Gary Mintchell

MAY 13, 2024

Partnering with Microsoft continues to be an important part of manufacturing software development. 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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Automation World

MAY 13, 2024

Teradyne Robotics’ work with Nvidia is expected to bring about an inflection point in technology that will enable robots to operate more precisely in unstructured and changing environments and scale new robotic applications at companies of all sizes.

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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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SMMT

MAY 8, 2024

UK used car market grows 6.5% to almost 2 million units in Q1 2024 – the fifth quarter of successive growth. Best start to a year since 2019 as second-hand market hits five year high. Zero emission car sales up 71.0% with highest ever market share at 2.1%. Download the used car sales report for Q1 2024 The UK’s used car market rose by 6.5% in the first quarter of 2024 with 1,967,923 units finding new owners – the strongest start to a year since pre-pandemic 2019, according to the latest figures

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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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Plastics Today

MAY 9, 2024

Milacron and partners perfect the injection molding of a precise layer of recycled content — mechanical or advanced processes — to sustainably boost the eco-footprint of 5-gal plastic pails.

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Gary Mintchell

MAY 10, 2024

I devoted Tuesday this week to exploring Automate, the robot/vision/automation trade show produced by A3. Six miles of walking and many conversations later, a sense of the state of the industry and a few of the players visited me. One thing to note was where consolidation is and has taken place. The cobot revolution has matured with the small innovative companies acquired by large corporations.

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Automation World

MAY 13, 2024

CoreTigo’s IO-Link wireless technology is being retrofitted onto existing Pedrini stone processing machinery for industrial grade wireless communications to PLCs.

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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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The Fabricator

MAY 7, 2024

Seven years ago, fire alarm equipment maker Space Age Electronics had virtually no automated equipment in the sheet metal department—just manual punches, brakes, and TIG welding cells. How times have changed.

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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?

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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Automation World

MAY 12, 2024

The Cloi CarryBot is available in two payload types, both featuring autonomous navigation capabilities as well as fleet management and materials control software.

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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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Control.com

MAY 8, 2024

Kassow Robots released its Edge Edition 7-axis cobot that features a reduced footprint and is suitable for use in locations with limited floor space or mobile applications.

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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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Mold Making Technology

MAY 9, 2024

Source | KUKA Robotics Corp. KUKA Robotics Corp. has launched its new Kuka.MixedReality software that enables users to visualize the environment of robot cells live on their smartphones to support fast, safe and intuitive robot startups. The free mobile app displays tools and interference geometries for early detection of potential hazards that can then be eliminated before a robot starts to work.

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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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Automation World

MAY 13, 2024

Live from Automate 2024, an inside look at how the automation specialist is putting people and society first.

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Robotics Business Review

MAY 12, 2024

When old food packaging, discarded children’s toys and other mismanaged plastic waste break down into microplastics, they become even harder to clean up from oceans and waterways. These tiny bits of plastic also attract bacteria, including those that cause disease. Researchers are turning to microrobots for help. In a study in ACS Nano , a publication by the American Chemical Society, researchers describe swarms of microscale robots (microrobots) that captured bits of plastic and bacteria from w

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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.com

MAY 6, 2024

Emerson has announced a new safety shutoff valve that features an action change response time of less than one second to help facilitate safe fuel oil combustion processes.

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Plastics Today

MAY 6, 2024

Moldmaker Cavalier Tool and Manufacturing reveals the inner life of molds with a unique virtual reality experience at NPE.

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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 6, 2024

Using the W3C Thing Description standard will ease the exchange of digital twin models and related data.

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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 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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The Fabricator

MAY 6, 2024

When water heater maker A.O. Smith wanted to upgrade to robotic welding, it analyzed its entire production line to make full use of the latest automation.

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Plastics Today

MAY 6, 2024

A new twist in packaging pairs a source-reduced, thin-wall cup with a PET film applied via in-mold labeling. The result is complete and seamless recyclability.

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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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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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Canadian Manufacturing

MAY 7, 2024

Pet Valu Holdings Ltd. reported a first-quarter profit of $17.5 million, down from $18.7 million a year earlier, as its revenue rose four per cent. The pet food retailer says its profit amounted to 24 cents per diluted share for the quarter ended March 30 compared with a profit of 26 cents per diluted share in the same quarter last year. Revenue for the quarter totalled $260.8 million, up from $250.3 million a year earlier.

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Robotics Business Review

MAY 7, 2024

In this free webinar, learn how to involve stakeholders in warehouse automation adoption. Source: Exotec To successfully deploy warehouse automation, an understanding of change management is as important as technical expertise. In this webinar, you can learn about strategies for bringing robots into your warehouse or distribution center. Systems integration expert Race Kangas will also discuss best practices for fostering open communication across diverse teams, reassuring workers about shifting

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E&T

MAY 8, 2024

A new report has found that for the first time 30% of electricity produced worldwide came from renewable energy sources, predominantly solar and wind.

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MRPEasy

MAY 6, 2024

Order picking is a fundamental process in warehouse management, essential for ensuring timely and accurate customer order fulfillment. In this post, we explore various manual and automated picking methods to enhance efficiency and reduce costs, each tailored to different warehouse sizes and operational needs. What is order picking? Order picking is a warehouse management term […] The post Types of Order Picking – A Quick Guide to Greater Efficiency appeared first on Blog for Manufacturers

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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.