Design World

APRIL 24, 2024

Battery storage systems and electric vehicle charging units are rapidly being woven into the infrastructure of today’s world. EV charging stations are being installed in many locations, including parking lots and garages, and renewable wind and solar power systems are driving the growth of industrial-sized grid battery storage systems to capture excess energy and make… The post Southco securing EV charging and grid battery storage infrastructure appeared first on Design World.

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Automation World

APRIL 24, 2024

The integration of artificial intelligence and immersive environments is expected to shape the future of HMIs, emphasizing the flexibility and mobility afforded by remote access technologies.

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Design World

APRIL 24, 2024

The new UT grommets from icotek are an innovative solution for the simple and efficient routing of cables into housings with and without plugs. The grommet is U-shaped with slots on one side that allow individual cable with a variable clamping range of 2 mm to be routed safely and tool-less. The diameter range is… The post Icotek‘s slotted U-shaped cable grommet for frameless installation up to IP54 appeared first on Design World.

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Gary Mintchell

APRIL 24, 2024

I went to the Aras customer conference for the first time this year. Interesting company, good products, innovative customers. But, sorry, I’m hardly shocked that a survey of 835 “executive level experts” say their companies are not prepared to use Artificial Intelligence. We are all still feeling our way along the path toward discovering if there is a use or not.

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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?

Design World

APRIL 24, 2024

Bolometers based on superconducting Josephson junctions (JJs) can be used for several types of sensors, including transition edge sensors, Josephson escape sensors, and radiation threshold detectors. This articddle first presents the structure of a basic bolometer and then looks at how that structure can be varied to produce different types of sensors.

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Gary Mintchell

APRIL 24, 2024

A personal development speaker I often listen to delivers a set of talks on developing personal guardrails designed to prevent us from going off the deep end emotionally and relationally. Similarly as we explore this new age of artificial intelligence (AI) people are recognizing that we could use a set of guardrails to help guide our collective decisions using this new technology.

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Gary Mintchell

APRIL 24, 2024

More and more companies are developing partnerships to serve customers rather than trying to reinvent the wheel. Hexagon had acquired PAS and its Cyber Integrity solution some years ago. This partnership announced with cybersecurity solution provider Dragos aims to do no less than “revolutionize OT cybersecurity at industrial facilities.” The technical partnership focuses on integrating the complementary OT cybersecurity capabilities of the Dragos Platform and Hexagon’s PAS Cyber Integrity to pr

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Design World

APRIL 24, 2024

Are you ready to improve your understanding of compressed air systems and operations? Dive into the world of airflow dynamics with EXAIR’s upcoming webinar, designed to explain the complex dance between laminar and turbulent flows in compressed air systems. Master the Fundamentals: Get a grip on the critical differences between laminar and turbulent airflow and… The post Upcoming EXAIR webinar: Laminar versus turbulent airflow in compressed air systems appeared first on Design World.

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The Guardian Manufacturing

APRIL 24, 2024

The Basque Country’s Mondragón Corporation is the globe’s largest industrial co-operative, with workers paying for the right to share in its profits – and its losses. In return for giving more to their employer, they expect more back When Marisa Fernández lost her husband to cancer a few years ago, her employers at the Eroski hypermarket went, she says, “above and beyond to help me through the dark days afterwards, rejigging my timetable and giving me time off when I couldn’t face coming in.

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Design World

APRIL 24, 2024

DigiKey, a leading global commerce distributor offering the largest selection of technical components and automation products in stock for immediate shipment, invites attendees at Automate 2024 to visit its booth, #2036, May 6-9 in Chicago. Visitors to DigiKey’s booth can learn more about the company’s automation offerings, including its vast product breadth, industry-leading manufacturers, and… The post DigiKey to showcase full automation offerings and value-add services at Automate

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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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Control.com

APRIL 24, 2024

Learn how to use DirectSOFT6 to program discrete I/O functions in a Koyo DirectLOGIC PLC. Although these PLCs are older, they are found in many existing automation installations.

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Design World

APRIL 24, 2024

The new Distributed Energy Resources (DER) Controller from WAGO is a library function block with a control algorithm for voltage, frequency, and reactive power control. To ensure a reliable power system, the DER connection to the grid requires communication between the energy source and the operator. Standards like IEEE 1547-2018 have been implemented to provide… The post WAGO introduces IEEE 1547-2018 compliant controller appeared first on Design World.

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Manufacturing Management

APRIL 24, 2024

A stark gender gap in young people’s interest in engineering and science and a sharp decline in practical science have been identified through a new survey by the Royal Society in partnership with EngineeringUK, with support from Wellcome.

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E&T

APRIL 24, 2024

An EngineeringUK survey has found a stark gender gap in young people’s interest in engineering and science, and a sharp decline in practical work during STEM lessons.

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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.

Plastics Today

APRIL 24, 2024

The announcement comes just two years after Brightmark had to scrap a similar project in a different Georgia community.

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SMMT

APRIL 24, 2024

British car production falls -27.1% in March, as manufacturers gear up to make new models, rounding off first quarter with volumes still up 1.1%. 59,467 cars leave factories in the month – with volumes for home and overseas markets declining -0.3% and -35.9% respectively. Latest independent outlook expects UK car and light van production to be around 940,000 in 2024, reflecting multiple model changeovers this year.

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Drives & Controls

APRIL 24, 2024

At the Hannover Messe, Festo unveiled the latest in a long line of bionic versions of living creatures – this time, a bionic bee which weighs around 34 grams, is 220mm long and has a 240mm wingspan, making it the smallest flying object created so far by Festo’s Bionic Learning Network. The bees can fly in large numbers and move autonomously in swarms, following paths specified by a central computer.

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Robotics Business Review

APRIL 24, 2024

InOrbit has joined the Open Source Robotics Alliance to support community software development. | Source: InOrbit InOrbit Inc. this month joined the Open Source Robotics Alliance, or OSRA. The Mountain View, Calif.-based company said it is a milestone in its commitment to fostering collaboration and innovation within the robotics community. “Having members like InOrbit is crucial to us because it’s an indicator of support from long-standing community members for our vision for the fu

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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.

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E&T

APRIL 24, 2024

A study undertaken by a consortium of global universities has found that for every 1% increase in plastic production there is an associated 1% increase in plastic pollution.

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Robotics Business Review

APRIL 24, 2024

Magna International will manufacture more delivery robots. Source: Serve Robotics Serve Robotics Inc. today said it has expanded its existing partnership with Magna International Inc. to increase production of Serve’s sidewalk delivery robots. Under the terms of the new production and purchase agreement, Magna is the exclusive contract manufacturer of Serve’s autonomous systems, supporting its plan to deploy up to 2,000 robots on the Uber Eats platform across multiple U.S. markets.

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Industry Week

APRIL 24, 2024

IndustryWeek editors look into that story and why we're all using AI wrong, Airbus' new management, drones heading to Congress and skilled trades taking the spotlight.

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Cisco Smart Manufacturing

APRIL 24, 2024

Join us as we dive deeper into Cisco and Cisco partner technology deployed at the Cisco Store!

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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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Robotics Automation News

APRIL 24, 2024

We bring you a list of the 7 best Steam Deck games to play. Check out the article and see if you find any game of your interest. What’s up, guys? We’re back with a few more game suggestions! We are already aware of how well-liked the Steam Deck is.

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Canadian Manufacturing

APRIL 24, 2024

SASKATOON — The Saskatchewan Indian Institute of Technologies (SIIT) and Boeing announced a $17M CAD investment from the company to advance Indigenous aerospace training and education in Saskatchewan. The funds will support SIIT’s programs, services and operations focusing on the expansion of the Saskatoon Aviation Learning Centre (SALC) to increase training of aircraft maintenance engineers in the province.

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Mold Making Technology

APRIL 24, 2024

Sourcee | Westminster Tool Westminster Tool is highlighting new developments with industry partnerships, including expanding its mold qualification and injection molding training with new Sumitomo SHI Demag machines and new case studies with metal 3D printing partner Mantle. Westminster Tool says that its suppliers and partners are a critical component to serving its customers.

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Frost & Sullivan Manufacturing

APRIL 24, 2024

Frost & Sullivan’s Manufacturing webinar series delved into the topic, ‘ Transforming Waste to Wealth and promoting Circular Economy.’ Led by industry experts, the session highlighted the critical role of transforming waste into wealth and circular economy principles for sustainable manufacturing. The panel included Vivekananda Bhat, Growth Expert and Associate Director at Frost & Sullivan; Dr.

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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.

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Mold Making Technology

APRIL 24, 2024

In Indiana, successful Industry 4.0 implementation strategies have been revealed through more than 50 interviews with early adopters, many of which are in the plastics industry. The interviews come from companies that have received matching grants from a state-supported program launched in mid-2020 to help Indiana manufacturers deploy Industry 4.0 technologies in their production processes.

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Metrology

APRIL 24, 2024

By utilising SmartRay’s industry-leading sensor system for weld seam inspection, Waldaschaff was able to inspect 100% of the weld seams on each component, improving quality, efficiency and accuracy. The post Automated EV Battery Weld Seam Inspection Uses 3D Laser Line Scanning Sensors appeared first on Metrology and Quality News - Online Magazine.

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Frost & Sullivan Manufacturing

APRIL 24, 2024

Frost & Sullivan’s Energy webinar series delved into the topic ‘ Evolution of Carbon Industry Mechanisms.’ Led by industry experts, the session highlighted the latest developments in the core regional carbon industry, its operations, growth hurdles, and future adopters of carbon pricing. The panel included John Raspin, Growth Expert, Partner, and Director at Frost & Sullivan; Jonathan Robinson, Growth Expert and VP of Research at Frost & Sullivan; Mahesh Radhakrishnan, Growth E

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Metrology

APRIL 24, 2024

BoldInspect is a web-based software platform designed for quality control in manufacturing. It provides access to CAD data in the browser, allowing anyone in the factory to view and analyse product parts during R&D, pre-series and series manufacturing. The post Industry 4.0 Quality Control Platform Combines CAD Data With Measurement Data appeared first on Metrology and Quality News - Online Magazine.

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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.

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