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Provide Informed Feedback, Not Opinions

Automation World

Solid feedback is a recommendation grounded in a comprehensive understanding of multiple factors impacting the automation project.

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Alro Steel acquires Access Metals

Design World

Alro Steel completed the acquisition of Access Metals in Baltimore, Maryland, on September 30, 2022. Founded in 2006 by Yolanda Drenner, Access Metals is a service center specializing in small orders with quick and competitive service to customers in manufacturing, machining, and fabricating. This purchase will allow Alro to grow its customer base in the… The post Alro Steel acquires Access Metals appeared first on Design World.

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The Basis for Fruitful Collaboration

Gary Mintchell

Nassim Nicholas Taleb wrote in his first book, Fooled By Randomness , “The more data we have, the more likely we are to drown in it.” I had a role in a manufacturing company once upon a time that was something like “director of all data.” Drowning would have been a mild word. I see manufacturing companies today entering digital transformation also in danger of drowning in data.

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The Australian Made effect on food in export markets

AU Manufacturing

Sponsored Content by Australian Made. The Australian Made, Australian Grown (AMAG) logo is a global icon. Instantly recognisable and well-regarded, the green and gold kangaroo is internationally known as a marker of genuine Australian Made products made to Australia’s high standards. Research conducted on over 4,000 participants across six countries* has shown that 97% of overseas consumers have a positive first impression of the AMAG logo, perceiving certified Australian Made products as

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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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Leadership transition at PMMI Media Group, publishers of Packaging World

Automation World

The incoming president focuses on digital media, events, and conferences at leading B2B media brand group.

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Festo Marks 50 Years in the U.S. with Major Expansions

Gary Mintchell

I can’t remember the date of my first visit to a Festo facility in Germany. I do remember being impressed with what engineers can do with pneumatics—a technology that I mistakenly thought at the time was at a dead end. Far from it. And Festo keeps growing. Especially in the US. I’ve visited one campus in the US, since I used to live close to the Mason, Ohio area.

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Turck introduces its new compact PSU67 power supply units

Expo21xx

Turck’s compact PSU67 power supply units ensure energy-efficient, decentralized power supply in modular systems at ambient temperatures of -25 to +70 °C Turck is adding compact power supply units with protection to […]. The post Turck introduces its new compact PSU67 power supply units appeared first on EXPO21XX.com NEWS.

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Material Insights: Falling prices for PET bottle resin, polystyrene and PVC

Plastics News

A slowing economy and falling feedstock prices are putting pressure on commodity resin pricing in North America. In Material Insights, senior reporter Frank Esposito explains the trends impacting PET bottle resin, polystyrene and PVC prices.

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Repeatable Powder Analysis with TA Instruments Rheometer

Additive Manufacturing

MILFORD, Mass./September 29, 2022 — Waters Corporation introduced new, innovative powder rheology tooling and software for its TA Instruments HR Rheometers allowing scientists to make precise, repeatable powder analysis (rheology measurements) simpler and faster. Such measurements enable materials scientists to optimize the processing and end-use performance of powders used in batteries, pharmaceuticals, additive manufacturing, food, personal care products, and coatings.

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Queensland announces world’s biggest hydro scheme

Manufacturer's Monthly

Queensland premier Annastacia Palaszczuk has announced a clean energy future for Queensland, which includes the biggest pumped hydro scheme in the world. A new dam in the Pioneer Valley near Mackay will supply half of Queensland’s entire energy needs with clean, reliable and affordable renewable energy. The dam is one part of a $62 billion Queensland Energy and Jobs Plan.

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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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Improve your fabrication shop's plasma consumables management

The Fabricator

Modern technology can help an operator of a plasma cutting table make the right consumable changes at the right time.

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NSW invests in bushfire technology R&D program

AU Manufacturing

The New South Wales government has announced funding for an innovative bushfire technology-focused research and development program. . High-tech sensors that can predict and detect fires and clean energy solutions for bushfire-affected communities are among the five proposals being piloted under the $6 million Bushfire Technology Pilots Program, the NSW government said in a statement. .

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Work underway on Australia’s newest city

Manufacturer's Monthly

Construction has begun on Australia’s newest city, Bradfield City Centre, which will create over 17,000 jobs and accelerate advanced manufacturing in Western Sydney. Work is underway on the first building, a 3,840 square metre multi-purpose building that will house office, exhibition and event spaces, Hitachi’s Kyoso Creation Centre, and the first stage of a new Advanced Manufacturing and Research Facility.

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NIIMBL Releases the First Industry-wide Biomanufacturing Readiness Level Framework for Biologics

NIST Manufacturing

The National Institute for Innovation in Manufacturing Biopharmaceuticals (NIIMBL) announces a Biomanufacturing Readiness Levels (BRLs) framework to lay the groundwork for a universal assessment of technology maturity and readiness level for

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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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3D Printing Goes Smooth and Flexible with New TPU

Plastics Today

The rubber-like material from Markforged enables manufacturers to print flexible, production-quality parts at point of need.

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Net zero bus manufacturer Ebusco selects Melbourne for new APAC HQ

AU Manufacturing

Dutch electric bus manufacturer Ebusco has launched its new operational Asia Pacific headquarters in Melbourne. . Minister for Industry Support and Recovery Ben Carroll welcomed the company’s announcement Friday, during the Ebusco 2.2 battery electric bus launch for right-hand drive markets, including Australia, New Zealand, and Japan. . “Ebusco’s decision to set up its Asia-Pacific headquarters in Melbourne is a vote of confidence in our state’s nation-leading innovation and advanced manufactur

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Canadian labour shortage is a long-term challenge, RSM Canada report says

Canadian Manufacturing

TORONTO — RSM Canada, a global provider of audit, tax and consulting services focused on middle market businesses, launched its third 2022 edition of ‘ The Real Economy, Canada ‘ – a quarterly report that provides Canadian businesses with analysis and insights on the country’s complex economic conditions. As governments and industries around the world grapple with inflation, rising costs and a breadth of other economic hurdles, the latest edition of The Real Economy, Canada exa

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Hearing Australia urges action on occupational noise-induced hearing loss as National Safe Work Month begins

AU Manufacturing

Media Release. More than 1.1 million workers in Australia continue to be exposed to harmful levels of noise in their workplace¹. And as National Safe Work month kicks off, Hearing Australia is urging workers across all industries to protect their ears from dangerously loud sounds. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), noise exposure contributes to 22 per cent of workplace-related health issues.

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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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Electric vehicles reach ‘significant milestone’ in new report

E&T

The latest DVLA data by the RAC Foundation showed there were 519,266 BEVs licensed at the end of June, an increase from the 282,977 that had been registered a year earlier and 130,246 at the end of June 2020. The most popular model was reportedly the Tesla Model 3, according to the RAC Foundation. . “This is a very significant milestone in terms of getting more battery-powered cars onto our roads, but we still have a long way to travel before we achieve a truly green fleet given that there are

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Survey Reveals Re-Industrialization at Risk From Global Education Gap in Automation

Metrology

ABB’s 2022 survey of US and European business leaders revealed that 74 percent of European and 70 percent of U.S. businesses are planning to re- or nearshore operations to build. The post Survey Reveals Re-Industrialization at Risk From Global Education Gap in Automation appeared first on Metrology and Quality News - Online Magazine.

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Book review: ‘Churchill’s American Arsenal’

E&T

Whether or not you agree with the claim that emerged from the MIT Radiation Laboratory in the wake of the Second World War – that the atom bomb ended the conflict, but radar won it – the critical aspect of the statement is that the war was fought as much in the R&D space as it was in the theatres of battle. While warfare technology is hardly an overlooked field, within ‘Churchill's American Arsenal’ (Oxford University Press, £22.99, ISBN 9780197554012) there lies a seldom investigated tale o

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Victoria announces grant recipients for zero-emissions vehicle uptake program

AU Manufacturing

Four Victorian businesses were among the recipients of a government grants program that supports the commercialisation of zero emissions vehicle (ZEV) technology. . The Zero Emissions Vehicles Commercial Sector Innovation Fund is a $5 million Labor government grant initiative designed to back commercial organisations to pilot and trial ZEV technology. .

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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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Water firms to cut customer bills by millions after missing targets

E&T

Households are to see almost £150 million taken off their water bills after 11 water suppliers have been hit by fines, regulator Ofwat has announced. Among the fined companies, Thames Water and Southern Water were said to have performed the worst and will have to return almost £80m to customers, according to Ofwat. Anglian Water, Northumbrian Water and Yorkshire Water, among others, also face fines following the regulator's recent enforcement cases, as part of an ongoing investigation into waste

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Hydro One opens grant applications for indigenous-owned businesses, including manufacturers

Canadian Manufacturing

Brandi Bomberry, Production Manager at MTS (CNW Group/Hydro One Inc.). TORONTO 8mdash; On Oct. 3, Hydro One and Canadian Council for Aboriginal Business (CCAB) opened applications for the Hydro One Indigenous Entrepreneurship Grant in support of Indigenous-owned businesses across Ontario. Last year, the Hydro One Indigenous Entrepreneurship Grant supported 28 Indigenous-owned businesses as they worked hard to recover from the impacts of the pandemic.

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Hands-on review: Honor 70

E&T

While last year’s Honor 60 was its first major release since the split, with product development times lasting up to 24 months it stuck rigidly to the design principles of its former owner. Its new flagship device does not sway far from the mid-range sector that the firm has always targeted, offering features roughly on par with the top end with some key compromises.

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‘METROLOGY BREW’ News Bulletin – October 3rd

Metrology

Read a quick summary of metrology and smart manufacturing news from the past 7 days. RoboTire Uses Machine Vision to Automate Tire Changing RoboTire, a Detroit-based robotics and automation company, The post ‘METROLOGY BREW’ News Bulletin – October 3rd appeared first on Metrology and Quality News - Online Magazine.

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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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Bystronic BySoft Suite software digitalizes processes from quote to delivery

The Fabricator

Bystronic has launched BySoft Suite software designed to help companies in the sheet metal industry digitalize their business, from quote to delivery.

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Igus Acquires Majority Stake in Commonplace Robotics

Metrology

The motion plastics specialist igus is expanding through investments in its Low-Cost Automation and has now acquired the majority shares in Commonplace Robotics based near Osnabrück, Germany. As an integrator, The post Igus Acquires Majority Stake in Commonplace Robotics appeared first on Metrology and Quality News - Online Magazine.

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PACE Technical and Vertex Solutions join for new MSP venture

Canadian Manufacturing

Managed service providers (MSPs) PACE Technical and Vertex Solutions Corporation announced today that they have joined their information technology companies together to create a new MSP venture with the official name “PACE Technical”. (CNW Group/PACE Technical). TORONTO — PACE Technical and Vertex Solutions Corporation have joined their information technology companies together to create a new MSP venture with the official name “PACE Technical.” The companies say this joint venture

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Invisible AI Raises $15 Million To Scale Computer Vision Platform Across Manufacturing Facilities

Metrology

AI solutions for manufacturing supplier, Invisible AI, has announced the closing of a $15 million Series A funding round, bringing the company’s total amount raised to $21 million. The funding will be. The post Invisible AI Raises $15 Million To Scale Computer Vision Platform Across Manufacturing Facilities 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.