Automation World

JULY 29, 2022

FDA takes closer look at food safety in e-commerce models; Alitheon’s optical AI combats counterfeiting.

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Design World

JULY 29, 2022

PBC Linear, a Pacific Bearing Company and a global leader in linear motion solutions, has expanded its comprehensive portfolio to include Miniature Metric Ball Screw Assemblies. Building on the success of their lead screw technology, this combination of precision-rolled screw and compact nut is driving exceptional performance from an economical package.

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Automation World

JULY 29, 2022

Inductive Automation’s Ignition platform and Cirrus Link’s MQTT modules are the heart of the secure data pipeline built for Johnson & Johnson by system integrator Automated Control Concepts.

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Gary Mintchell

JULY 29, 2022

Bringing in a new generation of leadership to an organization when you’ve groomed people with potential to realize that potential brings rejuvenation and excitement. The leadership at Inductive Automation is transitioning to the next generation. I met Steve Hechtman in probably 2003 or 2004 at a trade show. A quiet software guy he told me he had started a new company with many new ways of approaching the HMI/SCADA market.

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Speaker: Kevin Kai Wong, President of Emergent Energy Solutions

In today's industrial landscape, the pursuit of sustainable energy optimization and decarbonization has become paramount. Manufacturing corporations across the U.S. are facing the urgent need to align with decarbonization goals while enhancing efficiency and productivity. Unfortunately, the lack of comprehensive energy data poses a significant challenge for manufacturing managers striving to meet their targets.

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The Fabricator

JULY 29, 2022

The AWS Foundation recently awarded its Welding Workforce Grant to 11 secondary, postsecondary, and welder training facilities that seek to enhance and improve their welding education programs.

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Robotics Automation News

JULY 29, 2022

Industrial robot maker Kuka has teamed up with automation technology developer DesignPro to create new, advanced robotic welding processes. Automating the welding process and employing robots enables manufacturers to achieve significant returns across several areas: application precision, speed and agility of task execution, waste reductions and increased safety.

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Robotics Automation News

JULY 29, 2022

Industrial automation giant ABB and SKF, one of the world’s largest suppliers of bearings, have agreed a partnership to explore the possibilities for a collaboration in the automation of manufacturing processes. The agreement was signed at ABB’s Robotics Experience Center in Västerås, Sweden, by ABB CEO Björn Rosengren and SKF CEO Rickard Gustafson.

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Plastics News

JULY 29, 2022

Wilmington, Del.-based DuPont marked the opening of the Liveo Healthcare Solutions plant at its Cooper River site in Moncks Corners, S.C., on July 28.

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Robotics Automation News

JULY 29, 2022

Japanese industrial robot giant Nachi-Fujikoshi has launched what it describes as a series of “high-speed, high-precision robots”. The company says it developed the new robots “in response to customer demands for higher precision, further improving productivity, and miniaturizing electrical and electronic components”. The three new robots are the MZ07F and MZ07LF with higher speed and […].

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The Fabricator

JULY 29, 2022

When Rob Parsons suffered a paralyzing back injury, rather than call it a setback, the Salt Lake City metalworker turned it into an opportunity to pursue two fascinations: racing and metal fabrication. That, in turn, led him to starting up two different business: Bending Solutions and CageKits.

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As engineers push the boundaries of innovation with groundbreaking hardware products, their success depends largely on the speed and efficiency of production. The challenge? Manual processes and disparate systems lead to multiple versions of documents, incomplete records, and duplicated work, creating a chaotic system of records that is difficult to manage.

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Robotics Automation News

JULY 29, 2022

Yaskawa Electric, parent company of Yaskawa Mechatronics, one of the world’s largest industrial robot makers, has completed a new plant in Changzhou City, Jiangsu Province, in China. The facility has already begun the mass production of mounting boards for servo amplifiers and AC drives as well as electronic units for robot control panels used in […].

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Plastics News

JULY 29, 2022

Todd Nickerson, recruiting director with MBS Advisors: "Filling positions becomes more about the candidate choosing the employer rather than the employer choosing the candidate.

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Robotics Automation News

JULY 29, 2022

At the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic, car manufacturing companies such as Ford quickly shifted their production focus from automobiles to masks and ventilators. To make this switch possible, these companies relied on people working on an assembly line. It would have been too challenging for a robot to make this transition because robots are […].

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Plastics Today

JULY 29, 2022

PolySpectra has developed an augmented reality tool that enables engineers to get an instant “massless” prototype of their design in their physical workspace.

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Robotics Automation News

JULY 29, 2022

Fanuc, the world’s largest industrial robot maker, has unveiled the new DR-3iB/6 Stainless delta robot for primary food handling. The new DR-3iB/6 Stainless is Fanuc’s first stainless steel food-grade delta robot for picking and packing primary food products. Rated IP69K, the robot meets USDA and FDA food safety standards, and sets a new benchmark for […].

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Control Engineering

JULY 29, 2022

Learning Objectives. Automation helps manufacturers expand when skilled workers are unavailable. Digital transformation tools can help. AI and virtual reality help with optimization and training. Advice about how automation can help optimize industrial operations was available at ROKLive 2022, a June 13-16 conference from Rockwell Automation and newly acquired Plex Systems, covering industrial operations, maintenance, engineering, and enterprise-wide solutions automation linking operational tech

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Robotics Automation News

JULY 29, 2022

Mitsubishi Electric says it will invest approximately 3.1 billion yen ($22.3 million) in its subsidiary Mitsubishi Electric India to establish a new factory in India. Expected to start operations in December 2023, the new factory will manufacture inverters and other factory automation control system products, expanding the company’s capabilities to meet the growing demand in […].

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Additive Manufacturing

JULY 29, 2022

DARMSTADT, Germany, July 28, 2022 — Scientists at Fraunhofer IGD have devised a purely geometric and algorithmic method for the elimination of stair-step artifacts in multi-material 3D printing. To avoid quantization errors, the surface of the object is modulated with a high-frequency signal. This results in geometrically accurate and color-true surfaces.

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Next-gen manufacturers are redesigning factories to enable agility at every stage of production. From more timely communication between engineers and technicians to technologies that empower real-time collaboration, they’re getting ahead by making iterations and improvements during a build, across the production line at scale. This level of flexibility means they can develop more quickly than their legacy counterparts.

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Manufacturer's Monthly

JULY 29, 2022

Manufacturers based in the Northern Territory will soon gain access to a multi-million-dollar advanced manufacturing facility housing robotic and bespoke automation products and services. This will support the implementation of technology such as robotic welders, automated pick and pack systems and product inspection services. The project will see Diverseco and Charles Darwin University (CDU) co-develop four new robotic and automation micro credential qualifications tailored to the region and bo

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Additive Manufacturing

JULY 29, 2022

PRESCOTT, Wis., July 27, 2022 — Infinite Materials Solutions, LLC launched AquaSys® General Purpose (GP), a water-soluble support material compatible with most polyesters. It is a direct replacement for polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) and showcases outstanding performance and print fidelity with standard polylactic acid (PLA)-type build materials. Its creators hope the reliable high-performance material marks a shift in the industry, as it saves time and money and is accessible to a wide range of

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AU Manufacturing

JULY 29, 2022

Media Release by ATSE. The Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering (ATSE) has today opened applications for the new $41.2 million Elevate: Boosting women in STEM program. The program is funded by the Australian Government. Elevate will award up to 500 undergraduate and postgraduate scholarships to women in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) over the next six years.

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Additive Manufacturing

JULY 29, 2022

JACKSONVILLE, Fla./July 28, 2022 — Redwire Corporation, solar power generation and in-space 3D printing company, announced it will be developing new in-space manufacturing technology to provide novel and flexible services to grow small-batch crystals of protein-based pharmaceuticals and other key pharmaceutically relevant molecules for research and production.

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The Fabricator

JULY 29, 2022

The CTO of Replique, a company that provides access to 3D-printed parts on-demand, identifies trends that will impact additive manufacturers.

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Plastics News

JULY 29, 2022

A recent survey said 26 percent of people who left their jobs in the "Great Resignation" regretted the decision. But that means 74 percent did not.

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E&T

JULY 29, 2022

It is no longer enough to simply have an electric vehicle (EV) charger installed on your home – it must be smart. New government legislation states that new EV charging points in all UK domestic and work properties must have smart functionality to reduce pressure on the grid and use renewable sources where possible. Add this to every new build needing a charging point included as standard, and that’s hundreds of thousands of smart charging stations on the horizon.

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NIST

JULY 29, 2022

A new infographic, Reshoring and the Pandemic: Bringing Manufacturing Back to America, delves into various factors related to reshoring supply chains and shines a light on how the MEP National Network™ supports these efforts. Even before the pandemic, some manufacturers were thinking seriously about bringing manufacturing back to the U.S., as a million jobs were reshored in the past decade.

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Bringing new and improved products to market takes more than just good ideas. It requires agile, iterative production, and real-time collaboration. Most manufacturers recognize the risk of not adapting, but they’re hampered by technologies like MES that haven’t kept up with the pace of hardware innovation. As new manufacturers enter the market with technologically progressive ways of building at scale, existing manufacturers must adapt to stay relevant.

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E&T

JULY 29, 2022

Discovered beneath a field grazed by an ancient breed of English Longhorn cattle, the roughly 183-million-year-old fossils are stunningly well preserved, as if they were frozen in time. Contained within three-dimensionally preserved limestone concretions, the remains of fish, ancient marine reptiles, squids, rare insects and more have been revealed for the first time by a team of palaeontologists. .

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Canadian Manufacturing

JULY 29, 2022

Sobeys store front with retrofitted lighting. (CNW Group/Empire Company Limited). STELLARTON — On Jul. 28, Empire Company Limited announced it is setting emissions reduction targets in support of Canada’s transition to a low-carbon economy. This is a step in the Company’s plan to help combat climate change and is the latest step in the journey to invest in sustainability.

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E&T

JULY 29, 2022

Khan’s announcement comes after a huge number of fires raged across the capital last week caused by the record high temperatures, prompting London Fire Brigade (LFB) to declare a major incident. “The extreme temperatures and fires that raged across the capital last week laid bare how vulnerable London is to the effects of climate change, which is why today I’ve pledged a further £3.1m for a mass tree-planting package to help limit the affects of the climate emergency and the ecological crisis,”

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Plastics News

JULY 29, 2022

BASF has confirmed it plans to move forward with the final phase of its MDI expansion project at Geismar, La. Capacity will be increased to 600,000 metric tons per year by the middle of the decade.

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