Sat.Jun 10, 2023

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Addressing 8 common misconceptions about welding metal-cored wire

The Fabricator

It’s important for metal fabricators and welders to understand the capabilities and limitations of metal-cored wire before switching from other wire types for arc welding operations.

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Methods and Algorithms in Error Checking for Serial Communications

Control.com

Errors in communications often manifest as a result of electrical noise interrupting the data during the transmission process, leading to various methods for determining whether received data has been damaged.

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Metal, light, and color combine to form interactive sculpture at Minnesota airport

The Fabricator

Artist Jen Lewin’s “The Aurora” sculpture celebrates the famed northern lights at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport’s Terminal 1.

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We Need to Talk About China, Again

Plastics Today

China’s self-sufficiency level in polyethylene will probably reach 70% this year; for polypropylene, it’s well over 90%. “Everyone who currently relies on exports to China is wondering what happens next,” writes industry expert Paul Hodges.

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Speeding Robotics Automation with AI

The $53 trillion manufacturing economy in the US is undergoing a major automation paradigm shift due to Artificial Intelligence (AI). Thanks to new practical frameworks, automation projects that were once impossible or inefficient to implement are now being fast-tracked, and robotics automation is becoming increasingly relevant to a growing number of users and scenarios.

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Method improves vision transformer AI system efficiency

Control Engineering

Vision transformer insights Vision transformers (ViTs) can identify or categorize objects in images, but this requires a lot of computing power and the decision-making process is not transparent. North Carolina State researchers are working on simplifying this process, which could help make ViTs more efficient and effective in how they are used. Vision transformers (ViTs) are powerful artificial intelligence (AI) technologies that can identify or categorize objects in images — however, there are

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Metal, light, and color combine to form interactive sculpture at Minnesota airport terminal

The Fabricator

Artist Jen Lewin’s “The Aurora” sculpture celebrates the famed northern lights at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport’s Terminal 1.

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