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Digital Manufacturing Technologies Help to Overcome Global Hurdles

i4.0 today

In the last few years, the global manufacturing industry has faced unprecedented challenges, driving companies to rethink how they can maintain a competitive edge and maximise profitability. answers in his exclusive videocast interview “Digital Manufacturing in times of challenges”. pcM42zBRSRU. Today Magazine.

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Digital manufacturing, smart manufacturing, enable sustainability efforts

Control Engineering

Learning Objectives ZF Group, an automotive manufacturer, provides motion controls for automotive, industrial, wind power. Digital transformation on the way to smart factory implementation. Digital transformation on the way to smart factory implementation. Smart factory prerequisites are required prior to implementation.

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Five lessons manufacturing operations can learn from enterprise IT teams

Cisco Industrial Automation

Digital manufacturing stresses factory networks in ways their designers never dreamed of. You might be pulling ahead of competitors using cloud applications like predictive maintenance or “digital twins” that simulate the effects of changes. By some accounts, manufacturing was the most attacked industry in 2021.

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NIST Engineer Presents a STEP by Step Process to Evolve Digital Manufacturing

NIST Manufacturing

In September 2023, NIST’s Rosemary Astheimer presented on efforts capture and leverage product manufacturing information at the 2023 Global Product Data Interoperability Summit (GPDIS) held in Phoenix, Arizona. The conference brings industry

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Full House for Laser Lines’ customer event at the Digital Manufacturing Centre

MEM

Over 50 businesses attended Laser Lines’ customer open day at the Digital Manufacturing Centre (DMC) in Silverstone earlier this month. At this last one, we were completely up to max – a great thing to see as businesses want to see how additive manufacturing can achieve cost and time savings in action.

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Protecting the digital manufacturing supply chain while promoting innovation

Control Engineering

Manufacturing Supply Chain Insights. Manufacturing is the No. Many small and midsized manufacturers assume their limited profile shields them from being targeted in cyberattacks, the opposite is often true thanks to the supply chain. Given the interconnectedness of global manufacturing, cybersecurity can be a massive challenge.

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IMTS emphasizes the importance of information

Control Engineering

After four years, the International Manufacturing Technology Show (IMTS) returned to McCormick Place in Chicago. The show took all four halls at McCormick with an emphasis on automation, robotics, additive manufacturing, cybersecurity, heavy machinery and much more. Gathering all this information is only part of the picture, however.