Gary Mintchell
DECEMBER 21, 2023
Technology is finally catching up to the dream of using hydrogen to fuel our vehicles in place of fossil fuel. You will see commercial vehicle fleets switching over in only a few years. Honeywell leads in many of the technologies needed to bring hydrogen into the mainstream. This news concerns the launch (Honeywell claims world’s first) of its 100% hydrogen-capable diaphragm gas meter.
SMMT
DECEMBER 21, 2023
UK car production grows 14.8% in November with 91,923 cars leaving factory gates. Volumes for home and overseas rise by 13.4% and 15.2% respectively. Output year-to-date increases 16.5% to 843,345 units with record EV production levels. UK car production rose 14.8% in November, according to the latest figures published today by the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT). 91,923 cars rolled out of factory gates, an increase of 11,832 on November last year, representing the best perform
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NIST
DECEMBER 21, 2023
The 51 Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MEP) Centers that make up the MEP National Network™ work to enhance the competitiveness of small and medium-sized manufacturers (SMMs) within the United States. Although each MEP Center operates independently and caters to the needs of its local manufacturing community, they share a common mission: assisting manufacturers, in various ways, to improve and succeed in today’s dynamic business environment.
Modern Machine Shop
DECEMBER 21, 2023
ChatGPT is a chatbot developed by OpenAI that uses large language model technology, which is a deep learning algorithm that uses very large data sets to recognize, summarize, translate, predict and generate content. Among other tasks, ChatGPT can create G-code programs. Images provided by CAMInstructor. In early 2023, ChatGPT was everywhere, writing stories, articles, essays, recipes, poems — and code.
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Generative AI is upending the way product developers & end-users alike are interacting with data. Despite the potential of AI, many are left with questions about the future of product development: How will AI impact my business and contribute to its success? What can product managers and developers expect in the future with the widespread adoption of AI?
Robotics Automation News
DECEMBER 21, 2023
Revolutionize your visuals with the top 5 AI Background Removers. Discover the power of AI technology to effortlessly create stunning images with clean backgrounds. In the realm of digital visuals, the need for clean and professional-looking images has never been more crucial.
Plastics Today
DECEMBER 21, 2023
Artificial intelligence corporate sustainability tool Ubuntoo identified those two topics as the most searched environmental questions of 2023.
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The Fabricator
DECEMBER 21, 2023
Fabricators used to buy software in a box. Today, they turn to the cloud. And in the near future, AI tools will change how we interact with computers in ways impossible to foresee.
Robotics Automation News
DECEMBER 21, 2023
Thermal transfer ribbon is used for printing paper labels and textile tags. It is a consumable material for TT printers, used for marking, making price tags, excises, and so on. It has several other names, among the most used: zebra ribbons and thermal transfer foil.
Cisco Smart Manufacturing
DECEMBER 21, 2023
When you think about software networking, at its core, it has two basic functions: (1) send traffic from A to B as quickly and efficiently as possible, and (2) move traffic from A to B but NOT to X,… Read more on Cisco Blogs
Robotics Automation News
DECEMBER 21, 2023
Air compressors have helped to mitigate the impact of the UK’s prior lack of fresh fruits and vegetables. Together with nitrogen-generating technologies, their involvement in establishing controlled atmospheres that extend the shelf life of fresh goods has aided in preserving the quality, nutrient content, and flavour of agricultural items in times of shortage.
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.
Drives & Controls
DECEMBER 21, 2023
A UK power semiconductor developer is one of two winners of a competition organised by ABB to find start-up companies that are pushing the boundaries of drives and motors technologies. Cambridge-based Quantum Power Transformation (QPT) is developing a power semiconductor technology based on gallium nitride (GaN) that, it believes, could deliver substantial energy and size savings compared to other technologies in variable-speed drives and other applications.
Robotics Automation News
DECEMBER 21, 2023
Revolutionizing the Drive Experience Owning or leasing a Porsche has always meant being able to experience the ultimate in performance and luxury vehicles. Porsche is currently leading this thrilling adventure into a brand-new frontier: the field of autonomous car technology.
E&T
DECEMBER 21, 2023
The UK Supreme Court has ruled that AI algorithms cannot be named as inventors in patents under the current legislation.
Canadian Manufacturing
DECEMBER 21, 2023
DURHAM — In the heart of the largest known reservoir of crude bitumen in the world, Kempower’s direct EV charging Satellites are being requested; with the company’s first product shipment in North America, deployed Thursday, December 14, 2023 from its new North Carolina site. “The world is taking notice, and in many places, decisions are being quickly and aggressively made to reduce greenhouse gas emissions,” said President Tim Joyce, Kempower North America.
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Start-ups & SMBs launching products quickly must bundle dashboards, reports, & self-service analytics into apps. Customers expect rapid value from your product (time-to-value), data security, and access to advanced capabilities. Traditional Business Intelligence (BI) tools can provide valuable data analysis capabilities, but they have a barrier to entry that can stop small and midsize businesses from capitalizing on them.
E&T
DECEMBER 21, 2023
Toyota is recalling nearly one million vehicles over concerns that their airbags may not deploy properly in the event of an accident.
Robotics Business Review
DECEMBER 21, 2023
Whiz is SoftBank’s best-selling cleaning robot. | Credit: SoftBank SoftBank Robotics America (SBRA) is partnering with Formant, a leading developer of robot management systems. Formant’s cloud platform helps robotics companies deploy, scale, and manage their fleets. It also provides data to end users to help prove the ROI of their robots.
Canadian Manufacturing
DECEMBER 21, 2023
TORONTO — Medline Canada Corporation, a healthcare supplies and equipment manufacturer and distributor, announced that it has entered into a definitive share purchase agreement for the acquisition of all of the issued and outstanding shares of Vancouver-based Sinclair Dental, an independent, full-service dental supplies and equipment distributor.
Motion Control Tips
DECEMBER 21, 2023
Instantaneous mode switching can help smooth transitions between different servo motor control modes in complex motion applications. Charan Bhamra Mechatronics Engineer EZ Motion In closed-loop servo control systems, there are three essential control modes; torque, speed, and position. Each of these parameters can be individually controlled depending on the application.
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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.
Automation Mag
DECEMBER 21, 2023
Comau is partnering with LiNa to design a scalable automated manufacturing solution for solid-state sodium-metal-chloride battery cells. Comau shares in a press statement that through simultaneous engineering, the team has finalized a concept design, allowing LiNa to automate its battery production process. The companies intend to validate the sustainable, safe and efficient oxygen-free dry box environment as a step towards larger-scale manufacturing.
Cisco Smart Manufacturing
DECEMBER 21, 2023
The end of the year and the start of the next is always a time of retrospection and celebration.
E&T
DECEMBER 21, 2023
Oxford’s Joint European Torus (JET) has performed its final fusion research experiments just over four decades after it delivered its first pulse on 25 June 1983.
Cisco Smart Manufacturing
DECEMBER 21, 2023
This year, my family (including the dogs) loaded up the car and drove into the beautiful Oregon mountains to cut down a Christmas tree.
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While data platforms, artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning (ML), and programming platforms have evolved to leverage big data and streaming data, the front-end user experience has not kept up. Holding onto old BI technology while everything else moves forward is holding back organizations. Traditional Business Intelligence (BI) aren’t built for modern data platforms and don’t work on modern architectures.
Control.com
DECEMBER 21, 2023
We begin to wrap up our data flow project with an introduction to visual-based (GUI) tools and dashboards to present the data ingested from the Google Sheets fault data source.
Modern Machine Shop
DECEMBER 21, 2023
Photo Credit: Ceratizit USA Inc. Ceratizit has released product developments and enhancements to its MaxiMill 273-08 face mill, WPC – Change Drill, as well as the HyPower Rough and HyPower Access 4.5-degree hydraulic chucks. MaxiMill 273-08 is a series of double-sided, negative indexable octagon milling inserts with up to 16 cutting edges per insert designed for applications requiring short machining times with deeper cuts up to 6 mm.
Mold Making Technology
DECEMBER 21, 2023
Photo Credit, clockwise from top left: Progressive Components, Mold Surface Textures, PCS Company and Boride Engineered Abrasives Mold maintenance, repair and surface treatment is crucial to keeping molds healthy, functioning and performing at their best. Regular maintenance prevents wear and tear, reducing the likelihood of defects in manufactured parts and minimizes downtime.
Modern Machine Shop
DECEMBER 21, 2023
Photo Credit: Edge Technologies Edge Technologies ’ FMB Turbo 3-38 for sliding-headstock CNC lathes features the company’s Revolutionary Sliding (RS) technology. This design is said to be the first in the industry to fully support the bar pusher and stock from inside the bar feeder all the way into the lathe spindle. According to the company, the FMB Turbo 3-38 RS is well-suited for Swiss lathes with longer Z-axis strokes, demanding applications such as non-guide bushing mode, as wel
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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.
Machine Metrics
DECEMBER 21, 2023
In the ever-evolving landscape of manufacturing, the ability to monitor and manage operations efficiently has always been pivotal. As market conditions become increasingly competitive and the availability of skilled labor diminishes, manufacturers are compelled to innovate and adapt. This journey from past practices to modern strategies is not just about technological advancements; it's about survival.
Modern Machine Shop
DECEMBER 21, 2023
Photo Credit: Weiler Abrasives Weiler Abrasives has announced that Mary Beth Martino has been appointed as the new chief financial officer (CFO) and member of Weiler Abrasives’ executive committee. In this role, Martino will be responsible for the global financial activities of the company and its subsidiaries. In addition, she will work closely with Weiler Abrasives CEO A.J.
The Fabricator
DECEMBER 21, 2023
Roll formers are being asked to process high-strength material to very tight tolerances. Old-school rolling mills are starting to become obsolete, but the latest systems are ready for the challenge.
Control.com
DECEMBER 21, 2023
The new Fisher FIELDVUE 4400 position transmitter from Emerson functions as an alternative to limit switches, providing continuous valve position data to ensure operations are safe and reliable.
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In the rapidly-evolving world of embedded analytics and business intelligence, one important question has emerged at the forefront: How can you leverage artificial intelligence (AI) to enhance your application’s analytics capabilities? Imagine having an AI tool that answers your user’s questions with a deep understanding of the context in their business and applications, nuances of their industry, and unique challenges they face.
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