Thu.Dec 07, 2023

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HANNOVER MESSE launches Call for Papers

Design World

The Call for Papers by HANNOVER MESSE is aimed at any exhibitor or partner who would like to enrich the content of the forum program at the world’s leading industrial trade fair by giving a presentation. Four forum stages are available for this purpose: On the Industrie 4.0 Conference Stage, automation specialists, software providers, and… The post HANNOVER MESSE launches Call for Papers appeared first on Design World.

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SCADA Survey Yields Interesting Results

Gary Mintchell

I found this an interesting survey from Control Engineering (CFE Media). It ran a survey of its readers about SCADA. They received 135 responses from the USA. Some of the results were surprising. It should be noted that this survey is not statistically valid. It’s the opinions of those who cared to respond. Most were from the East Coast. (Thank you graduate school course on running statistically valid surveys which are definitely not run by journalists.

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STRIDE SE3 Ethernet Switches from AutomationDirect

Design World

AutomationDirect has added STRIDE SE3 series unmanaged Ethernet switches that offer low-cost networking solutions for industrial applications. Built with a rugged IP30 metal housing, this series offers Fast (10/100 Base-T) and Gigabit (1000 Base-T) speeds, fiber optic connections (ST 100FX, SC 100FX, and SFP ports), and up to 16 ports total. A plastic IP67-rated version… The post STRIDE SE3 Ethernet Switches from AutomationDirect appeared first on Design World.

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Super Intelligence or Super Temper Tantrum?

Gary Mintchell

Continuing in the realm of weird press releases today comes this gem about artificial intelligence company OpenAI and its leadership. As the drama unfolds over leadership changes at AI lab OpenAI, valued at over $29 billion, social entrepreneur and thought leader Nicole Gibson, author of Legacy Disorder, has insightful commentary to offer on this saga that she believes reveals deeper issues around immature and reactive leadership in the tech industry.

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Navigating the Future: Generative AI, Application Analytics, and Data

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?

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Omron Automation Americas, is hosting OmronOPEN 2023

Design World

Automation solution provider Omron Automation Americas, is hosting OmronOPEN 2023 at four locations throughout the Americas; Chicago, Dallas, New England, and Detroit. Attendees will have the opportunity to see first-hand how Omron’s innovative automation commitment propels companies to solve today’s automation challenges and prepare for tomorrow’s demands. “The significance of OPEN 2023 event is more… The post Omron Automation Americas, is hosting OmronOPEN 2023 appeared first

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First Hydrogen van tested by operators at track day

SMMT

Operators with a combined fleet of half a million vehicles in the UK and Europe tested First Hydrogen’s fuel cell-powered vans at a track day held at the Horiba Mira Proving Ground. Fleet managers from 21 operators including Asda, Sainsbury’s, DPD and NHS England simulated different duty cycles – reaching speeds of up to 70 miles per hour – with representatives from First Hydrogen and partner Ballard Power Systems on hand to discuss how the vehicles work.

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How VR can attract the next gen of structural fabricators

The Fabricator

After Bill Issler sold his FabSuite MIS software in 2018, he knew all about the industry’s greatest problem, skilled labor, and aimed to use virtual reality technology to help solve it.

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Turbocharging Reverse Engineering With 3D Scanning

Metrology

With their new Artec Leo 3D scanner in hand, the Curtis Industries design engineering team never expected it would slash a full 38 hours off their scan-to-CAD workflow for just one project and they discovered that Artec Leo’s benefits went way beyond a few dozen hours of time saved with each and every scanning job. The post Turbocharging Reverse Engineering With 3D Scanning appeared first on Metrology and Quality News - Online Magazine.

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Narrowing the welding PPE gap for women in fabrication

The Fabricator

Three PPE experts discuss the lack of well-fitting protective clothing for women welders and other skilled professionals and the developments being made to narrow this gap.

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9 Critical Steps to Building a Digital Twin for Your Factory

Control.com

Digital twins are a virtual process representation merging the simulation and real worlds to increase efficiency, optimize parameters, and predict successful operations for a variety of industries.

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Manufacturing Sustainability Surge: Your Guide to Data-Driven Energy Optimization & Decarbonization

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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How VR could attract the next generation of structural fabricators

The Fabricator

After Bill Issler sold his FabSuite MIS software in 2018, he knew all about the industry’s greatest problem, skilled labor, and aimed to use virtual reality technology to help solve it.

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UK accuses Russia of ‘sustained’ cyber-hacking attempts on politicians

E&T

Russia’s intelligence agency has been accused of attempts to interfere in UK politics and democratic processes through cyber attacks and by targeting high-profile individuals.

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Monthly Resin Report: Destocking Finally Runs Its Course

Plastics Today

The extended period of destocking stretching all the way back into last year has run out of steam, as production and inventory levels renormalize.

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Controlling Extreme Cutting Conditions in Large-Part Machining

Modern Machine Shop

Soraluce workers assembling one of the company’s heavy duty floor-type boring mills at the new assembly plant in Bergara, Spain. (Note that Spain and Europe do not follow the same PPE and safety regulations as the U.S.) All photos by Modern Machine Shop. If you had to choose just one accessory to bring on long flights, there is a strong argument to be made for noise-canceling headphones.

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How Embedded Analytics Gets You to Market Faster with a SAAS Offering

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.

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Acrylic Depolymerization Plant Reimagines Plastics Value Chain

Plastics Today

Set for commissioning in 2024 in Italy, the Trinseo demonstration facility will validate a chemical recycling process that produces materials on a par with virgin resin.

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Queensland government to manufacture 200 busses locally

Manufacturer's Monthly

The Queensland Government ’s commitment to build 200 rail replacement buses locally has hit another milestone with the preferred manufacturers announced. Scania Australia Pty Ltd and Volvo Group Australia Pty Ltd have both been appointed as preferred builders of the 200 new buses after a rigorous independent procurement process. The initial $133.8 million investment will ensure the buses are built in Queensland, supporting local manufacturing jobs, skills, and training.

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How to be more sustainable during the holidays

Cisco Smart Manufacturing

‘Tis the season! As we look forward to numerous holidays, special traditions, and spending time with loved ones, I can’t help but think about the impact of my actions.

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Hanwha signs $7bn contract to deliver IFV’s for the Australian Army

Manufacturer's Monthly

The Australian Government has signed contracts with Hanwha Defence Australia to deliver and support 129 locally built Redback infantry fighting vehicles (IFV) for the Australian Army. The total value of project is approximately $7 billion dollars, representing the single largest investment in Army capability to date. The combined value of the acquisition and initial support contracts is approximately $4.5 billion dollars.

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Modernizing MES: A Guide for Complex Manufacturers Adapting to Industry 4.0

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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Simplifying IT for Better Experiences

Cisco Smart Manufacturing

IT leaders face the challenge of managing a growing set of often disparate technologies and successfully delivering them to a wide audience of end users who demand simple experiences.

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New Rail Collaboration Centre to boost local manufacturing in WA

Manufacturer's Monthly

The Western Australian Government has taken another significant step to boost local freight railcar manufacturing with the establishment of a new Rail Collaboration Centre (RCC) in Karratha, with hubs located in Newman and Perth. Minister assisting the minister for state and industry development, jobs and trade, Stephen Dawson, announced a $998,000 funding package to assist the CORE Innovation Hub to enhance manufacturing and employment opportunities in the Western Australia’s rail sector.

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Cisco at AWS re:Invent 2023: Contagious Excitement for All

Cisco Smart Manufacturing

Having just returned from AWS re:Invent 2023, I can tell you that the energy and excitement surrounding the Cisco and AWS partnership could not be higher.

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Australian manufacturer Hysata receives COP28 Presidency Award in Dubai

Manufacturer's Monthly

Australian electrolyser company Hysata has been recognised with a top accolade at COP28 in the United Arab Emirates this week, receiving an Energy Transition Changemaker award along with 38 companies from around the world. Hysata is the only Australian company to be recognised in the Energy Transition Changemaker awards, an initiative delivered by the COP28 Presidency to recognise the private sector’s role in delivering innovative and scalable decarbonisation projects.

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Embedding BI: Architectural Considerations and Technical Requirements

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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9 Tips to Adopting Smart Manufacturing Technologies

CMTC Manufacturing Tech

Smart Manufacturing technologies are not just shaping the future; they're redefining the here and now. From the precision of sensor technologies to the intelligence of data-driven decision-making, Smart Manufacturing is forging a new era of innovation and production. For California manufacturers, this pathway offers the chance to transform operations in order to increase efficiency, revolutionize product development, and gain a competitive edge in global markets.

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BioNTech to establish mRNA manufacturing facility at La Trobe University

Manufacturer's Monthly

Biotechnology company BioNTech is planning to develop and commission a state-of-the-art mRNA clinical-scale manufacturing facility at the La Trobe Melbourne campus in Bundoora. BioNTech is focused on utilising the potential of the immune system by developing investigational immunotherapeutic treatment methods including mRNA-based vaccine candidates, to fight cancer and other diseases.

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Navigating Industry 4.0: The Impact of Smart Factory Automation Software

Manufacturing Tomorrow

In the ever-evolving landscape of manufacturing, Industry 4.0 is ushering in a new era of connectivity, efficiency, and intelligence. At the heart of this transformation lies the pivotal role played by smart factory automation software. In this blog post, we'll delve into the key aspects of smart manufacturing, exploring how automation software is shaping the future of industries.

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Advanced Navigation wins defence grant to spearhead photonic chip manufacturing

Manufacturer's Monthly

Advanced Navigation , a global leader in AI robotics and navigation technology, has been awarded a grant by the Australian Department of Defence to advance the nation’s domestic manufacturing capability for photonic chips. Currently, Australia does not have commercial manufacturing capability for photonic chips. Advanced Navigation is the first and only company to produce this technology in the country.

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5 Ways New Manufacturing Companies Are Accelerating Innovation

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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Emergent Vision Technologies introduces a new camera to support manufacturing

Canadian Manufacturing

PORT COQUITLAM — Emergent Vision Technologies, an advanced manufacturer of GigE Vision cameras and zero-data-loss vision technologies, announces the launch of the Eros camera series , which will support 5GigE, 2.5GigE and 1GigE speeds through auto-negotiation. Eros cameras will feature Sony Pregius CMOS image sensors, but in reportedly lower speeds, lower costs, and smaller-sized camera options.

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Raymond Corp. welder wins gold for second year in Toyota competition

The Fabricator

The Raymond Corp. has announced that Jordan Taft, a welder at its Greene, N.Y., facility, has won gold in the welding category of the international Toyota Material Handling Group Skills Competition.

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Carbon Fibre Grand Challenge awards $15.2M to cleantech solutions

Canadian Manufacturing

EDMONTON — Alberta Innovates and Emissions Reduction Alberta (ERA) are announcing the successful projects in Phase III of the Carbon Fibre Grand Challenge (CFGC). Over $15.2 million is being made available to five teams to refine and scale-up their carbon fibre production technologies. One of the Phase III CFGC recipients is Edmonton-based Thread Innovations Inc.

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Bolt Construction adds Titan equipment to painting, coating operation

The Fabricator

Bolt Construction Inc., a general contractor specializing in pipe fabrication and plant construction, is adding a fully equipped blast room and paint booth from Ivyland, Pa.-based Titan Abrasive Systems to its headquarters in Youngstown, Ohio.

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How to Leverage AI for Actionable Insights in BI, Data, and Analytics

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.