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GE Digital Adds 3D Digital Twin, Accelerators to Asset Performance Management

Automation World

A partnership with Visionaize adds 3D digital twins to operational use cases, and a new Accelerator product line speeds time to value for its asset performance software in energy industries.

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Fiber laser marking parts anywhere with growing portable technology

The Fabricator

Laser marking, long relegated to a stationary, tabletop setup, now can be portable thanks to fiber laser technology advancements. This enables metalworkers to bring laser marking directly to metal parts like steel, aluminum, copper, and more.

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Will the 21st Century See an End to Human Labour?

21st Century Tech

Katie Brenneman is a frequent contributor of content here at 21st Century Tech Blog. Her interests include writing about sustainability, lifestyle, and mental health. You can follow her on Twitter. In this contribution, Katie talks about how robotics is changing the composition of what we call the labour force. The modern industrial production line today has seen assembly line workers and those working in warehousing replaced by machines.

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The recent chess robot incident should never have happened

Universal Robots

Universal Robots’ Global Technical Compliance Officer Roberta Nelson Shea explains why the recent and widely publicized chess robot incident in Moscow should never have happened.

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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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Skyhook Pro positioners from Pemamek made for assembly, arc welding applications

The Fabricator

Pemamek Oy and Pemamek LLC have introduced Skyhook Pro positioners. Controlled by a RC32H wired remote control and intelligent software, the positioners can lift loads up to 15 tons. They can be rotated +/-180 degrees for optimal positioning.

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New isolation and transport eLearning platform from EpiGuard

i4.0 today

Today, the Eker Group company that gave you the EpiShuttle, launched an eLearning platform to build knowledge, skills, and confidence on safe isolation and transport of infectious and contaminated patients. “ Ensuring the safety of healthcare professionals is at the core of everything we do. That’s why we have committed to training solutions and designed a training that goes far beyond traditional product information, ” Ellen Cathrine Andersen, CEO of EpiGuard said.

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The Value of Machine Data for Your MES

Machine Metrics

Manufacturers have long used Manufacturing Execution Systems (MES) to help manage production. And whether standalone or as part of a broader ERP system, MES has played a significant part in managing and improving production.

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Green Ammonia Market Looks Optimistic as Efforts to Boost Clean Energy Rise

Frost & Sullivan Manufacturing

San Antonio, TX –June 06, 2022–The growing need to decrease greenhouse gas emissions from industrial plants and reduce dependency on natural gas imports is leading to the adoption of green ammonia technology among manufacturers. Frost & Sullivan’s recent analysis, Green Ammonia: Valorization and Technology Market , finds that advancements in ammonia production from hydrogen derived from renewable sources are encouraged due to the recurring concerns about the environmental impact of conventio

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Increasing operational efficiency with automated palletizing

Universal Robots

Collaborative robotics (cobots) and Automated palletization are changing the way that manufacturing leaders and managers are able to think about their operations.

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MacLean-Fogg opens Michigan additive manufacturing plant

The Fabricator

MacLean Additive will use 35,000-sq.-ft.

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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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Data availability raises the bar on application expectations

Control Design

Sensor data can enhance industrial control and remote monitoring

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DOE awards $2.7 million grant to Maryland developer of technologies for 3D-printing ceramics

The Fabricator

Energy Department grant will help Synteris improve additively manufactured power electronic modules

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Radiant Presents Webinar on Advanced Metrology Systems for Production-Level Display Testing with Consumer Electronics Test & Development

Manufacturing Tomorrow

Broadcast July 27 from 10:30-11:30 A.M. ET, "Display Metrology for Production: AOI Systems and Technology Advantages" will cover technologies that bridge the gap between scientific measurement and high-throughput automated optical inspection (AOI).

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TriMech unites with Solid Solutions to expand global presence

Automation Mag

TriMech has acquired Solid Solutions Group, bringing together technical specialists from across four countries. This acquisition helps the companies expand support for design engineers and manufacturers in North America the UK, and Ireland. Marcel Matte, President and CEO of TriMech, said this move continues TriMech’s effort to broaden the technology and business solutions it can deliver to its clients, who work in industries as diverse as automotive to aerospace, and mining to medical devices.

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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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Comau and Seaberyâ„¢ unveil cutting-edge robotic welding training to expand opportunities and promote an increasingly skilled workforce

Manufacturing Tomorrow

The dedicated solution combines Seabery’s patented, augmented reality technology-based Soldamatic® simulated welding training and Comau’s e.

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Customized equipment builder makes the cut with continuous-cutting-tooth blades

The Fabricator

Panafab acquired Spyral saw blades from Bestway Products Co.

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Industrial training is a process, not a one-time stop

Plant Services

Tom Moriarty says employee training exposes new staff to the expectations, but leaders ensure those expectations are met.

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Guidance Automation’s Annual Automation Report Reveals Industry Believes Intralogistics Automation is ‘Critical’ For Success and Growth

Manufacturing Tomorrow

2022 findings reveal that nearly two thirds of businesses will be fully automated by 2025

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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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Easy-to-implement CMMS modules for improved equipment reliability and performance

Plant Services

David Berger says these two simple modules will move you toward planned maintenance and maximize equipment uptime.

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CNC Turning For Precision Parts: Overview And Advantages

Donlouco

CNC Turning: A Machining Process CNC Machining is one of the most commonly used manufacturing processes for precision parts and components due to its high accuracy, efficiency and repeatability. CNC Machining is generally categorised into CNC Milling and CNC Turning. Both methods of machining have their distinct advantages, choosing which machining process to use depends on the requirements of the parts such as geometries and features.

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Hot tips for industrial electrical safety

Plant Services

Sheila Kennedy says innovative tools and accessories help protect against serious industrial hazards.

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Frost & Sullivan Recognizes CoreStack with the 2022 Competitive Strategy Leadership Award for Its NextGen Cloud Governance and Management Solutions

Frost & Sullivan Manufacturing

San Antonio, TX — July 7, 2022 — Based on its recent analysis of the global hybrid cloud management platform market, Frost & Sullivan recognizes CoreStack with the 2022 Competitive Strategy Leadership Award for its comprehensive cloud governance and management platform that increases operational efficiency, optimizes costs, facilitates compliance, and enhances security for seamless cloud experiences.

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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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Federal Appeals Court turns back steel tariff challenge

The Fabricator

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit rules that former President Donald Trump had the right to levy the steel imports.

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