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2023 Events Listing Added To Metrology News

Metrology

The Metrology News event listing has been updated to display the most significant physical exhibitions and conferences scheduled for 2023. Metrology News has selected the premium global events to feature. The post 2023 Events Listing Added To Metrology News appeared first on Metrology and Quality News - Online Magazine.

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Manufacturer Automates Quality Control Gaging of Surgical Drills

Modern Machine Shop

The Q-Span System performing automated QC gauging. The robotic system picks a machined surgical drill from a tray, uses an LVDT gauge to measure several dimensions, records the measurements to a PC, and places the drill in a pass or fail bin. Photo Credit: New Scale Robotics. Medical contract manufacturers must often inspect 100% of their parts, a requirement that makes quality control (QC) by hand extremely inefficient.

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Top 5 Control Engineering content: December 26 to January 1, 2023

Control Engineering

Control Engineering’s top 5 content over the past week covered solar cell technology, MQTT, HMI and SCADA systems and more. Links to each article below. 1. Paper-thin solar cell can turn surfaces into power source. MIT researchers develop a scalable fabrication technique to produce ultrathin solar cells that can be seamlessly added to any surface.

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Happy New Year!

Plastics Today

The PlasticsToday team wishes you a very happy 2023. We'll be back with our news and views for plastics professionals on Jan. 3.

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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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Taking control of your control system

Control Engineering

Learning Objectives. Understand the costs and challenges process manufacturing plants face due to running legacy control systems. Learn about the benefits of modernizing a control system beyond improved operational efficiency. Learn how input/output (I/O)-agnostic systems can provide a cost-effective solution without requiring a full rip-and-replace.

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From Machining Centers to Cutting Tools: Here are the Top Ten Case Studies from 2022

Mold Making Technology

​​​​​​. Photo Credit: (top left) DMG MORI, (top right) Sandvik Coromant, (bottom left) Cavalier Tool & Manufacturing Ltd., (bottom right) Diamond Tool & Engineering/Creative Technology Corp. ​​​. From machining centers to cutting tools and everything in between, here are the top ten case studies published by MoldMaking Technology in 2022 based on analytics. 10.

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ABB Offers Cobot With Expanded Loading Capacity

Modern Machine Shop

Photo Credit: ABB. ABB offers the new Swifti CRB 1300 industrial collaborative robot, which is said to combine leading speed and accuracy with an expanded load-handling capability of up to 11 kg. The Swifti CRB 1300 can be used in a wide variety of production and product handling applications — from machine tending and palletizing to pick-and-place and screwdriving.