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New Leuze plant in Malaysia begins operation

Design World

After a construction time of just 16 months, Leuze has opened its new production site in Malacca (Malaysia). With immediate effect, Leuze sensors will be produced there for the international market. Leuze’s Asian customers are primarily supplied from Malaysia. Based on 2020, sales of the Leuze electronic group should double again by 2025. For the Sensor People, the construction of their new Leuze production site in Malacca (Malaysia) represents a key element in their global growth strategy

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Emerson Helping Albioma Become a Fully Renewable Energy Provider

Gary Mintchell

Sustainability continues its strong trend among industrial and manufacturing companies. This story concerns Emerson and Albioma regarding biomass. Global technology and software company Emerson has been selected by Albioma, a French independent energy provider, to help transition its coal-fired Bois Rouge plant to 100% renewable energy. As part of Albioma’s wider mission to transition all of its existing fossil fuel plants to renewable energy, Emerson’s automation systems and softwar

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Relays feature 1.8-mm contact gap to meet IEC safety standards

Design World

The J115F1K Series provides wide contact terminals for better heat transfer and a 1.8-mm contact gap to meet IEC safety standards. Heavy contact load is a hallmark of this high-performance relay. Robust in a lightweight and small package, the J115F1K Series relays are UL F class rated standard with UL and TÜV approval. CIT Relay & Switch is an industry leading manufacturer of RoHS compliant electromechanical relays, switches, and solid-state relays.

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Connect Legacy Systems with Edge-as-a-Service

Automation World

Advantech partners with Hivecell to deliver edge-as-a-service technology to connect legacy systems to the network edge and cloud.

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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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Fanuc plans to double Michigan campus to accommodate ‘automation demand’

Robotics Automation News

Fanuc, the world’s largest manufacturer of industrial robots, has launched a West Campus expansion that will push its operational space in Oakland County, Michigan to nearly two million square feet. The construction will include a 655,000 square foot state-of-the-art facility to house manufacturing, engineering and R&D projects. This investment in Michigan’s growing manufacturing area includes […].

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Prevent it, react to it, talk about it: Safety in the metal fabrication shop

The Fabricator

Soft-tissue injuries cost metalworking and other manufacturing companies millions every year, but heeding the early warning signs can save employees and business owners at any facility a lot of aches and pains.

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Ohio 3D printing company grows by focusing on the bigger picture

The Fabricator

Zac DiVencenzo and Dan Fernback met as engineering students in college at Youngstown State University and, shortly after graduation, opened an additive manufacturing company, JuggerBot.

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Benefits of cryptocurrency mingling with the real estate sector

Robotics Automation News

The virtual currencies are the best way to invest in real estate. They allow you to have more control over your investment and make it more transparent for other investors to see. The real estate industry is one of the most profitable industries in 2018. The growth it has seen over the past few years […].

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New subsidy helps manufacturers cut costs, boost sustainability

Manufacturer's Monthly

Queensland manufacturers are boosting sustainability and cutting costs by reducing energy, water and waste through a state government subsidy. . Queensland minister for Regional Development and Manufacturing, Glenn Butcher, said many manufacturing businesses want to streamline resource use and shrink their carbon footprint, but don’t know where to start. .

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Next-Gen Cleanflake Recycling Technology Debuts

Plastics Today

Avery Dennison is first label manufacturer to enable rigid plastic recycling for its polymer films portfolio, which could divert 200 billion plastic containers from landfill.

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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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Kuka receives ‘record orders’ in first six months of year

Robotics Automation News

Kuka, one of the world’s largest manufacturers of industrial robots, says it has achieved “record orders” in the first six months of 2022. At €2,545.4 million, the value of Kuka Group’s orders received in the first half of the year was 34.8 percent higher than in the previous year, and sales revenues increased by 13.5 […].

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MGA Thermal to demonstrate a fresh approach to energy storage

AU Manufacturing

Media Release Australian Renewable Energy Agency. On behalf of the Australian Government, the Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) has today announced $1.27 million in funding for MGA Thermal Pty Ltd (MGA Thermal) to help demonstrate their innovative thermal energy storage technology. . The Medium Duration Thermal Energy Storage demonstrator (MDTES), with an expected budget of $2.85 million, will see the construction of a pilot unit able to demonstrate the generation of steam from stored t

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Denso and Honeywell to develop electric engine for Lilium Jet

Robotics Automation News

Denso and Honeywell Aerospace are co-developing an electric motor for the Lilium Jet. This is the first product developed by Honeywell and Denso since formalizing their alliance, and it marks Denso’s entry into the aerospace market. The two companies will work with Lilium, developer of the first all-electric vertical take-off and landing (“eVTOL”) jet, to integrate […].

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Closing the gap in the elderly and digital divide

E&T

In Spain, Carlos San Juan de Laordon, a 78-year-old Parkinson’s patient, was frustrated by banks that were happy to hold his pension and savings but had closed all their branches, forcing all transactions online. So, he launched a petition. De Laordon was comfortable using internet services like Skype but because of his tremors, found the dexterity involved in banking apps too difficult.

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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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B2B E-Commerce Part 2: 7 Advantages of E-Commerce and How Systems Integration Makes Your E-Commerce More Successful

Seeburger

In B2B e-commerce, delivery speed, real-time information and flexibility are extremely important. Customers want to track their delivery online, make changes after they’ve ordered, and easily return something if they’re not completely happy with it – naturally free of charge. This has all been standard for a while in B2C e-commerce. However, now B2B customers are […].

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Semiconductor material that performs better than silicon

Control Engineering

Semiconductor Insights. Cubic boron arsenide is more ideal than silicon for semiconductor chips because it conducts heat better and handles holes from electrons’ positively charged counterparts. While this is good news from a research standpoint, cubic boron arsenide has not been made outside of lab tests and it is unknown if it can be made in a practical, economical form to where it would replace silicon.

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Siemens consortium secures Signaling and Telecommunication order for Kolkata Metro

Dinesh Mishra

Kolkata Metro’s Line 3 & 6 to be equipped with Siemens’ state-of-the-art rail automation technologies. The consortium of Siemens Limited India and Siemens Mobility GmbH has secured an order from Rail Vikas Nigam Limited (RVNL), a Listed Mini Ratna Category I Schedule A CPSE under the Administrative control of Ministry of Railways, for signaling and telecommunication of the Kavi Subhash-Biman Bandar Corridor (32 km) and Joka-Esplanade Metro Corridor (16 km) of Kolkata Metro Line 3 & 6.

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Exploring the reef’s wonders

Manufacturer's Monthly

Manufacturers’ Monthly sits down with English Engineering about a ground-breaking aluminium construction project in one of Australia’s most iconic locations. Leading adventure and leisure tourism company, Experience Co. recently put the finishing touches to one of Australia’s most ambitious construction projects – the state-of-the-art Reef Magic Pontoon.

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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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Sumitomo introduces innovative robot capable of climbing curved steel structures

Automation Mag

Sumitomo Heavy Industries developed a robot capable of climbing curved steel walls by magnetic adhesion. The achievement is part of a robot development project at the company’s Technology Research Center. The novel robot was designed to automate various manufacturing tasks at industrial sites, according to the company. The development was achieved under Challenge Program launched in FY2018.

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When down time is your enemy

Manufacturer's Monthly

Injectronics speaks to Manufacturers’ Monthly about its dedication to supplying electronic and mechatronic components to a variety of manufacturing markets. Manufacturing in Australia has a long history and has grown efficiently with the use of electronic assisted production lines. While we have some of the latest manufacturing technology, thanks to both local and international suppliers, we are also a country that maintains and continues to service existing equipment.

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Watch On-Demand: AM News LIVE, EP11 – August 8th

Additive Manufacturing

AM News Live, EP11 – Monday, August 8th, 2022. Special Guests: John Kawola , CEO of BMF – Boston Micro Fabrication Dayton Horvath , Director of Emerging Technologies at AMT. News Topics: Low Cost AM Titanium Alloys Focus of Collaboration America Makes Announces Three New Project Calls Totaling $4.6 Million in Awards Polyspectra and Fortify Receive 3 Million to Advance 3D Printed Tooling.

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Better welding yields better boats

Manufacturer's Monthly

Welding equipment upgrades from BOC has seen the iconic Australian boat manufacturer, Telwater, deliver quality results and improve on training. Telwater – which designs and manufactures Australian aluminium boat brands including Quintrex, Stacer, Savage and Yellowfin Plate – is comprised of a team of expert welders and painters, research and development technicians and many more who are committed to high quality workmanship.

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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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Kickstart: Safety basics

Plastics News

OSHA says it levied more than $700,000 in fines to plastics companies for lockout/tag-out violations, rules that are focused on employee safety.

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Used car market falls despite electric boost

SMMT

UK used car market falls -18.8% in Q2 2022 with 1,759,684 cars changing hands. First half transactions down -8.3% on last year and market now -12.8% year to date behind pre-pandemic 2019. Battery electric vehicles (BEVs) see boost of 57.1% to reach one in 105 transactions. The UK’s used car market shrank by -18.8% during the second quarter of 2022, with 1,759,684 transactions taking place, according to the latest figures released today by the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT).

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Ai Group’s upcoming conference to celebrate women’s contribution to Queensland manufacturing

AU Manufacturing

Ai Group Queensland is hosting a series of panel discussions to explore new opportunities and significant contributions women make to Queensland’s manufacturing sector. . The Women in Manufacturing conference in Gladstone and Mackay will be held on the 23rd and 25th of August, respectively. . The first conference will be held at the Oaks Gladstone Grand Hotel while the second event is slated to take place at the Rydges Mackay Suites.

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Pollutants from Deepwater Horizon oil spill detectable 10 years on

E&T

Once released into the environment, crude oil typically undergoes chemical reactions in the environment that transform it into different chemicals which can impact local ecosystems. The new study from Louisiana State University (LSU) researchers found that the oil spilled during the accident was largely transformed by the end of that summer, but some small quantities of chemical residues still persisted in the environment even ten years later.

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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.

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Aboriginal trainees successfully finish industrial vocational courses in WA

AU Manufacturing

Thirty-two Aboriginal trainees have completed their nationally accredited vocational training courses at the Australian Potash’s Laverton Training Centre (LTC). . Beginning in March, Central Regional TAFE offered multiple short courses in automotive and mechanical engineering, machinery operation, operating and maintaining chainsaws, and first aid. .

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NIST Launches New iEdison System for Reporting Federally Funded Inventions

NIST Manufacturing

The new system will make it easier for grantees and contractors to comply with reporting requirements.

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Indian tech firm LeadSquared selects Victoria as site of new Oceania HQ

AU Manufacturing

India-based global tech company LeadSquared is establishing a new headquarters in Victoria in a bid to build its first presence in Oceania, bringing new jobs and opportunities for academia and young professionals in the region. . Backed by the Victorian state government, the new headquarters and global training hub in Melbourne is intended to create 18 high-skilled jobs and cement Victoria’s position as a leading player in the global tech industry. .

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Stuff Happens, But Don’t Let It Happen Again and Again: MES and CAPA

iBASEt

We’ve all learned that these days, more than ever before, stuff happens. In the last couple of years, the COVID pandemic-induced labor and supply chain shortages, the war in Ukraine, and inflation have wreaked havoc on manufacturing. Much of manufacturing has been slow to change. After all, the phrase “if it ain’t broke don’t fix it” was the operating mode for many manufacturers.

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Mastering Digital Transformation: Your Guide to a Successful MES Implementation

70% of digital transformation projects fail (BCG, 2020). In an industry where most large software implementations falter, we recognize the importance of planning, optimization, and execution. With over 25 years of industry experience and countless successful implementations, MASS Group is opening the vault of tips and tricks to provide a complimentary step-by-step guide in implementing a Work-In-Progress (WIP) tracking software.