Mon.Jan 30, 2023

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Hannover Fair 2023: Motion, drive, automation firms accelerate digital transformation

Design World

High energy costs, broken supply chains, and rising raw material prices continue to pose new challenges to business. To remain competitive, companies need to take steps to increase their efficiency and contain energy costs, which in turn will lead to a reduction in their carbon footprint. High-tech solutions in this area will be presented at… The post Hannover Fair 2023: Motion, drive, automation firms accelerate digital transformation appeared first on Design World.

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Waev Consolidates Industrial Electric Vehicle Business

Gary Mintchell

A certain South African-born, attention-seeking entrepreneur has brought media attention to a market for electric vehicles. We long-time industrial people are (or should be) familiar with a variety of electric vehicles that have been traversing aisles in manufacturing plants for decades. My question to Keith Simon, CEO and founder of Waev , was what could possibly be new in this world of electric material handling equipment.

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Kollmorgen’s new stepper drive delivers high-end features in a compact package

Design World

Kollmorgen, a manufacturer of motion control systems, introduces the new P80630-SDN stepper drive. Customers can now benefit from features such as smoothness, precision, and torque across the full speed range in a significantly more compact package that enables smaller, lighter, more versatile machines. Kollmorgen will also be introducing additional stepper drives and features in the… The post Kollmorgen’s new stepper drive delivers high-end features in a compact package appeared fir

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Improved technology should equate to improved quality of life for welders

The Fabricator

Josh Welton looks back at past attempts to automate to see if there are hints on what’s to come in automation and whether workers will reap the benefits of cobots and other technology advancements.

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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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How do sensors impact ATMs?

Design World

It’s well known that automobiles and smartphones have several sensors to improve today’s capabilities over those of previous generations. However, they are not the only products that impact consumers’ lives to do so. For example, automated teller machines (ATMs) have a surprising number and different types of sensors to perform a variety of functions.

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Nominations now open for Rising Stars class 2023

Plastics News

Plastics News wants to recognize the next generation of educators, engineers, designers, operators, scientists, marketing professionals and sustainability directors for our 10th year of Rising Stars.

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Radial selects Covariant to automate e-commerce fulfillment with AI-powered robotics

Robotics Automation News

E-commerce company Radial, a Belgian Post group company, the leader in e-commerce solutions, has agreed a new partnership with Covariant, an artificial intelligence robotics company, to automate sortation in their batch-picking operations through the installation of 12 Covariant Robotic Putwalls.

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US and EU officials sign ambitious AI agreement

E&T

The European Commission and the US administration have recently signed an “administrative agreement on artificial intelligence for the public good” at a virtual ceremony. The agreement was signed in the context of the EU-US Trade and Technology Council (TTC), launched in 2021 as a permanent platform for transatlantic cooperation across several priority areas, from supply chain security to emerging technologies.

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Controls system integrator: Always something to learn with PLCs, HMI, SCADA

Control Engineering

System Integrator Insights Work includes developing and commissioning programmable logic controllers (PLCs), human-machine interfaces (HMI) and supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) systems Experiences in control panel fabrication shop, learning control systems, influence views on technology and supply chain challenges. Advice for automation , controls, instrumentation industries: Involve younger people throughout the company.

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China’s total 2022 smartphone shipments at lowest level for 10 years

E&T

The total number of devices shipped in 2022 was 286 million, down from 329 million in 2021. This means that the total sales volume for 2022 was the lowest since 2013 and the first time since that year that annual sales have dropped below 300 million units, IDC said in a report. Android handset maker Vivo was the top-selling brand over the year, with a market share of 18.6 per cent.

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The Big Payoff of Application Analytics

Outdated or absent analytics won’t cut it in today’s data-driven applications – not for your end users, your development team, or your business. That’s what drove the five companies in this e-book to change their approach to analytics. Download this e-book to learn about the unique problems each company faced and how they achieved huge returns beyond expectation by embedding analytics into applications.

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New Versions of IDC and IDF Indicators are Available

Fabricating & Metal Work

Mitutoyo America Corporation, a leading manufacturer of precision metrology instruments and solutions, is proud to announce new versions of the IDC, IDF and IDS series of Digimatic Indicators and products built around these indicators such as Depth and Thickness Gages. IDC and IDF series improvements and changes: The IDC and IDF series Digimatic Indicators have new designs and functions.

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£110m scrappage scheme to help ULEZ-affected Londoners switch to EVs

E&T

It follows Mayor of London Sadiq Khan’s decision to expand London’s Ultra Low Emission Zone (ULEZ) London-wide in August this year. The zone was first introduced in April 2019 in a bid to reduce air pollution and charges non-compliant vehicles – mostly diesel cars that are more than six years old and petrol cars that are more than 15 years old – £12.50 for each day they are in the zone.

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Miller Electric Partners with Dave Kindig on Exclusive Helmet

Fabricating & Metal Work

Miller Electric Mfg. LLC , a leading worldwide manufacturer of Miller ® brand arc welding equipment, has announced the debut of the Digital Infinity ’22 Custom Kindig-it welding helmet : a design collaboration between Miller and Dave Kindig, American hot rod designer and owner of Kindig-it Designs. Inspired by some of his favorite and most iconic car builds, the helmet features Kindig’s hand-drawn car renderings on a black helmet base, creating a remarkable and iconic helmet that will make a spe

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View from India: Digital shift creates economic opportunity

E&T

Skill for better incomes Large scale digital transformation spurred by the pandemic continues across industries, prompting companies to migrate to cloud-based models from the traditional server-based ones. Hence there’s a felt need for professionals to handle cloud-based skills, be it data analytics, AI or DevOps (a portmanteau of development and operations).

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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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Fugro provides uncrewed surface vessel to TAQA

Robotics Automation News

Fugro has completed its first fully remote offshore survey inspection in the European North Sea for energy company TAQA using one of its Blue Essence uncrewed surface vessels (USV) with Blue Volta electric remotely operated vehicle (eROV).

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UK design firm presents sustainable car interior made of recycled foodstuffs

E&T

Designers and engineers at Callum went beyond materials already under consideration to identify fresh sustainable options that its customers could benefit from choosing through its 'SMS' design study. The study was intended to send a message to the automotive industry that sustainable alternatives are feasible. Using a retromod Porsche 911 interior as the basis for the research, the team - led by Charlotte Jones and British designer Ian Callum CBE - identified coffee pulp, eggshells, red lentils

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Extreme Power, Compact Design: KUKA Introduces Double Link Arm Robots

Control.com

Compact, cost-effective, and climate friendly. KUKA has announced the release of its latest range of heavy-payload industrial robots designed with a double link arm for high inertia environments.

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Philips to cut 5 per cent of its global workforce

E&T

Dutch consumer electronics and medical equipment maker Philips will cut 6,000 jobs over the next two years, in addition to the reduction of 4,000 staff announced in October, the company has revealed. The decision followed the reports that the company suffered a net loss of €1.6bn (£1.49bn) last year, down from a net profit of €3.3bn (£2.9bn) in 2021.

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Monetizing Analytics Features

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.

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Built Robotics acquires Roin Technologies to expand beyond autonomous earthmoving

Robotics Automation News

Built Robotics, a construction autonomy company and inventor of the Exosystem, which “turns any excavator into a robot”, is acquiring Roin Technologies, the maker of the what is claimed to be the “first automated concrete power trowel”.

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Emirates test flight runs plane engine entirely on sustainable aviation fuel

E&T

The flight, which took off from Dubai International Airport, was designed to demonstrate the ability to power flights entirely with SAF as part of efforts to cut carbon emissions from the aviation sector, which is notoriously difficult to decarbonise. SAFs are typically derived by combining jet fuel with alternatives such as biofuels or recycled oils from industrial food facilities.

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ASI and SICK optimize and automate logistics truck yard operations

Robotics Automation News

ASI Logistics and SICK Sensor Intelligence say they have achieved another milestone in the development of autonomous yard truck operations. Together, the two companies have “solved the issue of reversing into trailers autonomously”. This is one of the final steps in completing fully autonomous yard operations.

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Indonesian President Joko Widodo to personally attend HANNOVER MESSE

Dinesh Mishra

HANNOVER MESSE 2023 17–23 April Indonesia is this year’s Partner Country at HANNOVER MESSE. Indonesian President Joko Widodo has confirmed his personal attendance at the world’s leading industrial trade fair and will speak at the opening ceremony on 16 April. In addition, together with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, he will also take part in the traditional Chancellor’s Tour the next day – opening day Monday – at the fair.

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How Legacy Tools Are Failing Inventive Manufacturing Engineers

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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Q&A: Material Selection for Thin-Walled Micro-Molded Medical Devices

Plastics Today

Patrick Haney, R&D Engineer at MTD Micro Molding, explains the benefits of tiny thin-walled devices and the challenges involved in molding them.

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Recognition of a lifetime in the metals business at Target Steel

The Fabricator

Valentino Simone started Target Steel in 1988. In this interview, he looks back on his career in metals distribution.

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Talent Talk: A Whole New Vocabulary for Hiring Personnel

Plastics Today

All those new words and phrases boil down to one thing: There isn’t enough skilled labor to satisfy the needs of plastics processors.

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Aviation industry leader announced as Swinburne’s first Founder in Residence

AU Manufacturing

Rachael Barritt, business operations manager for Dovetail Electric Aviation, is joining the Swinburne University of Technology as the first Founder in Residence for 2023. Barritt will work closely with Swinburne’s top researchers in the Aerostructures Innovation Research Hub (AIR Hub) to develop new ideas and ventures aimed at shaping the future of sustainable aviation.

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How To Package & Price Embedded Analytics

Just by embedding analytics, app owners can charge 24% more for their product. How much value could you add? This framework from Software Pricing Partners explains how application enhancements can extend your product offerings. You’ll learn: How to take a disciplined approach to pricing The three elements of the Packaging Decision Framework Ways to structure your new embedded analytics offering Download the White Paper to learn about How To Package & Price Embedded Analytics.

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Flexiv to unveil new robots at company event

Robotics Automation News

Flexiv, a builder of general-purpose robotics solutions, will be launching a range of new products at its inaugural Flexiverse event today.

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REDARC taps Scott Begbie as new executive GM

AU Manufacturing

South Australia-based REDARC Defence & Space has announced the appointment of Scott Begbie to the role of executive general manager. Begbie, a former managing director at APC Technology , will now be in charge of leading and expanding REDARC Defence & Space through the development and implementation of plans that will assist the company in expanding to the defence , mining , and space industries.

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BMW Concept Car Comes in 32 Colors, at Once

Plastics Today

BMW development partner E Ink has delivered an ePaper capable of generating 32 different colors over 240 separate body segments.

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Carbon Fibre Futures Conference calls for abstract submissions from industry

AU Manufacturing

Carbon Nexus, Deakin University ’s cutting-edge research facility, has released a call for abstracts for the upcoming Carbon Fibre Futures Conference 2023. The event, which will be held from 8-10 May, will convene the global carbon fibre and composite materials community at Waurn Ponds Estate in Geelong to explore the latest innovations in the industry from across the globe.

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Mastering Digital Transformation: Your Guide to a Successful MES Implementation

70% of digital transformation projects fail (BCG, 2020). In an industry where most large software implementations falter, we recognize the importance of planning, optimization, and execution. With over 25 years of industry experience and countless successful implementations, MASS Group is opening the vault of tips and tricks to provide a complimentary step-by-step guide in implementing a Work-In-Progress (WIP) tracking software.