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Engineering … illustrated

Design World

I write a lot in this space about the need to get more young people from all backgrounds to consider engineering as a career. We rarely end up as a sexy occupation on television. That’s relegated to doctors, lawyers, and heck, even crime scene investigators and morticians. (I don’t think we can count MacGyver as… The post Engineering … illustrated appeared first on Design World.

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More About The Edge—This Time From Siemens

Gary Mintchell

The list of trade fairs that I’m missing grows. I did not go to Nuremberg this year for the SPS show. There were many product announcements. These three are from Siemens concerning its Industrial Edge. It is all happening at the Edge. New hardware and software available for Siemens’ Industrial Edge ecosystem Industrial Edge Management System now cloud-based As-a-Service Low code for Industrial Edge: Simplifying edge app programming with Mendix on Edge Edge Computing allows manufacturers to

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Mercedes-Benz Initiates Digital First Production

Automation World

Three Mercedes-Benz plants are part of this initiative that uses Nvidia digital twin technology, artificial intelligence and cloud updated software.

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Cleaning Queensland’s ocean’s

Manufacturer's Monthly

Dr Ruirui Qiao from the Australian Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology (AIBN) is working with her team of researchers to refine new polymerisation techniques – the team’s goal is to provide a sustainable alternative to conventional plastics; she spoke with Manufacturers’ Monthly to explain. Dr Ruirui Qiao will be working with AIBN colleagues, Professors Tom Davis, Xuan Pang and Xuesi Chen from the Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry (CIAC), also in collaboration with the Chinese

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Navigating the Future: Generative AI, Application Analytics, and Data

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?

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Industrial Data Ops: The Next Frontier in Manufacturing

Automation World

By connecting system architectures, data access and culture, industrial data ops add context and governance to ensure that various data sources drive optimized results within shortened analytics cycles.

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Signs that Show it’s Right Time to Invest in Software Product Development

Robotics Automation News

In this digital era, imagining business operations without software is impossible. For most startups and small & mid-sized enterprises, there comes a point when opting for software product development becomes the need of the hour.

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$2.5m renewable hydrogen refuelling station launched in Clayton

Manufacturer's Monthly

Australia’s national science agency, CSIRO, and Swinburne University of Technology’s Victorian Hydrogen Hub (VH2) have today launched a state-of-the-art clean hydrogen refuelling station, purpose-built for enabling hydrogen research. The $2.5 million refuelling station uses green hydrogen produced with electricity from renewable sources that allows hydrogen cars to travel over 600km emissions-free on a full tank.

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China’s Belt and Road Initiative pivots to renewables and away from fossil fuels

E&T

A report has found that the share of renewables built as part of China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) has increased from 19 per cent 10 years ago to 47 per cent in 2022.

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Developing the largest orbital servicing vehicle built in Australia

Manufacturer's Monthly

Australian space on-orbit services and logistics startup Space Machines Company (SMC) has used a suite of products from Siemens Xcelerator portfolio of industry software to design and build the Optimus Orbital servicing Vehicle (OSV), one of the largest commercial spacecrafts being designed, manufactured, and assembled in Australia. The 270kg Optimus will be launched by a SpaceX rocket from the United States to help taxi commercial satellites into their orbital paths around Earth and beyond – pr

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How one fabricator obtains the perfect edge on a laser cut

The Fabricator

Jackson, Tenn.-based fabricator Cupples’ J&J Co. has a reputation for pushing the fiber laser cutting envelope. To obtain that perfect cut edge using high-powered fiber laser technology requires optimal gas flow, good material, attention to detail, and a lot of patience.

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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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Combining to become a one stop shop

Manufacturer's Monthly

The merger of Regal Rexnord and Altra Motion has allowed the companies to provide better solutions to the manufacturing industry in Australia. Regal Rexnord and Altra Motion have joined forces to become a one-stop shop for Australian manufacturers for any need from conveyors through to generators. The two businesses are now under the umbrella of Regal Rexnord IPS Oceania, combining decades of experience under one roof.

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Cisco Learners: What’s in store for Cyber Monday 2023

Cisco Smart Manufacturing

Each year, Cyber Monday has this amazing ability to sneak up on us. I’m willing to bet that I’m not the only one in the U.S. with that lingering summer-just-ended feeling.

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Video: Heroes of American Manufacturing – Mayville Engineering

NIST

Small and medium-sized manufacturers know that employees are their most important asset. Without employee commitment, no company can succeed. Mayville Engineering Company (MEC) recognizes this. According to MEC’s Executive Vice President of Fabrication Operations David Higgs, “What embodies MEC most is our mission statement. It’s pride, personal responsibility and daily excellence.

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Resin Price Report: Weak Demand, Lower Prices

Plastics Today

Most Prime polyethylene grades peeled off as much as a penny, as did polypropylene, the week before Thanksgiving.

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How Embedded Analytics Gets You to Market Faster with a SAAS Offering

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.

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University of Waterloo’s new Multi-Scale Additive Manufacturing Lab facility now open

Automation Mag

The University of Waterloo’s Multi-Scale Additive Manufacturing (MSAM) Lab opened its doors to a new facility for next-generation metal 3D-printing research. Launched in 2017, Waterloo’s MSAM Lab has reportedly become the largest metal additive manufacturing (AM) academic facility in Canada. The new facility will be located in Kitchener, Ont.’s Catalyst137 facility and contain more than $25 million worth of state-of-the-art equipment like a quad-laser powder bed fusion machine.

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Establishing and Keeping the Trust: The Cisco Duo Managed Services Story

Cisco Smart Manufacturing

You’re about to close your day when you receive a call from your customer asking for an urgent meeting tomorrow.

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Mitacs presents award to Vancouver researcher for next generation microchips

Canadian Manufacturing

Mitacs presents award to Vancouver researcher for next generation microchips VANCOUVER — University of British Columbia (UBC) researcher Matthew Mitchell has always enjoyed tinkering at the nanoscale, working with devices the width of a strand of hair or less. Now, his passion to push scientific boundaries has brought him to UBC spin-off Dream Photonics where he is helping to advance a new era in microchips that use photons (light) and electrons, opening up new possibilities for quantum co

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Bytes of Delight: Snacking on Snack Minutes Videos

Cisco Smart Manufacturing

Back in 2007, after months of intensive studying, I passed my first Cisco certification exam: the CCNA.

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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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Industry Minister expects NextStar to bring in ‘very few’ foreign workers for battery plant

Canadian Manufacturing

Federal ministers on Nov. 21 downplayed the number of foreign workers NextStar Energy Inc. will likely bring in to help build its heavily subsidized battery plant in Windsor, Ont., without providing specifics as to how many they expect will come. Industry Minister Francois-Philippe Champagne said the company, jointly owned by Stellantis and South Korea-based LG Corp, needs to bring in a limited number of workers with expertise to help establish an electric vehicle battery industry in Canada. 

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Blockchain Beyond Cryptocurrency: Exploring its Potential Across Industries

Robotics Automation News

Blockchain technology counted as the underlying infrastructure for cryptocurrency transactions. However, it has grown beyond its origins and has become a disruptive force across various industries. This article aims to explore the potential uses of blockchain technology outside of cryptocurrencies and provide insights into how it transforms different sectors.

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AI app identifies machines and suggests parts

Drives & Controls

Plastics specialist igus has developed an app that uses AI to identify machinery and to suggest lubrication-free components that could be used in it. The user simply takes a photo of an application and its surroundings on a mobile device, and the igusGo app identifies the equipment and searches through 10,000s of options to suggest which of igus’ products could have applications in the machine.

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Editorial Advisory Board 2023-2026: Camille Sackett, Vice President of Sales and Marketing for Accede Mold & Tool

Mold Making Technology

Camille Sackett, vice president of sales and marketing, Accede Mold & Tool , is one of MMT 's EAB members. Photo Credit: Accede Mold & Tool Get reacquainted with Camille Sackett. Camille came to MoldMaking Technology ’s editorial advisory board ( EAB) as an engineering, project management, sales, marketing and business development professional.

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Embedding BI: Architectural Considerations and Technical Requirements

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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‘A vote of confidence’: UK businesses welcome Jeremy Hunt’s tax breaks

The Guardian Manufacturing

Big firms hail permanent ‘full expensing’ – but some question whether it can help smaller companies British manufacturers have welcomed Jeremy Hunt’s announcement of permanent tax breaks for investment as the government tries to spur lagging UK productivity after years in the doldrums in its autumn statement. The chancellor said the tax break, worth £11bn a year by 2028-29 , was the “largest business tax cut in modern British history” as he made permanent “full expensing” one of the key growth-b

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Legged Robot Closes Digital Twin Remote Inspection Loop

Metrology

Aker BP, Cognite, and ANYbotics have partnered in pioneering offshore remote inspections with ANYmal X on the Valhall platform in the North Sea. The post Legged Robot Closes Digital Twin Remote Inspection Loop appeared first on Metrology and Quality News - Online Magazine.

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Fronius Welducation Simulator- Learning to weld the easy way

Manufacturing Tomorrow

The new augmented reality glasses make the weld, the welding process, and hence the entire welding experience astonishingly realistic, while the Welducation Campus rounds off the entire training package by teaching the theoretical aspects of welding.

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Thermo Fisher Scientific Opens Metrology Center for Battery Manufacturing

Metrology

The center will provide international battery manufacturers with access to the latest metrology and quality control (QC) technologies from Thermo Fisher, bringing together multiple state-of-the-art solutions in one demonstration environment, including the Thermo Scientific LInspector Measurement and Control System, The post Thermo Fisher Scientific Opens Metrology Center for Battery Manufacturing appeared first on Metrology and Quality News - Online Magazine.

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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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Temperature Control Unit, Hot Runner Heating Enhance Injection Molding Reliability

Mold Making Technology

Günther’s newest blueMaster compact temperature control features an integrated display. Photo Credit: Günther Günther Hot Runner Systems Inc. presents its BlueFlow hot runner heating technology, which it describes as significantly slimmer, more powerful and more energy-efficient than predecessors. The company says the BlueFlow hot runner nozzle has faster thermal reactions and is well suited for processing high-temperature resins.

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Compressor and Power Generation feature

Manufacturer's Monthly

Compressors and power generators play a critical role in the manufacturing industry from advanced and modern manufacturing through to well established manufacturing sectors. Compressors operate a wide range of tools and machinery on the production line including: Cutting and welding equipment Moulding gas tanks and plastic bottles Drive screws, turn nuts and adjust machines Power positioners, clamps, stamping machines, air chucks and air knives Facilitate sand blasting and metal finishing Operat

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PipeandSteel Industrial Fabricators plans $4.3 million expansion

The Fabricator

PipeandSteel Industrial Fabricators Inc. has announced plans for a $4.3 million expansion of its manufacturing facilities in Denham Springs, La. The project is expected to create 32 direct jobs while retaining 57 existing positions. In addition to technology and equipment upgrades, the.

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ARCDIS 7”-32” Industrial Fanless Display Series with IP66 Front Panel

Manufacturer's Monthly

Interworld Electronics is excited to highlight the ARCDIS Series of rugged industrial displays from APLEX Technology. The ARCDIS series has a wide range of rugged industrial features and customisable options, including display sizes (7”-32”), touch options, and screen resolutions, which makes it ideal for a wide variety of industrial applications, including manufacturing, warehousing, kiosks and process control.

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How to Leverage AI for Actionable Insights in BI, Data, and Analytics

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.