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Hexagon Partners with Microsoft Using Cloud Technology for Team Collaboration

Gary Mintchell

Partnering with Microsoft continues to be an important part of manufacturing software development. Under the new partnership, the Microsoft 365 ecosystem will plug into this data layer, enabling customers to connect their day-to-day office documents and processes with manufacturing tools.

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Plant Documentation 4.0 – An Essential Enabler for Industry 4.0

i4.0 today

Manufacturing processes are continually adapted and optimized; products are increasingly being individually manufactured. And controlling the delivered documents, to make sure they really do tally with plant reality, is always very time-consuming – thus quality control process is generally confined to some random checks.

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Open-Source Odyssey: How Startups Thrive through Open-Source Contributions

MEM

One strategy that has gained significant traction over the years is active participation in the world of open-source software. Open-source contributions offer startups a unique pathway to thrive, collaborate, and make a lasting impact. Here’s how startups can thrive through open-source contributions: 1.

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Generative AI Industrial Copilots to Deliver Contextual Intelligence

Gary Mintchell

The three role-based copilots—Plant Performance Copilot, Digital Manufacturing Copilot, and the Connected Worker Copilot—provide enhanced human-like interaction so workers can get beyond standard data analytics and analysis to understand what happened, why, and more importantly, anticipate future events.

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OMAC and ei3 Release New Manufacturing Data Governance Guide 

Gary Mintchell

OMAC birthed about the same time that I left manufacturing to become an editor at Control Engineering. Now called The Organization for Machine Automation and Control, it has found a home within the Packaging Machine Manufacturers Institute (PMMI) which also was the temporary home of my old magazine Automation World.

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End-to-End Manufacturing | Ported Hydraulic Cylinder Ends

Donlouco

All the intricate details of hydraulic components must be adequately communicated to the manufacturing sites. Through precision cutting and shaping techniques, these machines sculpt the raw material into basic forms that serve as the starting point for further refinement and manufacturing processes. Reporting and Documentation.

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What is High-Tech Manufacturing?

ATS

Share Complex products require complex manufacturing processes, and that’s the essence of high-tech manufacturing. Contamination must be excluded, and documentation and record-keeping are often mandatory. This blog answers the question, “What is high-tech manufacturing?”