Fri.Dec 30, 2022

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Material Manufacturing: New Weld Wire Reduces Failures from Hydrogen Damage

Control.com

Material manufacturing and process system industries rely on strong materials and assemblies that can withstand harsh environments and conditions. One new weld process can reduce failures and provide security for long-lasting mechanical fixtures.

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Metalformers Predict Modest Improvement Heading into 2023

Fabricating & Metal Work

Metalforming companies anticipate a slight uptick in business conditions heading into 2023, according to the December 2022 Precision Metalforming Association (PMA) Business Conditions Report. Prepared monthly, the report provides an economic indicator for the next three months of manufacturing, sampling 110 metalforming companies in the United States and Canada.

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Formlabs’ Automation Ecosystem Advances ‘Lights-Out’ 3D Printing

Plastics Today

The automated 3D-printing factory debuts at CES 2023. Target sectors include medical and automotive.

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Máquinas de usos múltiples y sierras próximas a exhibirse

The Fabricator

La máquina de usos múltiples 5014-ET de Scotchman Industries es la única máquina hidráulica de usos múltiples de 50 toneladas hecha en Estados Unidos con torreta giratoria de tres estaciones que acepta hasta tres tamaños diferentes de punzón que se pueden cambiar en segundos.

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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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Tooling Tech Group Rebrands TTG Automation as Century Automation

Fabricating & Metal Work

Tooling Tech Group (TTG), a leading provider of highly engineered tools and automated assembly equipment to a wide range of industries, has rebranded its Temperance, Michigan facility from TTG Automation to Century Automation. This facility specializes in developing automation for composite molded assemblies as well as assembly equipment and automated systems for composite applications such as bonding, routing, drilling and fastening.

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Copper coating on ESAB’s Purus welding wire helps reduce clogging, flaking

The Fabricator

ESAB has introduced an enhanced version of its Purus copper-coated solid wire for high-volume and robotic MIG and pulsed MIG welding applications.

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2022 in Review!

Marshall Wolf Automation

Does is seem like 2022 was just a blur? Between moving warehouses, new product releases, and constant vendor updates; MWA was able to make 2022 a year to remember! Let’s review some of our best highlights throughout the year. . January. We kicked off the year featuring one of our most popular products, VFDs. We covered the basics of what an AC Drive is, how to differentiate them from Soft Starters , when best to use one for your project and new vendor releases. .

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R&M Improves Reliability for Stainless Steel Producer

Fabricating & Metal Work

Hoosier Crane was able to deploy a more reliable, lightweight and modern system without replacing the bridges. Based in Fort Wayne, Indiana, Valbruna Slater Stainless, Inc. (VSSI) is part of the Valbruna Group. Founded in 1925, Valbruna has 2,500 employees and an annual output of approximately 250,000 tons of specialty steels. Production is primarily focused on stainless steels and specialty alloys, such as nickel alloys and titanium long products.

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High-Feed Milling System Optimizes Mold Milling Operations

Mold Making Technology

Photo Credit: Seco Tools. Milling challenging mold materials like tough steels, stainless steels, superalloys and titanium cause built-up or notched edges and broken inserts that increase tooling costs and cause unexpected downtime. To overcome the difficulties of these ISO P, M and S materials, the next-generation Seco Tool High Feed SP milling system features a combination of dedicated cutting geometries and insert grades, as well as optimized lead angles, that are combined to boost material r

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Holiday Special Edition of The Automation Podcast (P134)

The Automation Blog

Shawn Tierney wraps up 2022 with a Holiday Special Episode of The Automation Podcast covering the Top Ten Episodes and Shows of 2022, as well as his plans for 2023! For more information, check out the “Show Notes” located below the video. Watch the Podcast:     . Listen via Apple , Google , Pandora , Spotify , iHeartRadio , TuneIn , YouTube , Amazon Music , Stitcher , RSS , or below: [link].

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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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Say so long to 2022 on The Rebound

Modern Materials Handling

Hey, 2022 was better than you think for supply chain, say Abe Eshkenazi and Bob Trebilcock on their final episode for 2022

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The Automation Minute: Top Ten Episodes for 2022

The Automation Blog

Today we're taking a look at the Top Ten episodes of The Automation Minute released since 2020. If you don't know, The Automation Minute is our shorter, typically under 5 minutes, videos series, where as The Automation Show is our longer format series, with episodes typically clocking in at 10 or 20 minutes. We've found that this short duration format is a perfect length to answer viewers questions, or take a first look at new products.

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Natech Adds Laser Welding to Service Portfolio for Medical Device OEMs

Plastics Today

Laser welding is in demand for plastics-joining applications because of its speed, productivity, and accuracy, said Natech.

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Harland & Wolff hit by up to £34m order cuts and supply chain delays

The Guardian Manufacturing

Belfast shipbuilders famous for the Titanic suffer loss of revenues as it prepares for MoD contract Harland & Wolff has been hit by supply chain delays and order cuts worth at least £34m, in a blow for the owner of Belfast’s historic shipyard as it prepares to restart shipbuilding under a Ministry of Defence contract. The company said it will generate revenues of between £29m and £31m for 2022, significantly below the £65m-£75m it said it expected in September.

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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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Achieving circularity with scale in the packaging industry

Dinesh Mishra

In its 2022 report, Circularity Gap Initiative revealed that only 8.6% of all material used by humankind is recycled, with the rest contributing to the rising waste levels. A circular economy prioritizing recycling and reuse is the need of the hour that entails keeping raw materials, goods, and services in circulation for the longest time possible, limiting the level of waste that gets generated on a global scale.