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Hannover Fair preview: Holo-Light’s AR, VR speed up product development

Design World

XR expert Holo-Light will showcase the new, enhanced version of its Augmented Reality Engineering Space AR3S at Hannover Fair April 17-21, 2023, in hall 15, booth F71. In exclusive demos, visitors will experience how immersive technologies simplify and accelerate product development and how to collaborate across Augmented Reality (AR) and Virtual Reality (VR).

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The Hidden Benefits of Manageable Switches in OT Networks

Automation World

Why upgrading to modern, scalable, and manageable infrastructure should be considered as part of any smart manufacturing initiative.

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Hannover Fair preview: OMRON uses AR glasses for digital twin assembly experience

Design World

In an evolution of its industry-renowned FORPHEUS AI-based table tennis robot, OMRON will show, for the first time at Hannover Fair, how the emerging concept of harmonized automation can be applied in an industrial context to help ease labour shortages. The highlight of OMRON’s booth, celebrating 90 years of innovation, will be a flexible assembly… The post Hannover Fair preview: OMRON uses AR glasses for digital twin assembly experience appeared first on Design World.

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AspenTech DataWorks, Enables Customers to Unlock Value from Data

Gary Mintchell

This ARC Forum company update looks at a new Business Unit of AspenTech called AspenTech DataWorks. Probably relevant to this discussion is a quote from Nassim Nicholas Taleb’s Fooled By Randomness, “The more data we have, the more likely we are to drown in it.” The founders of inmation Software, recently acquired by Aspen Technology must have had this in mind as they developed technology for making sense from data.

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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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Hannover Fair preview: Pepperl+Fuchs’ innovative technology for 3D measurement

Design World

From industrial automation to autonomous vehicles to care robots, mastering the challenges of the future will require powerful 3D sensors that capture their surroundings quickly, comprehensively, and with millimeter precision. A technological innovation from Pepperl+Fuchs in cooperation with the Fraunhofer Institute for Silicon Technology ISIT enables maximum precision and performance — while remaining highly cost-efficient.… The post Hannover Fair preview: Pepperl+Fuchs’ innovative

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The value of talk in the job shop and how culture builds sustainability

The Fabricator

Conventional wisdom in lean manufacturing says that material handlers should stage tools and material for operators. The less wasted movement operators make, the better. Still, how does this affect shop culture and idea generation? It's worth putting more value in talking a communication in the metal fabrication job shop.

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Maximizing efficiency in tube production

The Fabricator

During these days of climbing inflation, tube producers are looking at all aspects of the production process to possibly save costs. One area that deserves a closer look is the use of high-frequency welding.

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What are the different types of blockchain technology courses?

Robotics Automation News

The choice of blockchain technology courses is difficult and necessary at the same time. Learn the importance of different types of blockchain courses for you. What are the different types of blockchain technology Courses? Blockchain technology has induced a credible transformative impact on different conventional technologies, processes and systems.

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Low-income Londoners face shortage of ULEZ-compliant used cars

E&T

According to AutoTrader , only 5,150 affordable ULEZ-compliant cars below £5,000 are on sale in London despite 200,000 vehicles set to be impacted by the expansion. The average cost of used diesel cars that follow ULEZ rules was calculated at £19,991, while petrol cars cost £15,000. Typically, only petrol vehicles registered after 2005 and diesels registered after 2015 comply with the rules.

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Types of Brazing Machines

Robotics Automation News

Brazing machines are a type of welding machine used to join two or more metal pieces together. They are used in a variety of industrial applications such as automotive, aerospace, manufacturing, air-conditioner, and refrigerator Industry. Brazing machines use specialized equipment to melt and fuse metal pieces together with a filler metal.

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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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Investing with confidence in digital manufacturing

E&T

“A week is a long time in politics.” That remark, attributed to former UK Prime Minister Harold Wilson during the sterling crisis of 1964, applies almost as well to the economic policymaking witnessed in the UK in late 2022. Just three weeks after the then Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng announced his Emergency Mini Budget on 23 September, his successor Jeremy Hunt delivered an Emergency Statement on 17 October in which many of Kwarteng’s proposed tax reforms were unceremoniously dumped.

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The Role of Artificial Intelligence in Manufacturing

ATS

Share The role of artificial intelligence in manufacturing is continually growing today, based on a number of factors, including: Increased availability of technology Ever tighter profit margins The need for manufacturers to remain competitive in their space AI in manufacturing yields a broad range of benefits, which we will discuss throughout this article in greater depth.

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Water firms told to set out plans for ending sewage spills

E&T

The UK government has announced a consultation to introduce measures that would make it easier to inflict fines upon sewage and water companies that continue to dump excessive waste into swimming, shellfish and nature sites. Less than a year after it was found that many water firms released “potentially illegal” sewage discharges across the UK, the government has taken steps to rein in the sector.

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Powering Growth at AMBA Conference 2023

Mold Making Technology

Join the MMT editorial team for a variety of keynotes, breakout sessions, trade fair opportunities and plenty of time to reacquaint or meet new people. Photo Credit: Creative Technologies Registration is now open for this year’s American Mold Builders Association (AMBA) Conference, which will be held at The Amway Grand Plaza in Grand Rapids, Michigan, from May 10-12, 2023.

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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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Book review: ‘The Big Con’ by Mariana Mazzucato and Rosie Collington

E&T

At last, the consulting industry is in the headlines. It is finally coming to public attention just how much money is being thrown at big consultancies, and – especially in the case of Covid-19 contracts – with little to show for it. ‘The Big Con: How the Consulting Industry Weakens our Businesses, Infantilizes our Governments and Warps our Economies’ (Allen Lane, £25, ISBN 9780241573082) argues exactly that.

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The Importance of Tire Selection in Motorsports: A Guide for Racers

Robotics Automation News

When it comes to racing, cars are built for speed. However, the frames and engines aren’t the most important part of the vehicle. The tires are arguably the most crucial part of the vehicle. If you are involved in motorsport, the motorsport tires you need will depend on the track that you’re racing on.

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Industrial drone course launched to train new pilots

E&T

Given the safety benefits and increased efficiency for workers that drones can provide, as well as cost savings and a reduction in asset downtime for inspections, the use of drones across industry has grown rapidly in recent years. However, until now, no consistent training programme has existed for operators using drones within an industrial setting.

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Material Planning – Definition, Tools, and Tips

MRPEasy

Material planning is the process of figuring out what and how much is needed in order to produce goods within a specified timeframe, and ensuring the timely delivery of those materials. Accurate material planning can contribute significantly to the efficiency and profitability of a company. What is Material Planning? Material planning is a process in […] The post Material Planning – Definition, Tools, and Tips appeared first on Blog for Manufacturers and Distributors.

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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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Macquarie University to house $96m RNA research, manufacturing hub

AU Manufacturing

Macquarie University is slated to be home to Australia’s first-ever $96 million RNA research and pilot manufacturing plant, which will be run by Myeloid Therapeutics. Alister Henskens , Minister for Science, Innovation, and Technology, said the NSW Liberal and Nationals Government is collaborating with Myeloid, alongside Macquarie, to strengthen the state’s ability to develop and manufacture RNA-based therapeutics locally, including vaccine production.

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The Dream of Space Mining Remains Illusory at Present

21st Century Tech

Two companies have gone down the space mining path in the previous decade proclaiming missions to mine asteroids for their wealth. Planetary Resources was to go out and find water among the Asteroid Belt and harvest it for hydrogen for space propulsion and oxygen for habitats. Deep Space Industries wanted to harvest the metals found in asteroids worth billions of dollars for Earth and near-Earth-based use.

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Austal delivers largest surface ship with autonomous capability for US Navy

AU Manufacturing

Global shipbuilding company Austal has delivered Expeditionary Fast Transport USNS Apalachicola (EPF 13) to the United States Navy – the largest surface ship in the fleet with autonomous capability. Mechanical and electrical systems were already installed on the Spearhead-class Expeditionary Fast Transport ships, designed by Austal Australia and the Austal USA team.

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Neural network models learning from examples without training

Control Engineering

AI and machine learning insights MIT researchers found massive neural network models similar to large language models are capable of completing a new task using simple learning algorithms. This is part of a larger effort to expand artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) with the rise of GPT and other neural networks, which are showing their potential in helping human workers and changing how information is gathered and processed.

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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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BlueScope announces $851m EBIT for FY2023’s first half

AU Manufacturing

ASX-listed steelmaker BlueScope has posted an underlying EBIT of $851 million and a net profit after tax (NPAT) of $599 million for the first half of fiscal year 2023. Mark Vasella , managing director and CEO of the company, said the result, which reflects a $1,045 million decrease from the first half of FY2022, comes as the company’s downstream businesses and operations offset the impact of steel spreads softening from record levels.

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Cisco is Transitioning from FIPS 140-2 to FIPS 140-3

Cisco Smart Manufacturing

Encryption is paramount to providing integrity and confidentiality to protect our federal customers’ data.

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Sydney houses Australia’s first beverage carton recycling facility

AU Manufacturing

SaveBOARD , a packaging waste company, has launched its first beverage carton recycling facility in Australia today. Situated in Warragamba, southwest of Sydney, the new $5.5 million facility was established to manufacture construction products using beverage cartons that would otherwise end up in landfills. The first-of-its-kind facility will employ up to 12 local staff to operate the plant and process up to 4,000 tonnes of materials annually.

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Industrial IoT takes center stage at Cisco Live EMEA

Cisco Smart Manufacturing

Cisco Live EMEA wrapped up last week. And while the event is over, the momentum continues to build.

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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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ARM Hub taps additive manufacturing in spinal cord injury tech dev’t

AU Manufacturing

Advanced Robotics for Manufacturing Hub has collaborated with various organisations to provide its expertise in design, additive manufacturing , and robotics for the Spinal Life Australia (SLA) project in an effort to increase remote care solutions for people with disability. In a media release, ARM Hub said Hopkins Centre, SLA, and Advanced Queensland Fellow Dr Camila Shirota, a Lecturer at Griffith University , helped in building prototypes and testing 3D-printed hand grippers for wheelchairs

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Vollrath Co. announces executive leadership transition

The Fabricator

The Vollrath Co., Sheboygan, Wis., has announced that Erik Lampe will join the company in March to assume the position of president initially and then take over as CEO in June.

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Industry sets a path for net zero, new reports say

AU Manufacturing

In a series of new reports, a group of Australia’s emissions-intensive businesses and associated players identify a potential route to decarbonise heavy industry. The Pathways to Industrial decarbonisation Phase 3 reports, published by the Australian Industry Energy Transitions Initiative (Australian Industry ETI), outline decarbonisation strategies for five high-emissions supply chains; iron and steel, aluminium, other metals, chemicals, and liquified natural gas (LNG).

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D:PLOY Groundbreaking Collaborative Platform Simplifies Robot Deployment

Metrology

Delivering on its mission to break down automation barriers and bring the benefits of collaborative automation to businesses of all sizes, OnRobot has launched the D:PLOY platform. D:PLOY is the industry’s The post D:PLOY Groundbreaking Collaborative Platform Simplifies Robot Deployment appeared first on Metrology and Quality News - Online Magazine.

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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.