Design World

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

Lapp North America announces it will launch its expanded family of SKINTOP MINI cable glands at ATX West 2023, Booth 4355. The extended Skintop Mini range includes 2 to 7 mm diameter glands, allowing system designers to obtain protective, secure seals for their small-diameter cables while reducing cable density in their networked devices. Features and… The post Lapp introduces Skintop Mini cable glands at ATX West 2023 appeared first on Design World.

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Gary Mintchell

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

While I was researching the QAD acquisition of RedZone , I noticed the prominence of something called “Adaptive Solutions.” When I mentioned I was curious about what that meant in beyond marketing terms, the PR team went to work and set up a conference call with QAD CEO Anton Chilton. He told me, “The pace of change facing manufacturers has required a real-time response to situations.

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Design World

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

To assist in training the next generation of manufacturing professionals, Acu-Rite is offering deep discounts on its line of DRO’s and Millpwr G2 CNC retrofit packages: [link] Additionally, Heidenhain is offering a collection of educational services and products to meet the demands for today’s digitization of data in NC metalworking. This worldwide initiative, called the Heidenhain Education… The post Heidenhain and Acu-Rite offer education support for manufacturing appeared first on Desig

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E&T

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

The PAC report stressed that the department had been “struggling for years” to deliver critical digital projects, some of them needed for use by UK warships and satellites. The chair of the committee, Labour MP Dame Meg Hillier, said the MoD was "frankly not up to the task it faces", and called for a "significant cultural change" to bring the systems up to date and to be prepared for modern battles ahead.

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Robotics Automation News

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

Two business units from within logistics giant UPS and famous retail brand GAP are combining their expertise to offer “unmatched automation and supply chain capabilities” to apparel and footwear merchants. The companies say their new offering will enable mall and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) to benefit from capabilities “previously only available to billion-dollar brands”.

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E&T

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

China plans to develop its space facilities in Antarctica as part of the country’s ambitious goals to become a leading space power. The country’s state-owned China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC) will develop the project after winning the tender with its 43.95 million yuan (£3.39m) bid. Ground stations help track the tens of thousands of satellites and other objects in Earth’s orbit and predict where they will be at any given time.

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E&T

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

Thousands of students working under the OCR and Cambridge International exam boards will sit on-screen mock ‘high stakes’ exams for the first time starting this week. GCSE Computer Science as well as IGCSEs in English and AS Level History are the first subjects being trialled, which will see schools pay around £10 for each digital exam. Jill Duffy, chief executive of OCR, said: “Students and teachers embraced digital learning by necessity during the pandemic.

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Robotics Automation News

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

Geek+ has provided 82 autonomous mobile robots for C-StoreMaster’s new $20 million distribution warehouse in Huntsville, Alabama, in the US. C-StoreMaster officially opened its 130,000-square-foot automated warehouse recently with a celebration attended by leaders in the convenience store industry and the city of Huntsville.

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Plastics Today

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

Compounder signs exclusive agreement with bicycle-frame maker V Frames to develop materials, such as bio-based long carbon fiber, for water-assisted injection molding.

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Robotics Automation News

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

Flexiv, a builder of general-purpose robotics solutions, has released the latest addition to its product portfolio, the Moonlight adaptive parallel robot. Flexiv says Moonlight is the world’s first force-controlled parallel robot and is ideal for applications that require precise motion and force control, such as screw fastening, ultra-accurate loading, and polishing.

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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?

Plastics Today

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

Genesis' calendering operation converts implantable PEEK into thicknesses from 0.1 to 1.0 mm in rolls, spools of strip, and custom-sized sheets.

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Plastics News

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

Materials maker LyondellBasell Industries has wrapped up a 2022 year that showed higher sales but lower profit.

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Mold Making Technology

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

Sodick AL40G EDM machine. Photo Credit: Sodick Inc. Sodick welcomes Merrifield Machinery Solutions (MMS) under the Sodick umbrella of machine tool distributors. Based out of Sterling Heights, Michigan, MMS will represent Sodick sales and service in eastern Michigan effective immediately. MMS brings over 15 years of experience in machine tool sales and support.

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Robotics Automation News

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

People who want to invest in stocks now commonly engage in online trading as an alternative option to more old-school methods.

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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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Plastics News

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

One auto supplier will open a satellite production facility closer to workers so they don't have to cope with the high cost of commuting.

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Drives & Controls

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

Just months after claiming to have set a new world record for the smallest servodrive, the Spanish developer Ingenia has produced an even smaller device – a 250W drive that measures 33 x 17.6 x 6mm, and weighs just a mere 6 grammes. The new Denali drives are aimed at applications such as robots, industrial grippers and lab automation systems.

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Modern Materials Handling

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

Research firm predicts CAGR of 16% through 2027 for the market for software used to control, execute, and manage the operations of automated warehouses.

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E&T

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

The sensor is so cheap and simple to produce that its developers said it can be hand-drawn with a pencil onto paper treated with sodium chloride. It also paves the way for wearable, self-powered health monitors that could detect other health concerns like cardiac arrests and pneumonia. “Our team has been focused on developing devices that can capture vital information for human health,” said Professor Huanyu Cheng at Penn State university, lead author on the study.

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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.

Modern Materials Handling

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

The Services PMI—at 55.2 (a reading of 50 or higher signals growth)—increased 6.0% over December’s 49.2, which was down 6.9% compared to November’s 55.5. Through November, the Services PMI had grown for 30 consecutive months.

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AU Manufacturing

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

Australia Minister for Industry and Science Ed Husic has launched consultations for the country’s first National Battery Strategy during a visit to Energy Renaissance , an Australian lithium-ion battery technology and manufacturing firm, at Tomago in the New South Wales Hunter Valley. The plan will help kickstart the local battery manufacturing industry and support the decarbonisation of the national economy, hit ambitious emissions targets, and foster Australian innovation.

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The Automation Blog

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

Daily Industrial Automation News and Tips: Today we're covering news about Softing, Mitsubishi, B&R, Balluff, Idec, Anybus, Denso, AS-i and more in our Automation This Morning blog for Friday, February 3, 2023. First is a press release from Antaira here about how they just obtained a patent on their iPoE Budget Control feature, which helps to avert damage to Antaira industrial PoE switches by preventing the switch from overrunning its set PoE budget.

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E&T

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

Google’s parent company Alphabet posted lower profits and only a small revenue increase, while Amazon also reported a fall in profits. Apple posted its first quarterly revenue drop in nearly four years. In Apple’s case, Covid restrictions at its manufacturing factories in China hit production, which impacted sales of the iPhone during the festive period.

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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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The Fabricator

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

Wandelbots, a Germany-based no-code robotics software firm, has opened a U.S. headquarters in Chicago to expand its global operations and accelerate human-centered robotics in the manufacturing industry.

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E&T

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

The committee called on the government to “urgently” publish its semiconductor strategy, which was first announced two years ago, or otherwise risk the development of the UK’s burgeoning industry. The committee published a response to the government’s stocktake of the industry in November 2022, but it expressed disappointment that its recommendations had not been fully addressed yet.

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Plastics News

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

The Illinois attorney general is accusing 14 companies of hiding the dangers of fluorinated chemicals. It comes days after Michigan's attorney general settled a similar lawsuit over a plastic compounding plant in that state.

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Modern Materials Handling

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

The Services PMI—at 55.2 (a reading of 50 or higher signals growth)—increased 6.0% over December’s 49.2, which was down 6.9% compared to November’s 55.5. Through November, the Services PMI had grown for 30 consecutive months.

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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.

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MEM

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

The maritime sector, which accounts for approximately 2.9% of global carbon emissions, is seeking to meet broader climate goals such as the Paris Agreement and ‘Fit for 55’ in Europe. Since it is the largest vessels, such as sea-going cargo vessels, which tend to contribute the most to maritime emissions, this presents a huge challenge. IDTechEx sees green fuels, such as green hydrogen and ammonia, as some of the most promising solutions, with the new IDTechEx report “ Fuel Cel

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Canadian Manufacturing

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

LONDON — Fanshawe College received a donation of $2 million from London’s Crich family. This is the largest individual donation in the College’s history, and will create the new Don Crich Skilled Trades Accelerator, housed at Fanshawe’s London Campus. The Don Crich Skilled Trades Accelerator will be an entrance point for all members of the community to learn more about trades and share employment opportunities.

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WORCON

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

After last year’s epic premier edition in Belgrade, TMRW conference powered by 2142, the largest emerging tech event, is set to make a sensational debut in Dubai, from February 8th till 10th 2023 at Dubai Festival City. The immersive three-day event now announces its program which will be bringing the latest trends from the emerging […] Objava TMRW DUBAI announces its program and reveals more speakers pojavila se prvi puta na Worcon.

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Fastener News Desk

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

NEWS PROVIDED BY: Institute for Supply Management Feb 01, 2023 New Orders and Production Contracting; Backlogs Contracting; Supplier Deliveries Faster; Raw Materials Inventories Growing; Customers’ Inventories Too Low; Prices Decreasing; Exports and Imports Contracting This report reflects the recently completed annual adjustments to the seasonal factors used to calculate the indexes.

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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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