Gary Mintchell

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Here is the last of the prediction articles I picked up in December but had too much news to pack in. As more and more skilled workers reach retirement age and leave the workforce, Generative AI takes on greater importance as a training and educational tool, passing knowledge along to new workers.

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Manufacturing Artificial Intelligence Form Automation 130

Control Engineering

JUNE 24, 2023

Industries such as aerospace, automotive and electronics will benefit from these discovery because they will be able to use these stronger materials to manufacture better products. Then they screened that whole dataset and identified the three best hypothetical polyimides with combined properties superior to those of existing polyimides.

Aerospace 96

Aerospace Electronics Automotive Sourcing 96

Control Engineering

JUNE 2, 2023

Analytics insights Companies struggle to figure out how to accumulate and make the best use of their raw data. There are support services that incorporate analytical tools to help identify potential areas for improvement and reduce the root causes of potential issues. – Avanceon is a CFE Media and Technology content partner.

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Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE) Manufacturing 105

Control Engineering

MAY 24, 2023

Digital transformation insights Digital transformation enables manufacturing companies to accelerate business growth through digital technologies to transform operations. Digital transformation is two words for a whole host of ideas centered around digital technologies and tools. AI is everywhere.

Manufacturing 98

Manufacturing Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) Artificial Intelligence Manufacturing Execution System (MES) 98

Robotics Business Review

APRIL 3, 2024

Digital transformation is becoming a major concern for engineers across industries. Source: Adobe Stock Over the past year, I’ve spent a lot of time speaking with manufacturers about their digital transformation projects. Connect with the engineering community Those are just two examples of the presentations at this live event.

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Robotics Robotics Beverage Automation 76

Mold Making Technology

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

Medline Industries’ Engineering Manager Rick Seaberg looks through MoldMaking Technology at work. Today, Rick is the engineering manager at Medline Industries, a private American healthcare company based in Northfield, Illinois. I like this article because it speaks to my roots as a mold designer. At Suncast Corp.,

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Automotive Manufacturing 95

Control Engineering

OCTOBER 31, 2022

Hot topics in Control Engineering, for October 2022, for stories posted in the last three months included alarm design management, edge computing, energy measurements, plant instrumentation and more. Links to each article below. Key development tools and standards ensure interoperability among many EtherCAT devices and manufacturers.

Artificial Intelligence 52

Artificial Intelligence Robotics Robotics Automation 52

Control Engineering

AUGUST 2, 2022

Hot topics in Control Engineering, for July 2022, for stories posted in the last three months, included PLC programming, digital transformation, direct-drive servos, IIoT optimization and more. Links to each article below. Instrumentation calibration best practices, benefits. Control Engineering Career and Salary Survey, 2022.

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Automation Manufacturing Industry 4.0 Industry 4.0 52

Modern Machine Shop

DECEMBER 1, 2022

A donut-shaped machine tool component called the AKZ FDS adapter illustrates the increasingly intricate links between additive manufacturing (AM) and CNC machining. A version of this article was our cover story in the December 2022 issue of Modern Machine Shop. This photo and the drawing below courtesy of DMG MORI.

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Additive manufacturing 3D printing Manufacturing Form 98

Control Engineering

JULY 12, 2023

smart manufacturing and digital transformation. Control Engineering asked these questions and others about smart manufacturing and digital transformation to Jeff Winter, senior director industry strategy, manufacturing, Hitachi Solutions, and an industry expert on Industry 4.0 initiatives. Understand Industry 4.0

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Industry 4.0 Industry 4.0 Smart manufacturing Manufacturing 98

Control Engineering

JANUARY 13, 2023

Understand how Control Engineering hot topics for 2022 were selected. Review top 10 articles posted during and before 2022 at www.controleng.com. See top 3 covers as selected by the Control Engineering creative director. Also see top 3 covers below with and top 10 Control Engineering articles posted prior to 2022.

Automation 52

Automation Fit Function Electronics 52

Control Engineering

OCTOBER 17, 2022

Control Engineering’s top 5 content over the past week covered PLCs and edge controllers, soft robots, PLC programming and more. Links to each article below. MIT researchers created a system that lets robots effectively use grasped tools with the correct amount of force. Soft robots grip with the right amount of force.

Artificial Intelligence 52

Artificial Intelligence Robotics Robotics Automation 52

Control Engineering

JUNE 12, 2023

Manufacturing insights Future-proofing manufacturing uses digitization and digitalization and eventually digital transformation to help companies make better and more informed decisions. Leading manufacturers are making the digital transition with help from trusted partners. We started with just the line operator’s body.

Manufacturing 95

Manufacturing Assembly Line Artificial Intelligence Automation 95

Mold Making Technology

OCTOBER 29, 2023

Stop by next month to see what the most-viewed articles were from October—based on Google Analytics. Tooling Engineer for SMC Ltd. VIDEO: Qualifying Modified H-13 for 3D-Printed Tooling Next Chapter Manufacturing and International Mold Steel discuss their partnership to qualify a modified H-13 for tooling applications.

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3D printing Supply Chain Automation Manufacturing 59

Control Engineering

JUNE 8, 2023

Share knowledge through software, mentoring, articles and use of trusted tools like Control Engineering. Enable career paths by providing budgets, tools, embodiment of knowledge. Curing the causes of the skills gap in manufacturing requires participation. Many manufacturing plants look more like high-tech labs.

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Manufacturing Automation 52

Dinesh Mishra

SEPTEMBER 30, 2023

Harish shares his company’s initiatives which are empowering customers and all industry professionals with knowledge and solutions Customer delight The purpose statement of Micromatic Machine Tools (MMT) reads as: Co-create Customer Success Nurture Entrepreneur Enrich Lives.

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Manufacturing Industry 4.0 Industry 4.0 Cycle time 98

Control Engineering

OCTOBER 5, 2022

Advances in machine tool hardware, software, subtractive and additive manufacturing processes and related system integration were among four major Siemens IMTS announcements. The Y-turning and Advanced Rapid Movement functions provide greater machine tool productivity and up to 10% faster machining.

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Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE) Function 3D printing Additive manufacturing 52

Fabricating & Metal Work

AUGUST 19, 2022

Global leader in metal cutting, Sandvik Coromant , has earned the 2022 IndustryWeek Best Plants Award for its Westminster, South Carolina, production site. The award is given to North American manufacturing plants that lead their industries in outstanding operational excellence, customer service and employee engagement.

Aerospace 52

Aerospace Automotive Manufacturing Automation 52

Control Engineering

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

Today, the industrial internet covers multiple verticals from manufacturing (whose products are placed into every vertical) to retail (which is normally considered to be merely point-of-sale, but can be connected to global supply chains, changing the business requirements significantly). That’s 244 pages.

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Supply Chain Artificial Intelligence Manufacturing Industry 4.0 122

Mold Making Technology

MARCH 23, 2023

Photo Credit: (top left) Decatur Mold and Engineering, (top right) Global Shop Solutions, (bottom left) CGS North America (CAM-TOOL), (bottom right) Shutterstock 2023 seems to be flying by, we cannot believe it is already March! Here is the list of the top ten most popular MMT articles according to Google analytics.

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3D printing Prototype  Automation Robotics 52

Control Engineering

OCTOBER 16, 2022

Digital transformation drivers will remain much the same within the process and manufacturing industries. at Pepperl+Fuchs, believes that Ethernet will become the common basic communication technology for data from and to any field device in the process industry – in the same way that it already is in the manufacturing sector.

Manufacturing 97

Manufacturing Industry 4.0 Industry 4.0 Freight 97

Mold Making Technology

NOVEMBER 17, 2024

I especially enjoy writing articles on subjects that are important to our industry but are rarely given the attention they deserve. This month’s article on shoulder bolts is a good example of an important subject on which very little information is readily available. So, what is the best way to torque a bolt?

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Fit Function Manufacturing 52

Mold Making Technology

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

Check out the top 10 articles from MoldMaking Technology based on Google Analytics and see what catches your attention! Minco Tool & Mold & ASPM Go Big Together This combination of moldmaking and molding companies offers one-stop full service from conception to completion. Photo Credit: Dynamic Tool 3.

Automation 59

Automation Bottleneck Supply Chain Manufacturing 59

Control Engineering

JANUARY 31, 2023

Understand how addressing these parameters can help manufacturers improve operations. Learn about how engineers can improve user experience with graphical displays. While some equipment manufacturers may identify resonant frequencies, they are more commonly found by experience.

Discrete manufacturing 105

Discrete manufacturing Manufacturing Automation Function 105

Mold Making Technology

APRIL 16, 2023

3D measurement tools are available that combine the measurement capabilities of a portable coordinate measuring machine (CMM) with the noncontact functionality of a laser line probe. Another critical task performed during the moldmaking process is reverse engineering. Many mold builders use fixed CMMs for this job.

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Bottleneck Function Manufacturing 98

DO Supply

DECEMBER 2, 2024

This article explores the sophisticated features of the PowerFlex 755 series, emphasizing the ways in which these drives may enhance industrial operations, increase safety, and simplify tasks for a variety of applications, including conveyors, pumps, fans, and more.

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Function Compliance Fit Manufacturing 52

Control Engineering

APRIL 4, 2023

Using simulation software and digital twins can help with effective integration of automation and controls to advance competitiveness, said Craig Salvalaggio, chief operating officer,  Applied Manufacturing Technologies (AMT ), and Keith Mandachit, PE, engineering manager,  Huffman Engineering. The edited response follows.

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Automation Artificial Intelligence Fit Function 104

Control Engineering

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

APC lets manufacturers leverage the capabilities they often already have in the existing control system. Advanced process control (APC) is a way for process manufacturers to augment and enhance the technology that often already exists on plant floors. APC optimizes control for the best performance possible. .

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Process control Process manufacturing Automation Manufacturing 105

Control Engineering

OCTOBER 23, 2022

Control Engineering’s top 5 content over the past week covered alarm design, EtherCAT, plant instrumentation and more. Links to each article below. Coupling strategic engineering techniques with integrated management software helps unlock best-in-class alarm solutions.

Artificial Intelligence 40

Artificial Intelligence Manufacturing 40

Dinesh Mishra

SEPTEMBER 30, 2023

The company is an active member of prominent industry associations like the Indian Machine Tool Manufacturers’ Association (IMTMA) and the EEPC, GCCA, and GCCI. Media Outreach Dr. Arvind Patel has been honored with award “Change Maker of Indian Manufacturing” by Machine Maker India in 2023.

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Logistics Manufacturing Sourcing Form 98

Control Engineering

JULY 19, 2022

Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) engineers have developed an optimization code that can be used to simulations for virtually any autonomous robotic system and improve a robot’s overall design performance. In designing an autonomous robot, engineers must run countless trial-and-error simulations, often informed by intuition.

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Robotics Robotics Artificial Intelligence Automation 96

Polytron

DECEMBER 13, 2023

Richard Phillips, director of smart manufacturing, Ron Rich, CEO, Rande Allen, VP, sales, Damien Stahl, VP operations. Polytron shares some thoughts on trends seen in current and future manufacturing. Polytron Leadership team from left to right. Being recognized and receiving this award is significant.

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Supply Chain Smart manufacturing Automation Sourcing 98

Control Engineering

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

Achieving a secure OT environment demands alignment in standards, practices, and tools, often necessitating expert help from partner organizations well-versed in digital transformation and the complexities of the crowded cybersecurity market. This originally appeared on Control Engineering Europe.

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Industry 4.0 Industry 4.0 Compliance Fit 52

Control Engineering

JUNE 28, 2023

Smart manufacturing insights Smart manufacturing can provide many benefits for companies, but many haven’t embraced it because they don’t know how to take the first step, or they aren’t sure about its potential benefits. are helping transform the manufacturing industries back into an economic powerhouse.

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Smart manufacturing Manufacturing Execution System (MES) Industry 4.0 Industry 4.0 98

Control Engineering

OCTOBER 10, 2022

On day 2, October 18, of the Fall 2022 session of CFE Media’s Virtual Training Week, Ted Rozier, director of engineering at the Mason, OH-based Festo Didactic Solution Center, North America, will present on the topic of “ How to unleash the power of Smart Manufacturing while ensuring automation and robotic safety. ”.

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Smart manufacturing Industry 4.0 Industry 4.0 Manufacturing 52

Control Engineering

JANUARY 30, 2023

As controls engineer for a systems integrator, I develop programmable logic controllers (PLCs), human-machine interface (HMI) programs and commission for new sites or additions, develop supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) systems, develop network architectures, troubleshoot existing controllers, and commission on customer sites.

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Supply Chain Beverage Automation Continuous Production 105

MEM

APRIL 28, 2023

Per-Anders Stjernstedt, Senior Engineer at metal cutting expert Sandvik Coromant, understands all-too-well that innovation is a labour of love. In this article, he explains the latest innovation in turning from Sandvik Coromant. How can tooling overcome delays, reduce downtime and support faster production?

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Cycle time Manufacturing 52