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Automotive electric-actuator market trends

Design World

Automotive electric actuators adjust engine settings; manage safety features; and impart precise control fuel efficiency. Many such actuators are compact and light, fitting well in modern cars and requiring less maintenance. Some can be programmed to execute different tasks.

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Automotive manufacturing alive and well

Manufacturer's Monthly

Prodrive bought Tickford Vehicle Engineering in 2001 and the Australian operation became Prodrive Automotive Technology Australia (PATA) and established Ford Performance Vehicles in a joint venture with Ford Australia. A change in Australian ownership saw Prodrive Automotive Technology Australia become Premcar in 2012.

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BMW testing Figure 01 humanoid at South Carolina automotive plant

Robotics Business Review

BMW said its Spartanburg facility is the largest automotive exporter in the U.S., STR is an AMR optimized for intralogistics work in BMW’s automotive factories. ” It also claimed that the Spartanburg plant as the first automotive plant in the world to use an exoskeleton for overhead work. and it has assembled more than 6.3

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Vital EV fits Britain’s most powerful chargers at Millbrook

SMMT

Vital EV has installed the first liquid-cooled 400kW Kempower Satellite Chargers in the UK at the UTAC Millbrook automotive test site in Bedfordshire. Meanwhile, the two 400kW chargers are fitted with liquid-cooled cables which are rated to 500A and capable of 500kW short-term boost.

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DN Solutions Responds to Labor Shortages, Reshoring, the Automotive Industry and More

Modern Machine Shop

And Doosan itself has been through some major changes: in 2022, DTR Automotive purchased Doosan Machine Tools to create DN Group, consisting of DN Automotive (formerly DTR Automotive) and DN Solutions (formerly Doosan Machine Tools). Can you tell me how DN Solutions fits into the DN Group's overall business?

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Victoria’s Trades Fit Expo to open more industry careers for women and girls

AU Manufacturing

The Victorian government is encouraging young female and non-binary students to attend this year’s Trades Fit Expo and explore potential career pathways across a range of industries, such as engineering, robotics, mining, automotive, and clean energy. For more information about the Trades Fit expo, visit vic.gov.au.

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Automotive Additive Manufacturing Applications

Additive Manufacturing

From initial use as a prototyping tool to additive manufacturing’s role as an enabler for electrification, mobility, and more, the automotive industry is accelerating additive manufacturing. John Rupp: Where are you seeing AM being used in automotive sector? What we’ve seen is heavy use of additive in form and fit prototyping.