Gary Mintchell

DECEMBER 6, 2024

Delivering seven nines (99.99999%) uptime, its Automated Uptime Layer with Smart Exchange provides continual proactive health monitoring and automatically takes action to maintain system availability and protect against data loss when needed.

Automation 130

Automation Manufacturing 130

Gary Mintchell

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

Core to the partnership is the native integration between the two companies’ platforms that will simplify access to operational data in context, enabling chemical, energy, metals, mining, and utility organizations to improve their operations and production outcomes.

Value chain 130

Value chain Manufacturing 130

Design World

JANUARY 30, 2024

Alec Abkemeier is taking on a new challenge at Beckhoff USA as a software product manager focused on test and measurement technologies. Abkemeier reports to… The post Beckhoff USA promotes Alec Abkemeier to software product manager appeared first on Design World.

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Gary Mintchell

OCTOBER 28, 2024

Expands the number of Nokia-owned and best-in-class industry applications integrated on the MX Industrial Edge (MXIE) to drive efficiency, productivity and OT security. I may not use a Nokia handset any longer, but the company still releases many products for industrial applications.

Industry 4.0 130

Industry 4.0 Industry 4.0 Compliance Manufacturing 130

Gary Mintchell

JUNE 10, 2025

This is a story from Siemens about a customer actually using one of its “AI” products. Sachsenmilch produces a variety of products from milk, butter, yogurt, cheese, and dairy derivatives for baby food to bioethanol in its state-of-the-art and almost fully automated facilities. Is it real? Is it useful? Does it solve a customer need?

Automation 130

Automation Manufacturing 130

Gary Mintchell

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

The companies are committing product and engineering teams to co-design a solution that will streamline edge computing deployments and accelerate time to value. Unified engineering and product roadmap shaped by collective customer feedback. An application-agnostic design to power unique customer solutions that evolve with the market.

Manufacturing 130

Manufacturing 130

Automation World

MARCH 6, 2023

To maintain uptime, ensure compliance, and maximize the use of skilled labor, more facilities than ever are centralizing production control and monitoring.

Compliance 243

Compliance 243

Mold Making Technology

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

A mold machine should provide you a total production solution, from tool selection to final product. Designed using 3D simulations and FEM analysis, leading machines are built for high structural rigidity, which can translate to quality product results and the elimination of hand-fitting of mold components.

Fit 98

Fit Cycle time Process control Automotive 98

Modern Machine Shop

MARCH 16, 2025

While it’s almost impossible to deny that real-time machine monitoring poses great benefits to machine shops, it’s equally impossible to deny that how much it helps a shop depends on the shop in question. This system was also to leverage MachineMetrics’ machine condition monitoring and predictive maintenance features.

Cycle time 86

Cycle time Automation Manufacturing 86

Gary Mintchell

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

Just when I begin to believe that innovation is dwindling in this market, a new product arrives. These compact and rugged IP65/67-rated terminals can be located anywhere on a machine that boosts operational performance and original equipment manufacturer (OEM) installation productivity.

Electronics 130

Electronics Function Automation Manufacturing 130

Mold Making Technology

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

Source | Progressive Components Progressive Components , a provider of mold components and mold monitoring technologies, has acquired the OMNI Versa Slide product line from Omni Mold Systems. It developed the Versa-Slide product line to complement standard mold bases. OMNI Mold Systems is based in Ellington, Connecticut.

Fit 98

Fit Sourcing 98

Gary Mintchell

DECEMBER 19, 2024

Michelle Ritchie, Industrial Products Deals Leader She continues in her report : Industrial manufacturing deal activity expected to increase with continued focus in mid-market space. Companies are pursuing manufacturing efficiency gains and performance improvements to offset margin compression and support growth.

Manufacturing 130

Manufacturing Robotics Robotics Automation 130

Modern Machine Shop

JANUARY 13, 2025

Machine tool monitoring software companies will show you where you are losing time in the machining process. Here are some of the reasons why: Optimized Machine Utilization: By scheduling jobs effectively, a shop can ensure that machines are always in use, while also reducing idle time and increasing productivity.

Bottleneck 98

Bottleneck Sourcing Manufacturing 98

Manufacturer's Monthly

NOVEMBER 28, 2024

Dragos and Rockwell Automation collaborate to address manufacturing’s unique security challenges. Dave Kang from Dragos emphasises, “It’s about awareness and readiness for potential compromises.” Download our vendor evaluation checklist to ensure you’re asking the right questions.

Manufacturing 98

Manufacturing Automation 98

Gary Mintchell

JANUARY 3, 2025

Originally reserved for sensitive applications such as nuclear power plants, data diode technology has evolved to become more accessible and affordable, making it a practical solution for industries that require secure online monitoring and predictive analytics. and the vast landscape of legacy infrastructure around the world.

Industry 4.0 130

Industry 4.0 Industry 4.0 Manufacturing 130

Gary Mintchell

DECEMBER 18, 2024

Yet, beyond these gains, the ability to plan things like inventory, resources, and production is proving to be a game-changer for efficiency and the bottom line. By creating real-time simulations and virtual replicas of plants or production lines, businesses can simulate, test, and refine new strategies before rolling them out in full.

Supply Chain 130

Supply Chain Artificial Intelligence Automation Manufacturing 130

Robotics Business Review

NOVEMBER 22, 2024

In addition to significant productivity gains, Teleo creates a positive effect on the workforce, where skilled labor shortages are endemic to the industry,” said Adam Grosser, Chairman and Managing Partner at UP.Partners. . Meanwhile, the teleoperator stays at the station, monitoring the vehicle’s progress.

Warehousing 105

Warehousing Logistics Robotics Robotics 105

Modern Machine Shop

JANUARY 23, 2025

Development of the technology (such as the system’s physical component, the blue box seen in the image) has progressed to meet LeClaire’s specific machine monitoring needs, though the company also sells to other machine shops. Images courtesy of LeClaire Manufacturing.

Cycle time 72

Cycle time Manufacturing 72

Manufacturer's Monthly

APRIL 2, 2025

Image: iLAuNCH Trailblazer Australian-developed plant monitoring technology is set to be flown to space in this University of Southern Queensland (UniSQ) led, iLAuNCH Trailblazer project. The technology is aimed at demonstrating a key technology capability for sustainable plant-based food production in space and on Earth.

Food Production 66

Food Production Automation Sourcing Manufacturing 66

E&T

MAY 2, 2025

Morrisons has begun trialling robots in select stores that roam the aisles to monitor how products are being displayed on shelves.

Robotics 71

Robotics Robotics 71

Manufacturer's Monthly

FEBRUARY 10, 2025

ifm’s new smart IO-Link vibration sensor offers a simple and scalable condition monitoring solution with just one device. The new VVB30x condition monitoring sensor, which ifm will present at the SPS in Nuremberg, continuously detects vibrations in all three dimensions. The sensor also offers a range of smart functions.

Industry 4.0 68

Industry 4.0 Industry 4.0 Value chain Supply Chain 68

Robotics Business Review

MARCH 9, 2025

Its clinical-stage product pipeline includes telehealth-friendly point-of-care testing (POCT) systems powered by AI Nose, VELDONA human and animal oral therapeutics, and human orphan drugs. This demonstrates its potential to enhance real-time safety monitoring and environmental analysis, said Ainos. 15, 2024. .

Robotics 110

Robotics Robotics Artificial Intelligence Automation 110

AU Manufacturing

JUNE 12, 2025

I n such an environment, manufacturers need to minimise the overall costs of producing and shipping their products while remaining flexible and responding quickly to demand. These insights are essential for proactively managing supply and demand fluctuations and ensuring uninterrupted production processes.

Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) 104

Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) Supply Chain Manufacturing Sourcing 104

Gary Mintchell

JANUARY 15, 2025

Here is a Dutch company (the product is available globally, of course) that has launched a highly efficient Virtual Private Server (VPS) solution. Our new VPS solution has been designed from the ground up to offer the ideal balance of performance, usability and cost, said Mathijs Heikamp, Director Product Management at Leaseweb Global.

Automation 147

Automation Manufacturing 147

ATS

JUNE 5, 2025

Share In the realm of manufacturing, idle time refers to any period when resources — whether machines, employees, or production lines — are available but not actively engaged in value-adding tasks. This concept helps paint a full picture of plant productivity and operational efficiency. What is idle time in a manufacturing environment?

Manufacturing 59

Manufacturing Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE) Compliance Lean manufacturing 59

Gary Mintchell

MARCH 28, 2025

This in turn reduces development time and boosts quality and productivity over the long term. It helps businesses transition from reactive to condition-based maintenance by offering limited connectivity for sensor data collection and real-time condition monitoring.

Value chain 130

Value chain Function Process manufacturing Automation 130

Manufacturer's Monthly

OCTOBER 30, 2024

As production is disrupted and profit margins decrease due to late deliveries and widespread inflation, the urgency for creative and cost-effective solutions has never been greater. Every missed deadline, vague response, and shipment shrouded in secrecy throws your production schedule into chaos. The consequence?

Supply Chain 98

Supply Chain Manufacturing Logistics Discrete manufacturing 98

Manufacturer's Monthly

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

Its product portfolio includes manual, cobotic and robotic welding solutions, as well as WeldEye, an Industry 4.0-ready These features support precise process management and monitoring, ensuring strict adherence to welding procedures in both manual and cobot welding applications. ready welding management software.

Robotics 72

Robotics Robotics Automation Industry 4.0 72

Design World

JULY 21, 2022

Edge Production — Canada (British Columbia, Alberta and Saskatchewan) -Drillmex Inc — Canada (Quebec). 168 Manufacturing’s FullShopTM systems monitor and replenish all CNC sumps with optimized top-off ratios. -Lindco Springfield — U.S. Connecticut, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and Vermont). Christensen Machinery — U.S.

Automation 263

Automation Manufacturing 263

Manufacturer's Monthly

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

ELGi has worked towards ensuring that its customers achieve its productivity goals while keeping the cost of ownership low. The company’s portfolio of over 400 products has found wide applications across industries. The company’s portfolio of over 400 products has found wide applications across industries.

Manufacturing 98

Manufacturing Fit 98

Robotics Business Review

JUNE 15, 2025

based farm-ng said it supports productivity in the field with robotics innovations. Its flagship product — the Amiga — is a modular, electric, open-architecture robot designed to serve small and midsize farms , research institutions, and developers. ” Watsonville, Calif.-based

Robotics 94

Robotics Robotics Function Sourcing 94

ATS

JANUARY 13, 2025

Introduction to maintenance troubleshooting Most industrial manufacturers use preventive maintenance techniques to ensure production assets perform as required. Historically, preventing issues like these comes down to routine inspections and requests from production for equipment repair.

Form 95

Form Function Manufacturing Sourcing 95

Robotics Business Review

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

The company said its NextBrain AI autonomously learns product details and polishing processes, integrating force, touch, vision, and hearing for intelligent polishing. These sensors monitor the contact force between the robot and the workpiece in real time, feeding data into Stials proprietary NextBrain AI.

Robotics 107

Robotics Robotics Artificial Intelligence Aerospace 107

Canadian Manufacturing

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

As a result of the licensing agreement, a range of sustainable Energy Management Systems powered by Black Box Innovations’ patented technology will be available through ABB Electrification – Installation Products’ electrical distribution partners across Canada in 2025.

Energy Optimization 95

Energy Optimization Manufacturing Supply Chain Advanced manufacturing 95

Gary Mintchell

MARCH 11, 2025

Here is a list of new products. AWS): Leveraging advanced machine learning and automation, new capabilities available today include Anomaly Detection, Data Discovery and Classification, and soon, Threat Hunting and Threat Monitoring. The post Cyber Resilience Innovations appeared first on The Manufacturing Connection.

Automation 130

Automation Compliance Sourcing Manufacturing 130

Robotics Business Review

JUNE 14, 2025

Figure 1: The fully automated robotic welding work cell, with all actions orchestrated by an AutomationDirect Productivity PLC, synchronizes the welding process, robot movements, and fixture positioning. The fixture included clamping and horizontal-to-vertical positioning using a hydraulic lift.

Robotics 98

Robotics Robotics Function Automation 98

Manufacturer's Monthly

OCTOBER 30, 2024

CAPS Australia is all about delivering rotary screw air compressor solutions that drive productivity and improve profitability. Scheduled air compressor maintenance, as well as using predictive analytics and analytical tools, can help prevent unexpected interruptions in production.

Manufacturing 98

Manufacturing 98