULY 15, 2022

Miso Robotics, the company transforming the restaurant industry with robotics and intelligent automation, has started a partnership with Wings and Rings, a club-level sports restaurant chain serving signature wings and other chef-inspired menu items, to begin a piloted test of Flippy 2 in its Crestview Hills, Kentucky location, with possible plans for further integration in […].

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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.

Automation Mag

JULY 15, 2022

Your new operating mode selection and access permission system has arrived! Introducing the PITmode fusion by PILZ. PITmode fusion combines two areas that are inextricably connected on modern machinery: Safety and Security. “Safety” in terms of safety-related operating mode selection, as required in various C-standards, and “Security” in terms of user authentication and access protection.

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Robotics Automation News

JULY 15, 2022

Fast Radius, a cloud manufacturing and digital supply chain company, is partnering with Simbe Robotics to manufacture components critical to the function and aesthetics of Simbe’s inventory robot, Tally 3. Simbe says it has “reimagined the possibilities of automation” to create new efficiencies in retail stores and selected Fast Radius’ Cloud Manufacturing Platform because of […].

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Control Engineering

JULY 15, 2022

Robots-as-a-service (RaaS) is a flexible and affordable way for companies to deploy automation and related services such as engineering, maintenance and remote monitoring. Often used interchangeably with Robotics-as-a-service, RaaS comes in two main flavors. In its original meaning, RaaS refers to services where customers can get everything they need, including hardware, engineering and maintenance, in one package, explained Peter Seiff, CEO at Aethon , which specializes in service and material

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Robotics Automation News

JULY 15, 2022

Comau has introduced its new Racer-5 Sensitive Environments (Racer-5 SE), a high-speed industrial robot designed for the special and sensitive settings that characterize the pharmaceutical, health and beauty, food and beverage and electronics industries. Featuring a protective water, heat and grease-resistant coating, the ruggedized 6-axis articulated robot fully responds to the demand for IP67 certification, […].

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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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Control Engineering

JULY 15, 2022

For robot suppliers, the challenge is to help make robots as easy to use as possible, reducing the time and effort needed by end-users to be able to confidently deploy robotic automation on the factory floor. One way that ABB Robotics is addressing this is through the Wizard Easy Programming software – an intuitive and easy robot graphical programming interface that requires no programming skills or specialized training.

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MBT

JULY 15, 2022

The Electric Reliability Council of Texas has taken emergency measures to prevent rolling blackouts stemming from A/C usage.

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Plastics Today

JULY 15, 2022

When reverse engineering a product, you need to know what you’re looking at in terms of materials. Molecular spectroscopy is the most powerful tool to help accomplish that.

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Control Global

JULY 15, 2022

After more than two years of online gatherings, ARC Industry Forum 2022 roared back with an in-person event on June 6-9 that racked up almost as much attendance as any of its previous, pre-pandemic editions.

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While data platforms, artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning (ML), and programming platforms have evolved to leverage big data and streaming data, the front-end user experience has not kept up. Holding onto old BI technology while everything else moves forward is holding back organizations. Traditional Business Intelligence (BI) aren’t built for modern data platforms and don’t work on modern architectures.

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The Fabricator

JULY 15, 2022

Panasonic Energy Co. Ltd. has announced plans to build a factory in De Soto, Kan., for producing lithium-ion batteries for electric vehicles.

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Control Design

JULY 15, 2022

OPC comes of age

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Manufacturing Tomorrow

JULY 15, 2022

As the leader in industrial IoT solutions, the OAS Platform provides secure networking solutions to move, monitor, and connect data. It enables excellent connectivity between PLCs, databases, and custom apps. Open Automation Software (OAS) works as an efficient IoT gateway to seamlessly move data between devices, applications, and databases.

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E&T

JULY 15, 2022

The production of two Skyrora vehicles has already commenced at the site, which will increase up to 16 per year once mass production begins. The firm said its new site boasts “unique capabilities” for space infrastructure in the UK, as certain tests that would typically be outsourced to facilities in other countries can now be conducted domestically.

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Next-gen manufacturers are redesigning factories to enable agility at every stage of production. From more timely communication between engineers and technicians to technologies that empower real-time collaboration, they’re getting ahead by making iterations and improvements during a build, across the production line at scale. This level of flexibility means they can develop more quickly than their legacy counterparts.

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