Automation World
MAY 24, 2024
Micropsi Industries’ MirAI 2 artificial intelligence-driven software for robots addresses automation issues encountered with position, shape, color, lighting and background factors.
Design World
MAY 24, 2024
DigiKey, a leading global commerce distributor offering the largest selection of technical components and automation products in stock for immediate shipment, is thrilled to be the key sponsor of the EW Project Challenge 2024 by ElectronicWings, a global design contest that aims to develop technology solutions to solve problems and improve the future.
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Automation World
MAY 24, 2024
Integrating new equipment often requires developing new SCADA screens, which can slow operations significantly. CSE Icon’s Ignition for Upstream Accelerator addresses this by streamlining the integration process.
Design World
MAY 24, 2024
Eight existing IEEE single-pair Ethernet (SPE) standards exist, with a ninth expected to be announced next year. Current standards include 802.3bw (100BASE-T1), two types of 802.3bp (1000BASE-T1), 802.3ch (10BASE-T1) optimized for automated environments, three versions of 802.3cg (10BASE-T1S, 10BASE-T1L, and 10BASE-T1M), and the 802.3da single-pair multidrop segments enhancement standard that was approved in 2023.
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Discover how CMMS (Computerized Maintenance Management System) transformed and revitalized Broderick's manufacturing plant in 5 productive ways. Before the CMMS, the plant faced challenges such as reactive maintenance due to staff shortages, inefficient inventory management, and poor team communication. With the CMMS, the plant experienced increased equipment uptime, streamlined maintenance processes, enhanced inventory management, improved communication, and better decision-making through real-
Automation World
MAY 24, 2024
A key aspect of the MirAI 2 technology that sets it apart from traditional robot vision systems is its ability to operate without relying on CAD data. Instead, it uses data captured by the camera from the actual operating environment.
Canadian Manufacturing
MAY 24, 2024
WHEATLAND COUNTY — USG Corporation’s Canadian division, CGC Inc., has announced the construction of its new $210 million manufacturing plant in Wheatland County, Alberta to deliver wallboard to residential and commercial customers across Western Canada. The 220,000-square-foot facility, situated on 214 acres of land northwest of Carseland, Alta., will create more than 200 jobs during the construction phase and more than 100 permanent, full-time manufacturing jobs once plant construction is
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Robotics Business Review
MAY 24, 2024
The Open Source Robotics Foundation (OSRF) yesterday released ROS 2 Jazzy Jalisco. The 10th version of ROS 2 is a long-term support (LTS) release that will be supported until May 2029. Jazzy Jalisco offers a host of new features and enables connectivity between existing ROS code and the Intrinsic platform. Intrinsic, a spinout of the X moonshot division of Alphabet in mid-2021, acquired the Open Source Robotics Corporation in late 2022.
Cisco Smart Manufacturing
MAY 24, 2024
Meraki APIs allow businesses to automate repetitive and time-consuming tasks, and configure and deploy networks quickly at a scale. Developrs can leverage API operations to retrieve performance metrics, monitor network health, analyze traffic data and create custom reports to gain insights into the network usage.
E&T
MAY 24, 2024
The trial, on a UK TransPennine intercity train, will demonstrate how battery retrofit technology can help decarbonise our railways.
Canadian Manufacturing
MAY 24, 2024
Alexander Dennis announces a contract with BC Transit for 29 double deck buses (GlobeNewswire) LARBERT — NFI Group Inc., a bus and coach manufacturer, announces that its subsidiary, Alexander Dennis Limited has received a firm order for 29 Enviro500 double deck buses from BC Transit in British Columbia, Canada. BC Transit is a provincial government corporation that provides planning, marketing, fleet, and funding support for all transit services in British Columbia outside of the Metro Van
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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?
The Fabricator
MAY 24, 2024
With demand booming for its fitness equipment, Atlantis Strength invested in an advanced fiber laser and automated tube bender to bolster its just-in-time manufacturing needs.
Automation Mag
MAY 24, 2024
The Automate Show is an annual North American automation showcase that brings together technologies, innovations, products and thought leaders to equip manufacturers with the tools to succeed. Tim Dawson, senior research director at Interact Analysis, talks to Manufacturing AUTOMATION about technologies and solutions seen at the Automate Show. He offers his insights on top technological highlights at the show and discusses why they are in focus in 2024.
Plastics Today
MAY 24, 2024
Meteorologists have revised upward forecasts for the 2024 hurricane season, which begins in June. Meanwhile, a water shortage in Mexico has prompted Ineos Styrolution to declare a force majeure.
Canadian Manufacturing
MAY 24, 2024
VANCOUVER — EnWave Corporation announced that it has signed an Equipment Purchase Agreement with an existing Royalty Partner that has licensed the Company’s patented Radiant Energy Vacuum dehydration technology. Pursuant to the Agreement, EnWave has received a non-refundable deposit from the Royalty Partner towards the acquisition of a 120kW REV® dehydration machine that is intended for start-up in 2024.
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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. 📊 Join us for a practical webinar hosted by Kevin Kai Wong of Emergent Ene
Manufacturing Tomorrow
MAY 24, 2024
NORD’s industrial automation solutions include MAXXDRIVE industrial gear units, UNICASE parallel shaft gear units, UNICASE helical bevel gear units, IE3 – IE5+ high efficiency electric motors, and NORDAC variable frequency drives. These solutions are engineered to work in unison for ultimate performance in demanding, heavy industrial environments.
Canadian Manufacturing
MAY 24, 2024
MONTREAL — PyroGenesis Canada Inc., a company that designs, develops, manufactures and commercializes advanced plasma processes and sustainable solutions which are geared to reduce greenhouse gases (GHG), announces that its subsidiary, Pyro Green-Gas Inc., has signed contracts totalling $1.3 million with a global steel company based in India, for the development and supply of technology to desulphurize and clean the gas that is released during the creation of metallurgical coke from coal.
MRPEasy
MAY 24, 2024
Warehouse management oversees the operations in a warehouse to ensure efficient storage, handling, and distribution of goods. Here is a comprehensive guide to the basics of effective warehouse management. What is warehouse management? Warehouse management involves overseeing the day-to-day operations of a warehouse to ensure efficient storage, handling, and distribution of goods and materials.
Canadian Manufacturing
MAY 24, 2024
Canada’s Competition Bureau has launched investigations into the parent companies of grocery chains Loblaws and Sobeys for alleged anticompetitive conduct, court documents reveal, with Sobeys’ owner calling the inquiry “unlawful.” The Federal Court documents show the Commissioner of Competition launched the probes on March 1, saying there’s reason to believe the firms’ use of so-called property controls limits retail grocery competition.
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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.
SMMT
MAY 24, 2024
With the country set for the twists and turns of a long-awaited election, planning for a sustainable and competitive future, one in which the UK can lead, must be a top priority for any incoming Government. Given a thriving automotive industry can drive a successful Britain – one that’s decarbonising, serving society, competing globally and delivering new jobs – we need smart policymaking to create the conditions for success.
Canadian Manufacturing
MAY 24, 2024
ST-LAURENT — Diverse Electronics has announced that it is now an authorized distributor of Indium Corporation, a manufacturer of solders, fluxes and brazes, and thermal interface materials, serving the global PCBA, semiconductor, and electronics markets. “We are very pleased to add Indium Corporation to the Diverse solder product lineup,” said Rick Masciotra, President and CEO of Diverse Electronics.
E&T
MAY 24, 2024
New research has revealed that plastic pollution must be reduced by more than 5% every year to meet UN targets.
Canadian Manufacturing
MAY 24, 2024
MONTRÉAL — AĂ©ro MontrĂ©al, QuĂ©bec’s aerospace cluster, closed the 9th International Aerospace Innovation Forum on the theme of collaboration. Over 1,700 participants from 19 different countries gathered at the Palais des congrès de MontrĂ©al for the event. For QuĂ©bec’s largest aerospace industry gathering, AĂ©ro MontrĂ©al brought together over 1,700 participants, 145 speakers and more than 800 business meetings over two days.
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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.
NIST Manufacturing
MAY 24, 2024
The CHIPS for America Research and Development (R&D) Office and Natcast, the operator of the CHIPS for America National Semiconductor Technology Center (NSTC), will host a webinar to discuss the NSTC Roadmap, a summary of Natcast’s RFI on Prototyping
Canadian Manufacturing
MAY 24, 2024
MONTREAL — Gildan Activewear Inc. announced that the full Board of Directors has resigned, and Vince Tyra has stepped down as President and Chief Executive Officer, effective at the end of the day. The outgoing Board has appointed Browning West nominees to the Board of Directors, effective at that time. The outgoing Board has ceased discussions regarding the previously announced sale process.
Manufacturing Tomorrow
MAY 24, 2024
Highly configurable units designed for industrial manufacturing of electronics
The Fabricator
MAY 24, 2024
MRPeasy has unveiled its new B2B customer portal as part of its CRM system.
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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.
Gary Mintchell
MAY 24, 2024
Remember when AI was hidden, buried deep within the program? Now a marketer is derelict in duty when not promoting AI in the product. Not to say it isn’t beneficial. Just that there’s more to it, we hope, than AI meaning that it solves a real problem. This news is from ServiceNow. Their solutions span broader industries than manufacturing. I have parsed the news for what is relevant to me.
Mold Making Technology
MAY 24, 2024
The Heroboard, QR exercise poster, hat, yoga blocks, extra heavy black band, red workout band and backpack. Not shown: Custom exercise pad that fits over top of the Heroboard. Source | Best Tool & Engineering Best Tool & Engineering (BTE) is an ISO 9001:2015-certified, full-service moldmaking and injection molding company, based in Clinton Township, Michigan, that has added a new service to its repertoire: consumer order fulfillment.
Dinesh Mishra
MAY 24, 2024
AZAD Engineering Limited, a leader in precision engineering and manufacturing, has secured a prestigious contract from GTRE (Gas Turbine Research Establishment), a renowned Research and Development Organization under DRDO (Defence Research and Development Organisation) and the Ministry of Defence, Government of India, to play the role of a Production agency.
Plastics Today
MAY 24, 2024
Biden's tariff hikes on Chinese imports have sparked significant concerns within the medical device industry. Can digital manufacturing ease some of the pressure?
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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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