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How Additive Manufacturing Can Help Fix the Supply Chain

Fastener News Desk

This has taken the form of long lead times, as well as stalling of production when parts needed for manufacturing fail. The nature of AM can shorten lead times, too. Industry 4.0 By Clare Scott A supply chain crisis has been affecting the world in recent years, particularly since the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Innovation on a Larger Scale

Fabricating & Metal Work

The advantages promised by Industry 4.0 Those tools are making large-scale mold production, part machining, and process automation accessible to the broader aerospace, marine, and other industry sectors. “The The disruption promised by Industry 4.0 Process improvement has always been big at Ingersoll.

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Delivering the Latest in 5-axis Measurement Technology

i4.0 today

Therefore, Sempre can provide customers with larger machines capable of measuring components for industries like aerospace. Many manufacturers could be getting so much more out of their CMMs by cutting lead times, reducing costs and improving quality.

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Back In Action: An MCMT Special

Dinesh Mishra

In this issue, we feature actionable insights from industry leaders on top growth opportunities and their offerings for this year’s biggest industry event The global Metal Cutting Machine Tools (MCMT) market size was valued at USD 76 billion in 2022, projected to grow at a CAGR of 4.8 technologies.

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Fully Automated Cell Improves Safety for Tool Manufacturers

Fabricating & Metal Work

This is a worldwide trend driven by several factors – labor shortage, increasing labor costs, the need for maximizing uptime, push for 24/7 machine availability and customers demanding shorter lead times. All of these apply to modern tool manufacturing with the concepts of Industry 4.0,

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What is supply chain?

Fastener News Desk

For instance, the 2011 earthquake and tsunami in Japan shut down electronics factories, and 2017’s Hurricane Harvey disrupted US oil refineries and petrochemical plants, ultimately leading to shortages of some plastics and resins critical to different industries. Surveys also suggest that digitization and an embrace of Industry 4.0