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Smart manufacturing, MES, automation make good business sense

Control Engineering

Properly deploying an MES can result in reductions in material and labor costs, productivity and batch yield increases and reduction in material waste. BOMs define the materials and quantities that are required to make a product. When talking about smart manufacturing or industry 4.0,

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Hybrid EF|A 2022 event to focus on modularization, standardization and automation

Automation Mag

Automatic creation of schematics, control cabinet layouts, bills of materials and additional manufacturing documentation. Topics of discussion include: Modularization of machines and products. Standardization in engineering. Cabling on a machine’s digital twin. Talking shop and networking with other decision-makers.

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New Subscription Service for 3D Fixture Modelling Software

Fabricating & Metal Work

Its full CAD compatibility and custom libraries further enhance the user experience, and the software’s standout feature is its “Build It” function, which automates the generation of work instructions and bill of materials for each fixture set-up.

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Know Your Würth: CEO AJ Strandquist on How Würth Additive Can Change 3D Printing

Fastener News Desk

Written by: Matt Kremenetsky AJ Strandquist is a different kind of additive manufacturing (AM) CEO. Having risen up through Würth Industry ’s core fastener and assembly business for nearly a decade, Strandquist became a founder and the CEO of Würth Additive Group (WAG) when the company got off the ground in 2021.

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MoldMaking Technology's Most-Viewed Content 2022: Products

Mold Making Technology

Additive Manufacturing. Mold Materials. Additive Manufacturing. However, with MIAD which employs the additive manufacturing (AM) process, Next Chapter is said to be able to slash that timeline from weeks or months to hours, while maintaining the same high quality and tolerance standards of conventional molds.