Design World

APRIL 24, 2024

Battery storage systems and electric vehicle charging units are rapidly being woven into the infrastructure of today’s world. EV charging stations are being installed in many locations, including parking lots and garages, and renewable wind and solar power systems are driving the growth of industrial-sized grid battery storage systems to capture excess energy and make… The post Southco securing EV charging and grid battery storage infrastructure appeared first on Design World.

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Gary Mintchell

APRIL 24, 2024

I went to the Aras customer conference for the first time this year. Interesting company, good products, innovative customers. But, sorry, I’m hardly shocked that a survey of 835 “executive level experts” say their companies are not prepared to use Artificial Intelligence. We are all still feeling our way along the path toward discovering if there is a use or not.

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Design World

APRIL 24, 2024

Bolometers based on superconducting Josephson junctions (JJs) can be used for several types of sensors, including transition edge sensors, Josephson escape sensors, and radiation threshold detectors. This articddle first presents the structure of a basic bolometer and then looks at how that structure can be varied to produce different types of sensors.

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Gary Mintchell

APRIL 24, 2024

A personal development speaker I often listen to delivers a set of talks on developing personal guardrails designed to prevent us from going off the deep end emotionally and relationally. Similarly as we explore this new age of artificial intelligence (AI) people are recognizing that we could use a set of guardrails to help guide our collective decisions using this new technology.

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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

APRIL 24, 2024

Materialise and Renishaw have announced a partnership to increase efficiency and productivity for manufacturers using Renishaw’s additive manufacturing (AM) systems. Through the partnership, Renishaw system users will benefit from Materialise’s next-generation build processor software tailored to the RenAM 500 series of metal AM systems. They will also have access to Magics, Materialise’s leading data and […] The post Materialise and Renishaw partner for metal 3D printing efficiency appear

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Gary Mintchell

APRIL 24, 2024

More and more companies are developing partnerships to serve customers rather than trying to reinvent the wheel. Hexagon had acquired PAS and its Cyber Integrity solution some years ago. This partnership announced with cybersecurity solution provider Dragos aims to do no less than “revolutionize OT cybersecurity at industrial facilities.” The technical partnership focuses on integrating the complementary OT cybersecurity capabilities of the Dragos Platform and Hexagon’s PAS Cyber Integrity to pr

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The Guardian Manufacturing

APRIL 24, 2024

The Basque Country’s Mondragón Corporation is the globe’s largest industrial co-operative, with workers paying for the right to share in its profits – and its losses. In return for giving more to their employer, they expect more back When Marisa Fernández lost her husband to cancer a few years ago, her employers at the Eroski hypermarket went, she says, “above and beyond to help me through the dark days afterwards, rejigging my timetable and giving me time off when I couldn’t face coming in.

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Design World

APRIL 24, 2024

DigiKey, a leading global commerce distributor offering the largest selection of technical components and automation products in stock for immediate shipment, invites attendees at Automate 2024 to visit its booth, #2036, May 6-9 in Chicago. Visitors to DigiKey’s booth can learn more about the company’s automation offerings, including its vast product breadth, industry-leading manufacturers, and… The post DigiKey to showcase full automation offerings and value-add services at Automate

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Drives & Controls

APRIL 24, 2024

At the Hannover Messe, Festo unveiled the latest in a long line of bionic versions of living creatures – this time, a bionic bee which weighs around 34 grams, is 220mm long and has a 240mm wingspan, making it the smallest flying object created so far by Festo’s Bionic Learning Network. The bees can fly in large numbers and move autonomously in swarms, following paths specified by a central computer.

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Design World

APRIL 24, 2024

The new Distributed Energy Resources (DER) Controller from WAGO is a library function block with a control algorithm for voltage, frequency, and reactive power control. To ensure a reliable power system, the DER connection to the grid requires communication between the energy source and the operator. Standards like IEEE 1547-2018 have been implemented to provide… The post WAGO introduces IEEE 1547-2018 compliant controller appeared first on Design World.

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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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Robotics Business Review

APRIL 24, 2024

Magna International will manufacture more delivery robots. Source: Serve Robotics Serve Robotics Inc. today said it has expanded its existing partnership with Magna International Inc. to increase production of Serve’s sidewalk delivery robots. Under the terms of the new production and purchase agreement, Magna is the exclusive contract manufacturer of Serve’s autonomous systems, supporting its plan to deploy up to 2,000 robots on the Uber Eats platform across multiple U.S. markets.

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Manufacturing Management

APRIL 24, 2024

A stark gender gap in young people’s interest in engineering and science and a sharp decline in practical science have been identified through a new survey by the Royal Society in partnership with EngineeringUK, with support from Wellcome.

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Robotics Business Review

APRIL 24, 2024

InOrbit has joined the Open Source Robotics Alliance to support community software development. | Source: InOrbit InOrbit Inc. this month joined the Open Source Robotics Alliance, or OSRA. The Mountain View, Calif.-based company said it is a milestone in its commitment to fostering collaboration and innovation within the robotics community. “Having members like InOrbit is crucial to us because it’s an indicator of support from long-standing community members for our vision for the fu

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Industry Week

APRIL 24, 2024

IndustryWeek editors look into that story and why we're all using AI wrong, Airbus' new management, drones heading to Congress and skilled trades taking the spotlight.

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E&T

APRIL 24, 2024

An EngineeringUK survey has found a stark gender gap in young people’s interest in engineering and science, and a sharp decline in practical work during STEM lessons.

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Canadian Manufacturing

APRIL 24, 2024

Payee Verify is trying to address Authorized Push Payment fraud. (CNW Group/Symcor) TORONTO — Symcor announces the launch of Payee Verify to address the escalating challenge of Authorized Push Payment (APP) fraud where unsuspecting individuals are deceived into electronically transferring funds to fraudulent accounts. Mitigating fraud in authorized transactions is an ongoing challenge for financial institutions as negative customer experiences erode trust and loyalty.

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Fabricating & Metal Work

APRIL 24, 2024

Airgas , an Air Liquide company, will welcome 65 schools into the company’s High School Welding Education Initiative for the 2024 academic year, expanding the ongoing program to help students across the country prepare to enter welding, engineering and technical careers. This year, 31 returning schools and 34 new schools from a record 29 states have been selected to be part of the program.

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Canadian Manufacturing

APRIL 24, 2024

OTTAWA — Around 4,000 delegates from the United Nations visited Ottawa this week to discuss reducing plastic waste and the possibility of eliminating it. The UN started efforts to address plastic waste in 2017. The Coalition of Concerned Manufacturers and Businesses of Canada (CCMBC) has launched an information campaign to address the ongoing problem of plastic and how it contributes to society. “The key goal should be to keep plastics in the economy and out of the environment, not elimina

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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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Cisco Smart Manufacturing

APRIL 24, 2024

This month marked a significant milestone in the technology services industry as the NTT Group celebrates the formation of NTT DATA, Inc. by combining the services of NTT Ltd. and NTT DATA.

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Canadian Manufacturing

APRIL 24, 2024

VANCOUVER — Northstar Clean Technologies Inc. has received the second instalment of $100,000 in grant funding from Alberta Innovates, a provincial Crown research and innovation corporation. This move is followed by the completion of an engineering design for Northstar’s planned asphalt shingle reprocessing facility in Calgary. Northstar received approval in March 2022 for a non-repayable $200,000 grant for the direct engineering costs of the Calgary Empower Facility under Alberta Innovates

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i4.0 today

APRIL 24, 2024

IDS expands its product line for intelligent image processing and launches a new IDS NXT malibu camera. It enables AI-based image processing, video compression and streaming in full 4K sensor resolution at 30 fps – directly in and out of the camera. The 8 MP sensor IMX678 is part of the Starvis 2 series from Sony. It ensures impressive image quality even in low light conditions and twilight.

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Canadian Manufacturing

APRIL 24, 2024

MONTREAL — On Apr. 24, NOVIPRO Group and Léger have unveiled the 8th edition of their annual IT Trends Report. Each year, NOVIPRO Group and Léger survey decision-makers across Canada to identify the challenges and trends that are shaping IT investments for small, medium, and large companies across sectors. Key takeaways from this year’s data include: Threats loom large: Companies are more aware of cyber threats than ever, with 61% prompted to review their data security practices by news re

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i4.0 today

APRIL 24, 2024

With smart ring market leadership within its sights, Ultrahuman has today announced plans to open a manufacturing facility poised to accelerate its production capacity. The UltraFactory will be located in Indiana. It opens within the next six months and will be the launchpad for Ultrahuman’s next phase of growth. The UltraFactory will offer an end-to-end production capability and is based on the company’s first operational model of such a facility in India.

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Canadian Manufacturing

APRIL 24, 2024

ST. JOHN’S — Kraken Robotics Inc. announces that effective April 23, Peter A. Hunter has been appointed Chairman of the Company’s Board of Directors. Mr. Hunter joined Kraken’s Board in November of 2023 and is the founder, Chairman, and Managing Partner of Artemis Capital Partners, L.P., a Boston-based specialized private equity firm focused on differentiated industrial technology manufacturers.

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i4.0 today

APRIL 24, 2024

TrueCommerce , a global provider of supply chain and trading partner connectivity, integration and omnichannel solutions, today announced its global e-invoicing and Continuous Transaction Controls (CTC) solution that enables organisations to keep pace with the constantly changing legal requirements across the globe and support compliant electronic invoicing.

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Canadian Manufacturing

APRIL 24, 2024

NEW YORK — TMC The Metals Company Inc. announced that it has successfully produced nickel sulfate derived exclusively from seafloor polymetallic nodules. The sulfate was generated during bench-scale testing of its hydrometallurgical flowsheet design in partnership with SGS Canada Inc., at their Lakefield, Ontario facility. Undertaken on samples of nickel-cobalt-copper matte produced by TMC in 2021, the Extractive Metallurgy team at SGS tested TMC’s efficient flowsheet to process nickel mat

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Bringing new and improved products to market takes more than just good ideas. It requires agile, iterative production, and real-time collaboration. Most manufacturers recognize the risk of not adapting, but they’re hampered by technologies like MES that haven’t kept up with the pace of hardware innovation. As new manufacturers enter the market with technologically progressive ways of building at scale, existing manufacturers must adapt to stay relevant.

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Control.com

APRIL 24, 2024

In a world where real-time data processing and data-driven insights are paramount for establishing an efficient automated industrial environment, DFI brings forward its latest embedded system solutions.

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Canadian Manufacturing

APRIL 24, 2024

SASKATOON — The Saskatchewan Indian Institute of Technologies (SIIT) and Boeing announced a $17M CAD investment from the company to advance Indigenous aerospace training and education in Saskatchewan. The funds will support SIIT’s programs, services and operations focusing on the expansion of the Saskatoon Aviation Learning Centre (SALC) to increase training of aircraft maintenance engineers in the province.

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Frost & Sullivan Manufacturing

APRIL 24, 2024

About Huawei Global Analyst Summit Huawei organized its Global Huawei Analyst Summit (HAS) from 17 th – 19 th April 2024 in Shenzhen, China. Hundreds of telecom and enterprise sector analysts, consultants, and media representatives participated to learn more about Huawei’s innovation and strategy. I had the opportunity to attend the keynote of the current CEO, various briefing sessions, and analyst roundtables.

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E&T

APRIL 24, 2024

The US Senate has passed a bill to ban the popular social media platform TikTok unless it is sold by its China-based owners.

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