Design World
AUGUST 18, 2022
Finding employees in today’s labor market isn’t getting any easier. With quit and retirement rates near all-time highs, demand for qualified employees is outpacing labor supply. Two added resources from the PTDA Foundation’s PT WORK Force initiative can equip employers with essential tools to attract and retain top talent. Too often, an interview doesn’t adequately […].
Manufacturer's Monthly
AUGUST 18, 2022
A growing list of leading advanced manufacturers such as Nissan Casting Australia, skincare giant BWX and 3D printing manufacturer Spee3D are moving their operations to Dandenong in Victoria. . Greater Dandenong is located approximately 35km to the south-east of Melbourne’s CBD, and is fast becoming a hub for production excellence as well as a magnet for investment and high-skilled jobs. .
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Design World
AUGUST 18, 2022
Viking Pump, a global leader in positive displacement pumping solutions, needed a replacement coupling for its crude oil pipeline injector pumps. The 210 GPM pumps are installed on Leased Automatic Custody Transfer (LATC) units that measure and monitor oil flow at individual well sites. The pumps raise the pressure of the oil and inject it… The post Sure-Flex® Plus couplings for oil pipeline injector pumps appeared first on Design World.
Plastics News
AUGUST 18, 2022
Mattress companies that were in growth mode last year are seeing big drops in 2022; Sirmax honored for its Indiana plant; Can recycled PET make Fiji water more sustainable?
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.
Design World
AUGUST 18, 2022
EXAIR prides itself on its wide selection of manufacturing solutions and is continuously striving to produce new and innovative products. That’s why EXAIR is excited to present the new Catalog 34; a full-color technical guide offering solutions to common industrial conveying, cooling, cleaning, blowoff, drying, coating, and static electricity problems.
Plastics News
AUGUST 18, 2022
In automotive, the race to replace internal combustion engines with EVs offers opportunity and uncertainty to plastics companies.
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Manufacturer's Monthly
AUGUST 18, 2022
Astronaut, entrepreneur and global change maker, Dr Anousheh Ansari, will headline at the ACTIVATE Symposium on 25-27 October in Sydney. . The inaugural Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering (ATSE) event will welcome government, business and academia in sharing their vision for a technology powered, human driven future for Australia.
AU Manufacturing
AUGUST 18, 2022
Victoria has achieved new record low unemployment rates, according to a new report from the Australian Bureau of Statistics. . With a 3.1 per cent figure, Victoria maintains its status as the state with the lowest unemployment record since 1974, and the lowest rate since the bureau began reporting monthly records in 1978. Australia’s overall unemployment rate is currently at 3.4 per cent. .
E&T
AUGUST 18, 2022
Swimmers have been advised to avoid beaches and swimming pools across England and Wales due to pollution from sewage waters. . The south-west and south coast of England were the worst affected, according to data gathered by the environmental campaign group Surfers Against Sewage (SAS). Nine beaches in Sussex, seven in Cornwall, four in Devon, three on the Isle of Wight and three in Essex are amongst those polluted by storm sewage overflows after the recent downpours.
The Fabricator
AUGUST 18, 2022
Ask the Stamping Expert columnist Thomas Vacca explains how metalformers can use sensors to achieve zero miss-hits on a press.
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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.
AU Manufacturing
AUGUST 18, 2022
ASX-listed hearing devices manufacturer Cochlear Limited has reported a record sales revenue of $1.6 billion for the end of fiscal year 2022, a whopping 10 per cent surge from FY 2021’s results. . Cochlear’s statutory profit dropped by 11 per cent, to $298.1 million, but underlying net profit surged to $277 million, an 18 per cent improvement from the previous year’s, the company said in its announcement. .
The Fabricator
AUGUST 18, 2022
Small investments in shielding gas equipment can ultimately go a long way for welders in saving shielding gas while maintaining high weld quality.
E&T
AUGUST 18, 2022
Vasco Guerra at the University of Lisbon, Portugal, and his colleagues have shown that plasma can be made to vibrate in such a way that it separates carbon dioxide into its components ? carbon and oxygen ? in a process that could allow humans to breathe in Mars. . “Mars has very good natural conditions for the production of oxygen using plasma technology,” Guerra said.
AU Manufacturing
AUGUST 18, 2022
Western Australia’s CORE Innovation Hub was selected to serve as the operator of the Australian Automation and Robotics Precinct (AARP) in northern Perth. . Under an initial three-year contract, CORE will seek to attract, secure, and retain new partners and users at the Neerabup precinct. . “CORE Innovation Hub brings experience in managing innovative facilities, building collaborative ecosystems and driving transformation across the mining and resources, energy, oil and gas, space and defence
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The Fabricator
AUGUST 18, 2022
Florida technology company Apis Cor worked with a Montana general contractor to get approval for 3D-printed house walls
AU Manufacturing
AUGUST 18, 2022
Media release by Bostik. Bostik, the adhesives solutions segment of Arkema, has launched a range of products including within its engineering adhesives portfolio, Born2Bond , to provide an essential toolbox to support the marine industry in delivering sustainable repairs and manufacturing. . The new products come as boating manufacturers are switching from mechanical fasteners to adhesives and sealants to reduce overall boat weight, decrease material usage, further durability and encourage mor
Plastics Today
AUGUST 18, 2022
The employee was pulled through the rollers of plastic sheet machinery and died as a result in 2017.
AU Manufacturing
AUGUST 18, 2022
Agrifood innovation investor Silicon Valley Global (SVG) Ventures has unveiled a USD 50 million venture fund that would boost agricultural technology startups in Victoria, as well as across Australia and New Zealand. The multi-million dollar THRIVE Australia Venture Fund is aimed at offering greater opportunities for Victorian startups to deliver their products and services abroad.
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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.
E&T
AUGUST 18, 2022
In the new study, environmental changes have been shown to have a direct impact, such as the overuse of particular pesticides or extreme heat killing individuals, but more subtle effects have also been shown to be affecting the insects. Four species of bumblebee from the UK that were held in museum collections over the past century were analysed and evidence was found that the insects have been getting increasingly stressed.
Motion Control Tips
AUGUST 18, 2022
Beckhoff’s new EPX module series offers a compact option for Ex i signal acquisition from zones 0/20, 1/21 and Div. 1 as an addition to the wide range of EtherCAT Box modules. With robust IP67 protection, they enable direct and decentralized installation on machines and systems, even in harsh environments. This results in numerous advantages […].
E&T
AUGUST 18, 2022
Expedition 67 commander Oleg Artemyev and flight engineer Denis Matveev, both of Roscosmos, were instructed by Russian flight controllers to end the spacewalk yesterday after the issue occurred. Despite the early ending, cosmonaut Oleg Artemyev still managed to complete the installation of two cameras on the European robotic arm during the spacewalk.
Canadian Manufacturing
AUGUST 18, 2022
A small business lobby group says commercial bankruptcies are rising in Canada and even more small businesses are at risk of closure. Data from the Office of the Superintendent of Bankruptcy Canada shows small business insolvencies have been on an upward trend since May 2021. But in a report on Aug. 18, the Canadian Federation of Independent Business said its own survey data indicates only 10 per cent of Canada’s small business owners would file for bankruptcy if their business was no long
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Think your customers will pay more for data visualizations in your application? Five years ago, they may have. But today, dashboards and visualizations have become table stakes. Turning analytics into a source of revenue means integrating advanced features in unique, hard-to-steal ways. Download this white paper to discover which features will differentiate your application and maximize the ROI of your analytics.
E&T
AUGUST 18, 2022
The device is made of a thin layer of fabric, only about 0.3mm in thickness, with sea salt, carbon ink, and a special water-absorbing gel. The team of researchers from the National University of Singapore’s (NUS) said that conventional devices that use moisture to generate energy cannot produce enough to power electrical devices, whereas their rechargeable fabric-like ‘battery’ provides higher electrical output than a conventional AA battery.
Plastics News
AUGUST 18, 2022
The New York-based glasses startup rose to prominence after a $400,000 investment on Shark Tank and offers glasses that can be customized with acetate "top frames" to easily change the look of basic eyewear.
Manufacturing Management
AUGUST 18, 2022
The UK's leading shelving and storage experts, Rapid Racking, based in Gloucestershire, has partnered with intralogistics expert Jungheinrich to further support their sustainability goals.
Canadian Manufacturing
AUGUST 18, 2022
MONTREAL — Quebec-based ProEV, a division of Electrical Components International (ECI), announces the opening of an electrification site dedicated to the engineering and manufacturing of commercial and industrial electric vehicles in North America. The opening of this new facility on Côte-de-Liesse Road is coupled with the announcement of a $10 million investment over 5 years to support the facilities in a completely refurbished building.
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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.
Control Global
AUGUST 18, 2022
Allied describes the essential supply chain snags and issues impacting distributors and pretty much everyone else—along with some useful strategies
The Fabricator
AUGUST 18, 2022
Whirlpool Corp., Benton Harbor, Mich., has entered into a definitive agreement with Emerson Electric Co. to acquire InSinkErator, a manufacturer of food waste disposers and instant hot water dispensers for home and commercial use.
Canadian Manufacturing
AUGUST 18, 2022
DRUMMONDVILLE — On Aug. 18, Girardin announces that its line of electric commercial vehicles is now eligible for the iMHZEV federal incentive. This news therefore allows the Girardin dealership locations in Drummondville QC and Brantford ON to electrify private businesses, public transport companies and urban paratransit with its Blue Bird buses and Micro Bird minibuses, of which it is the exclusive distributor in Eastern Canada.
Plastics News
AUGUST 18, 2022
Private equity firm HIG Capital has plans to grow Avient Corp.'s distribution unit, which it is acquiring for $950 million in cash.
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