ATS

JANUARY 8, 2025

Share The fishbone diagram is a simple yet powerful tool for determining the root cause of problems like breakdowns and scrap parts. Its an essential tool for continuous improvement in Lean and Six Sigma environments and is equally valuable wherever theres a need for root cause analysis.

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Mold Making Technology

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

Mayer Tool & Engineering (MTE) specializes in designing and building quality injection molds for the plastics industry. From concept to completion, they handle everything from initial mold design and engineering to the final product. Photos Credit, all images: Mayer Tool & Engineering Inc.

Manufacturing 105

Manufacturing 3D printing Consumer Goods Robotics 105

Manufacturer's Monthly

APRIL 15, 2025

KiCads mission is to provide the best possible cross platform electronics design application for professional electronics designers. DigiKey has been supporting KiCad for seven years, including past fund-drives, promotions and securing thekicad.orgdomain to ensure the projects continued accessibility to the global engineering community.

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Robotics Business Review

APRIL 22, 2025

A talk being given at the 2024 Robotics Summit’s Engineering Theater. For the second time, the show floor at the Robotics Summit & Expo will feature an Engineering Theater. You can find the Robotics Engineering Theater in the back of the show floor, near the RBR50 Showcase. on Thursday, May 1.

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Mold Making Technology

FEBRUARY 23, 2025

Isaac Trevino, MMT EAB member and business development manager for Best Tool and Engineering (BTE) shares his top article picks. Isaac Trevino is the business development manager at Best Tool and Engineering (BTE) , which was founded in 1991 and is located in Clinton Township, Michigan.

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Prototype  Automation Automotive Sourcing 84

Gary Mintchell

JANUARY 17, 2025

This facilitates rapid, real-time decision making for shop floor operators and maintenance engineers, boosting productivity, operational efficiency and minimizing downtime. “Our continued collaboration with NVIDIA will be transformative for our customers, empowering them to virtualize and visualize product and plants like never before.

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Robotics Business Review

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

Now is the perfect time to invest in building a community that can harness these tools.” ” “Whether learners come from an engineering, research, or creative background, we’re excited to share our expertise and help them discover how their skills can play a vital role in the evolving AI industry,” he stated. .”

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Artificial Intelligence Robotics Robotics Automation 105

Robotics Business Review

FEBRUARY 23, 2025

Just as humans use different tools for different tasks, we’ll see specialized robots from AMRs to robotic arms to humanoids each handling what they do best. kg), and we use different tools for different tasks. Think about how humans work in manufacturing environments today. This article is posted with permission.

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Fabricating & Metal Work

NOVEMBER 16, 2024

Whether it’s through quick-change receivers, automated tool holding systems, high-precision guide bushings, or modular workholding solutions, these advancements help metalworkers improve productivity. As such, it allows tools to be set up unmanned and around-the-clock. HWR will be expanding the product to machines from other builders.

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Automation Robotics Robotics Manufacturing 85

Fabricating & Metal Work

APRIL 2, 2025

Allied Machine and Engineering, a leading manufacturer of hole making and finishing cutting tools for the metal-cutting industry, adds to their product offering with the release of T-A Pro kitsa foundational cutting tool solution for a wide range of hole sizes. millimeters 35.04 millimeters). millimeters 35.04 millimeters).

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Manufacturer's Monthly

FEBRUARY 10, 2025

Image: AMW Registration is now open for the biggest precision engineering manufacturing show ever held in Australia. The event, which will occupy 80% of the MCEC, will cover every aspect of manufacturing technology, from the largest machine tools to the smallest precision cutting tools.

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Manufacturing Additive manufacturing Advanced manufacturing Robotics 98

iBASEt

DECEMBER 17, 2024

” 2 While generalized platforms may seem appealing, the specialized demands of A&D manufacturing strongly favor a best-of-breed MES explicitly developed for this sector. Seamless Ecosystem Integration Modern A&D manufacturing depends on interconnected systems across engineering, production, and quality functions.

Aerospace 94

Aerospace Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) Compliance Manufacturing 94

Modern Machine Shop

DECEMBER 17, 2023

Even after 10 months of use on one machine, FT Precision does not know the full tool life of its EdgeX4 drills from West Ohio Tool. In contrast, the EdgeX4 tooling had surpassed 371,000 holes by the time of my visit in mid-September 2023 — and was still running. Image courtesy of FT Precision.

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Robotics Robotics Automation 98

E&T

JUNE 15, 2023

Nowhere is that statement more relevant than in the field of digital engineering, where leaders are now facing tough decisions on where to focus their resources to best navigate the evolving AI landscape. These are the issues many leaders in the digital engineering space are having to grapple with today.

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Artificial Intelligence Automation 98

Mold Making Technology

JUNE 7, 2023

The best way to approach the mold engineering skills gap is to create powerhouses of knowledge and innovation within your company. Photo Credit: Getty Images One way the engineering skills gap has played out across the industry is the lack of formal training and education in this specialized field.

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Robotics Robotics Manufacturing 98

Mold Making Technology

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

Source (All images) | KD Shah / Pyramid Molding Group Pyramid Molding Group (PMG), a domestic mold builder and plastic injection molder based in Rockford, Illinois, partnered with Lettuce Grow to develop tooling for the second generation of its innovative hydroponic plant stand.

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Supply Chain Function Lead Time Sourcing 97

E&T

JANUARY 12, 2023

When it comes to determining whether the UK has enough engineers to do the jobs it needs, there is no shortage of surveys that suggest it has to do a lot more to get them. In engineering specifically, the 2021 Skills Survey conducted by the IET found two-thirds of those questioned reported gaps they were having trouble filling.

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Electronics Artificial Intelligence Supply Chain Automotive 116

Automation Mag

JANUARY 10, 2025

Siemens launched Siemens for Startups, a new program to empower early-stage engineering and manufacturing startups. “Startups are essential to making our customers more competitive, sustainable and resilient.

Manufacturing 105

Manufacturing Rapid prototyping 3D printing Supply Chain 105

Gary Mintchell

MAY 13, 2024

This news is from Hexagon partnering with Microsoft to integrate engineering with Microsoft 365 to foster data collaboration among engineers. There’s a lot of marketing overkill in the release, but the essence is they hope to improve innovation through engineers and designers using improved collaboration tools.

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Sourcing Form Function Manufacturing 147

Mold Making Technology

APRIL 20, 2025

For lights-out manufacturing, there is a tool-changeable version of the system — the iSpeed5. Nakanishi’s high-speed spindle systems deliver better surface finishes, maximize the use of small diameter tools and reduce maintenance cycles on the machine’s main spindle.

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Sourcing Manufacturing 52

Fabricating & Metal Work

JANUARY 15, 2025

Imagine Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools empowering the design and manufacturing processes in your shop to essentially function with a one-click experience, condensing the various phases of the design-to-make process. Rather, AI is truly a tool, an assistant, to companies involved in metalworking. AI is transformative and innovative.

Artificial Intelligence 52

Artificial Intelligence Manufacturing Automation Function 52

Manufacturer's Monthly

JUNE 12, 2025

Intelligent recommendation engines analyse past buying behaviour and unstructured customer requests to suggest optimal product configurations, reducing quoting costs by 20 per cent and speeding up sales cycles. How AI Makes ERP More User-Friendly?

Artificial Intelligence 91

Artificial Intelligence Manufacturing Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) Supply Chain 91

Dinesh Mishra

NOVEMBER 28, 2024

Definition Turning is a subtractive machining process where a workpiece is rotated on a lathe, while a cutting tool removes material to create cylindrical shapes. Importance of Turning in Machining Turning is vital in numerous sectors, such as: Automotive: Creating engine components, transmission parts, and various fittings.

Aerospace 52

Aerospace Automotive Electronics Function 52

Mold Making Technology

JANUARY 1, 2025

Versatile Mold and Design has the capacity to tackle large projects more efficiently than most, recently completing a 25-tool package within 16 weeks. His extensive knowledge of specialty metals drove him into the tooling space where he started building a network of partnerships in the 1990s.

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Lead Time Pharmaceutical Prototype  Aerospace 64

Manufacturer's Monthly

APRIL 28, 2025

During that time, Ive witnessed Australian ingenuity at its finest, from my work as a design engineer on indigenous guided weapons, various program, R&D, and engineering leadership roles, and now as managing director of Boeing Aerostructures Australia.

Aerospace 61

Aerospace Manufacturing Composites Automation 61

Mold Making Technology

NOVEMBER 2, 2024

Whether you're a seasoned professional or just getting started, staying informed on the latest trends, tools and techniques is essential to staying competitive. This month’s top picks cover the latest in automation, maintenance best practices, precision measurement technology, and much more.

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i4.0 today

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

Are you getting the best unit price and lead time for your mass-moulded PP, PC, ABS and technical polymer components? Given that tooling is the biggest one-time expense, Broanmain’s in-house engineers will explain how to best amortise this investment to maximise production volumes.

Electronics 52

Electronics Manufacturing Logistics Lead Time 52

Automation Mag

DECEMBER 5, 2024

RoboSafety Canada and reasonX are joining forces to form reasonX Labs, an organization that will develop a safety engineering platform for autonomous systems. Her leadership has been instrumental in building partnerships and ensuring product-market fit in the safety engineering space. Safety is a Team Sport! Safety is a Team Sport!

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Form Automotive Aerospace Fit 72

Mold Making Technology

MARCH 18, 2025

Source | Stock, Copilot As a technology professional in the manufacturing industry, I see immense potential for Machine Learning (ML), Generative artificial intelligence (AI), specifically Large Language Models (LLMs) like GPT, to disrupt and transform the engineering-to-order (ETO) moldmaking sector.

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Artificial Intelligence Supply Chain Sourcing Automation 72

Design World

JULY 26, 2022

You see, Sorbothane also refers to the brand name of a uniquely engineered viscoelastic polyurethane that flows like a liquid under load. This proprietary material is ideal for engineering design applications that require shock absorption, vibration isolation, and acoustic damping. I imagine there are quite a few given its features?

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Cargo Supply Chain Fit Form 264

ATS

MAY 29, 2025

Share Wrench time, also called tool time, is the amount of time maintenance technicians spend actively working on equipment. Definitions Time spent on maintenance tasks refers to hands-on tools time, which includes physically carrying out repairs, performing inspections or adjusting calibrations. Keith Mobley and Ricky Smith, 2007).

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Robotics Business Review

MARCH 1, 2025

In short, the best perception solutions will give a double boost to growth: It will dramatically improve the TCO of existing applications leading to more deployments; and It will enable new applications that couldnt be addressed with older technologies. Companies like wheel.me

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Fabricating & Metal Work

JUNE 16, 2025

ANCA Tool of the Year 2024 winner was Krämer; Thorsten Mende accepts the award at IMTS in Chicago. Participants can enter one or both of the following categories: #MadeonANCA for physical tools created using ANCA technology, and Most Innovative Tool Design for virtual tools that showcase cutting-edge creativity.

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Cycle time Form Manufacturing 52

Robotics Business Review

APRIL 7, 2025

” Founded in 2014, CMR has worked with surgeons, surgical teams, and hospital partners to develop a tool to make minimal access surgery (MAS) more accessible and affordable. Both events attract engineering and business professionals from a broad range of healthcare and medical technology backgrounds.

Robotics 114

Robotics Robotics Fit Sourcing 114

Gary Mintchell

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

The sessions I attended explained research using video-based experiments evaluating tools such as exoskeletons that might alleviate any of a variety of work-related injuries. Some of the research focused on hands—the best way to grip, move, assemble tools and parts. Other research focused on exoskeletons.

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Fit Manufacturing 130

Manufacturing.net

JUNE 18, 2025

The Today in Manufacturing podcast is #2 on FeedSpots list of the 100 Best Manufacturing Podcasts. June 13, 2025 Operations The 70% Rule for Manufacturers: Stop Chasing Perfection Learn how to make calculated decisions based on the best available information. The podcast is produced by Eric Sorensen, director of multimedia.

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