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Enhanced Allen-Bradley Micro800 Controllers save time and costs

Design World

Machine builders can save engineering time and costs with the enhanced Allen-Bradley Micro850 and Micro870 2080-Lx0E controllers using the latest Connected Components Workbench software from Rockwell Automation. The improved 2080-Lx0E controllers offer greater connectivity and design efficiency through the new Class 1 implicit messaging capability with up to eight EtherNet/IP devices support.

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Automation Fair Attracts Large Crowd, Exhibits New Technology

Gary Mintchell

There was Automation Fair and then meetings and then Thanksgiving. Plenty of time to digest everything I learned and experienced at Rockwell Automation’s event. They skipped 2020, of course. The 2021 event in Houston was abbreviated. This one held at Chicago’s McCormick Place resembled all the pre-Covid events. More than 15,000 attendees, lots of presentations and learning opportunities, and many Rockwell and partner exhibits.

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New 3/8 liquid nozzle provides a hollow cone spray pattern for pressurized liquids

Design World

EXAIR’s new 3/8 NPT HollowStream liquid atomizing spray nozzle provides a hollow cone spray pattern for pressurized liquids. They are applied to solve cooling, cleaning, foam breaking, rinsing, and dust suppression applications for industry. The tangential flow design is vaneless, with wide open internal features to resist clogging, and works well with liquids containing particulate.… The post New 3/8 liquid nozzle provides a hollow cone spray pattern for pressurized liquids appeared first

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Small Steps to the Cloud

Automation World

As more industrial companies migrate data and operations technology to the cloud, there can be concerns over the effect this might have on operations. By starting small or with something new, users can more easily overcome these issues.

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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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Heilind Electronics expands its portfolio with the addition of Positronic

Design World

Heilind Electronics, a global distributor of electronic components, has expanded its global connector portfolio with the addition of Positronic, an Amphenol company. The distribution agreement includes both Heilind Electronics and Interstate Connecting Components (ICC), the mil-aero division of Heilind. Positronic product lines apply to a variety of industries worldwide including military, aerospace, telecommunications, medical, industrial,… The post Heilind Electronics expands its portfol

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What excess tonnage does to a press brake and tooling

The Fabricator

Excess tonnage can damage a metal fabrication shop's press brake and embed tools into the bed and ram. The best practice is to avoid excess tonnage in the first place.

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Material Insights: Rail strike would create supply chain disruptions, higher prices

Plastics News

The U.S. plastics industry is warning that a rail strike will cause lost jobs, supply chain disruption and higher resin prices in coming weeks. Also, Amcor is boosting its recycling goals, and Australian supermarkets are trying to save plastic film recycling.

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What’s the outlook for chemical sensors?

Design World

The current emphasis on providing products and materials with fewer environmental effects will have a direct impact on the chemical industry and chemical sensors. Obviously, this starts with, but is certainly not restricted to, reduced CO2 emissions. Chemical sensors have a wide range of applications, including healthcare, industrial, biotechnology, and household sensing requirements such as […].

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Ontario unveils plan to strengthen food manufacturing supply chain

Canadian Manufacturing

PHOTO: Supply chain/Nick Saltmarsh via Flckr. TORONTO — The Ontario government announces the publication and announcements of its Grow Ontario Strategy. The strategy outlines the province’s plan to try and strengthen the agri-food sector, ensure an efficient, reliable, and responsive food supply and address ongoing vulnerabilities through new innovations.

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Know Your Phase: How and When to Use a Motor and Phase Rotation Tester

Control.com

Connecting a new motor without knowing the phase rotation of the electrical supply can cause damage to expensive equipment. By using a 3-phase rotation meter, you can save yourself time and money.

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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.

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To Attach or Not to Attach Thy Cap, That Is the Sustainable Question

Plastics Today

Heinz’s new recyclable monomaterial ketchup cap is good news, right? In a dramatic turn of phrase, the Bard of Boulder waxes poetic about what is a well-intentioned misfire.

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As plastics treaty talks open, a diplomatic push to 'restrain' virgin resins

Plastics News

As U.N. global plastic treaty talks get underway in Uruguay. some countries and consumer brands are pushing for an agreement that limits virgin plastic production.

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Specialty Acrylic Polymer Perfects Screen Visibility

Plastics Today

Annoying birefringence — the rainbow effect — could be a thing of the past for increasingly content-intensive in-vehicle displays thanks to a new resin from Asahi Kasei.

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UK pledges £1bn to insulate middle-income homes

E&T

The government's recently announced Eco+ scheme could see hundreds of thousands of homes across the country receive loft and cavity wall insulation , saving consumers around £310 a year, according to the energy secretary. . The £1bn scheme will run for three years from Spring 2023 and target households that do not currently get support to upgrade homes.

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Future Focus: Constructing Unshakeable Stability in Your Manufacturing Supply Chain

Speaker: Jay Black, Senior Account Executive

We’ve all heard the buzzwords to describe new supply chain trends: resiliency, sustainability, AI, machine learning. But what do these really mean today? Over the past few years, manufacturing has had to adapt to and overcome a wide variety of supply chain trends and disruptions to stay as stable as possible. Stability has become key in this post-COVID world, and will remain key moving forward.

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Tank Holding buys Solar Plastics

Plastics News

Tank Holding Co., North America's largest rotational molder, has made its 20th deal in the last three years, this time acquiring rotational molder Solar Plastics LLC of Delano, Minn.

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Giving Australian Made a new heartbeat

Manufacturer's Monthly

Space Tank Studio is a business makerspace and manufacturing incubator helping local designers and innovators build new to-market products with global potential. Billy Friend spoke to Scott Anderson and Holger Dielenberg about the makerspace ’s ambitions for the near-future after successfully pivoting through the COVID-19 pandemic. New ideas and start-ups inject excitement into Australia’s manufacturing ecosystem.

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UK Automotive commits to workforce diversity and inclusion with landmark industry Charter

SMMT

UK automotive industry launches new Diversity & Inclusion Charter in collective commitment to make workforce reflective of wider society and attract more talent to fill critical skills gaps. Major brands representing a fifth of Britain’s automotive manufacturing workforce pledge to shift the dial as Auto Council report highlights scale of the sector’s diversity challenge and calls for faster progress.

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Empowering people through automation and robotics

Manufacturer's Monthly

This month marks a major milestone for OMRON , a global automation giant with a proud history spanning nearly 90 years. The company has announced a striking new name and unveiled an innovative plan for the future to drive its operations in Australia and New Zealand over the next decade. . OMRON Oceania will now be known as OMRON Automation and Robotics to better reflect the company’s core business.

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A Low-Risk, Incremental Approach to Smart Manufacturing for Small & Medium Manufacturers

This guidebook discusses how small/medium manufacturers have implemented Smart Manufacturing initiatives and realized benefits such as increased productivity as well as higher levels of coordination and speed within the enterprise and supply chain.

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Allied Electronics adds Schneider Electric’s Altivar ATS480 soft starters to product lineup

Automation Mag

Allied Electronics & Automation has added Schneider Electric’s new Altivar ATS480 soft starters. According to an Allied press statement, the product is designed to support widespread digitization efforts in the industrial automation industry. Soft starters are solid-state devices that enable a gentle ramp-up to full-speed motor operation to protect AC motors from the damage that can be caused by the initial inrush of current associated with motor startup.

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Novel coating system to boost critical minerals processing

Manufacturer's Monthly

A $585,000 research collaboration between the Innovative Manufacturing Cooperative Research Centre (IMCRC) , Callidus Welding Solutions (CWS) and the Institute for Frontier Materials (IFM) at Deakin University will deliver longer-life seated ball valves for critical minerals processing. . The valves, which are manufactured from high-performance alloys and can cost upwards of $250,000 each, play a key role in the hydrometallurgy production of critical minerals like nickel, cobalt, and gold, and a

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Canoo to acquire vehicle manufacturing facility in Oklahoma

The Fabricator

Canoo has entered into an agreement to acquire a vehicle manufacturing facility in Oklahoma City for producing its LDV and LV vehicles.

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Lockheed Martin agreement to revolutionise space education

Manufacturer's Monthly

Lockheed Martin Australia has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the University of New South Wales (UNSW) Canberra Space to contribute to a comprehensive space education program. The two-year agreement is part of Lockheed Martin Australia’s commitment to developing the capabilities, training and educational opportunities Australia needs to strengthen and diversify its future space workforce.

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Best Practices to Boost Marketing Efficiency while Decreasing Cost Per Sale

Speaker: Kristin Hess - Senior Product Marketing Manager, Drift; Will Lyon - Head of Vertical Marketing, 6sense

The past three years have forced nearly every industry to rethink their prospect and customer engagement strategy. But while we’ve all been thrust into digital transformation, we haven’t all made the transition efficiently. Now that we know digital selling is the new norm, how can we ensure our website is doing as much of the leg work as possible for us - even in the midst of economic challenges?

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Total Commitment to Recycled PP Compounds for Automotive

Plastics Today

TotalEnergies announces the construction of a new production line for high-performance recycled polypropylene in France.

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Probiotec consolidates manufacturing operations to NSW site

Manufacturer's Monthly

Pharmaceutical manufacturer Probiotec Limited will be consolidating its current NSW pharmaceutical and fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG) packing businesses to a new 30,000-square-metre facility in Kemps Creek, New South Wales. The project is expected to deliver material, financial, and operational benefits to the company, with cost savings of $3 million to $5 million per annum as well as increased capacity, capabilities and efficiency.

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Smart wireless bandages could help heal chronic wounds

E&T

The medical device designed at Standford University has shown promise in speeding up tissue repair by monitoring the wound healing process and treating the wound simultaneously. The smart bandage is composed of wireless circuitry that uses temperature sensors to monitor the progression of wound healing. If the wound is less healed or an infection is detected, the sensors inform a central processing unit to apply more electrical stimulation across the wound bed to accelerate tissue closure and re

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Recycled PET at Core of Honeycomb Panels

Plastics Today

EconCore bets on sustainability with its honeycomb panel technology for automotive, transport, and construction applications.

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Innovations in Manufacturing: How to Become Your New Tech's Master

Speaker: Gary Mintchell, Founder of The Manufacturing Connection

In a world where new technology keeps popping up out of nowhere, it's easy to think that this new tech can solve any and all your manufacturing challenges. This is a dangerous assumption because thoughtless reliance on technology can become a liability. Yes, tech does makes work easier and faster, but we've learned in recent decades that projects can still fail if the new technology being used doesn't bring manufacturing, business, and go-to-market strategies together.

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£32m awarded to promising energy storage projects

E&T

Such technologies are considered to be crucial if the UK is to scale up renewable energy facilities and reach net zero carbon by 2050. The variable nature of renewables like solar and wind power means that energy can be produced when it is not needed, such as during extended periods of high wind. New energy storage technologies can help to store that excess energy to be harnessed at times of peak usage.

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KION Group to expand production site in Germany

Modern Materials Handling

In explaining the rationale for a 60% production capacity gain for the site in Reutlingen, KION leadership notes "sustainable market growth" in the field of narrow aisle trucks and vertical order pickers.

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Consortium aims to speed progress on smart field devices

Drives & Controls

A group of automation, semiconductor and Web companies – including Schneider Electric, B&R Industrial Automation, Amazon Web Services (AWS), Analog Devices, Arm, Texas Instruments and Lattice Semiconductor – have come together to develop an open-source OPC UA over TSN (Time Sensitive Networking) stack that runs on the FreeRTOS open-source, real-time operating system for microcontrollers and microprocessors.

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SMI hires executive director

The Fabricator

The Spring Manufacturers Institute (SMI), Oak Brook, Ill., has appointed Gary McCoy as executive director.

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The New Tech Toolbelt: Digital Twins, IoT, Cobots, & More

Speaker: Cory Skinner, Founder and CEO of FactR

From limited visibility and a lack of real-time data to a lack of agility and responsiveness to changing market conditions, there's no shortage of difficulties that today's supply chain professionals can encounter. What can be done to not only address these challenges, but overcome them? Supply chains need tools that elevate decision-making and boost ROI as well as respond effectively to demand fluctuations, customer preferences, and competition.