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Manufacturing PMI® at 48.4%; November 2024 Manufacturing ISM® Report On Business®

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The share of manufacturing sector GDP registering a composite PMI ® calculation at or below 45 percent (a good barometer of overall manufacturing weakness) was 48 percent in November, a 2-percentage point increase compared to the 46 percent reported in October.

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Additive Manufacturing Hardware: 2022 Roundup of New Solutions

Additive Manufacturing

Highlights included more options for printing bigger and smaller, printing electronics and composites, and a couple of open platforms to allow more material development for industry and researchers. announced its Electron Beam Additive Manufacturing (EBAM®) process deposited 40 lbs. Sciaky’s EBAM® Surpasses 40 lbs.

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6 new technology projects get ARM Institute funding

Robotics Business Review

Source: ARM Institute The Advanced Robotics for Manufacturing, or ARM, Institute today selected six new technology projects for funding. A prior project, called Rapid Welding of Thermoplastic Composite Structures, showed that robotic continuous ultrasonic welding can increase the speed of induction. Register now and save.

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Nasa selects five experiments for 2024 total solar eclipse

E&T

Nasa’s WB-57s will also fly cameras and spectrometers (which study the composition of light) to learn more about the temperature and chemical composition of the corona and coronal mass ejections, or large bursts of solar material. The team is led by Shadia Habbal of the University of Hawaii.

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Health sensors made from seaweed outperform synthetic materials

E&T

Their natural composition also places them within the emerging scientific field of edible electronics as they are safe for human consumption, the team said. The seaweed-based sensors were found to outperform existing synthetic-based hydrogels and nanomaterials used in wearable health monitors in terms of sensitivity and accuracy.

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Ultra Accuracy feature boosts path accuracy in ABB GoFa cobots

Robotics Business Review

Source: ABB Robotics ABB Robotics today launched Ultra Accuracy, a new feature for its GoFa collaborative robot line. They include gluing and sealing in consumer electronics production, laser welding of car parts, composite material layers in aerospace manufacturing, and precision laser cutting in metals fabrication processes.

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Caltech launches solar power prototype into space

E&T

Satellites in geosynchronous orbit receive sunlight for more than 99 per cent of the time – as they are not subjected to the cycles of a day and changes in weather – and at a much greater intensity than solar panels on Earth, making them a much more efficient source of energy. .