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Mitsubishi Invests in Clearpath Robotics to Realize Smart Factories of the Future

Control.com

Mitsubishi Electric has announced its investment in Clearpath Robotics, owner of OTTO Motors, to bolster AMR adoption for full factory automation and realize smart factories of the future.

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Improve Mold Machining With Equidistant Offset, Rest Finishing and Innovative Five-Axis Toolpath Strategies

Mold Making Technology

For complex mold machining, like this glass bottle mold, CAD/CAM with innovative toolpath strategies is essential. Photo Credit, all images: BobCAD-CAM Moldmaking is complex, so mold builders are always looking for ways to simplify and streamline getting the part to code with easy, intuitive tool paths. Here, we’ll break down common challenges and recommended software solutions — an equidistant tool path and why it works well for molds with complex shapes; how to set up rest finishin

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How to Order a CNC Machining Service

Robotics Automation News

If you’re a business owner, it’s likely that you want to cut costs. The good news is that there are many different ways to do this. For example, using CNC machining services can be a great way to get the parts and products you need without having to spend too much money on them.

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Partnership to Provide Powerful 3D Vision Solutions For The Automotive Industry

Metrology

Pickit3D and Zivid, two leading companies in the field of 3D vision robot automation, have announced a strategic partnership to jointly address the growing automation needs of the automotive industry. The post Partnership to Provide Powerful 3D Vision Solutions For The Automotive Industry appeared first on Metrology and Quality News - Online Magazine.

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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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Nvidia CEO donates $50 million to Oregon State University, which promptly builds a $200 million supercomputing center

Robotics Automation News

Nvidia founder and CEO Jensen Huang and his wife, Lori, have donated $50 million to their alma mater, Oregon State University, to advance research in AI, climate science and robotics.

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Robotic Automated Fixture System Eliminates Part Clamping

Metrology

With the fully flexible PRAFS system thousands of different component parts can be located with repeatable accuracy and all-round accessibility. The post Robotic Automated Fixture System Eliminates Part Clamping appeared first on Metrology and Quality News - Online Magazine.

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CSL’s $800 million vaccine manufacturing facility in Melbourne nears completion

AU Manufacturing

CSL Seqirus has reached a major milestone in the construction of its new cutting-edge manufacturing facility for vaccine and antivenom manufacturing. The $800 million Tullamarine-based facility is now at its highest point of construction known as “topping out,” which is marked by the completion of roofing laying on the building. The manufacturing facility will have CSL Seqirus vaccine adjuvant technology (MFS59) to manufacture seasonal and pandemic cell-based influenza vaccines.

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Auto suppliers want more insight into EV plans, study shows

Plastics News

Suppliers, already juggling higher costs and choppy vehicle assembly schedules, need more insight into automakers' long-term electrification plans so they can create efficient strategies of their own, according to the annual study.

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New critical technologies list to help secure Australia’s future

AU Manufacturing

The Australian government has updated the List of Critical Technologies to support fields that will have a high impact on Australia’s national interest and help secure the country’s future. The new list seeks to support key enabling technology fields that will have a high impact on Australia’s national interest by providing opportunities to the economy, creating lucrative jobs, and improving the lives of Australians.

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‘METROLOGY BREW’ News Bulletin – May 22nd

Metrology

Summary of headline metrology and smart manufacturing news from the past 7 days. The post ‘METROLOGY BREW’ News Bulletin – May 22nd appeared first on Metrology and Quality News - Online Magazine.

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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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Beenleigh Steel Fabrications opens new facility to double production capacity

AU Manufacturing

Australian steel fabricator Beenleigh Steel Fabrications (BSF) has officially opened its new facility in Berrinba in a push to ramp up its production capacity and create new apprenticeships and traineeships. The company has completed the construction of its new $12 million facility with the support of the Palaszczuk Government’s $175 million Jobs and Regional Growth Fund , the Queensland government revealed in a media statement.

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Robotic Paint Inspection System Uses Terahertz Technology

Metrology

das-Nano measures thickness of each coating layer of a car body in a non-destructive way. The post Robotic Paint Inspection System Uses Terahertz Technology appeared first on Metrology and Quality News - Online Magazine.

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NZ Steel partners with gov’t in $300m decarbonisation plan

AU Manufacturing

Steel manufacturer New Zealand Steel is set to build a new $300 million (AUD 283 million) Electric Arc Furnace at its steelworks at Glenbrook within the next three years as part of the move to lower NZ’s greenhouse gas emissions. In a media release, NZ Steel Chief Executive Robin Davies revealed the large expenditure will immediately lower Glenbrook’s carbon impact by 800,000 tonnes, the equivalent of permanently removing about 300,000 automobiles from the road.

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Robots Position Automated Metrology Systems For Growth

Metrology

CONTROL remains a unique event in the industry calendar, solely dedicated to the field of quality assurance. The post Robots Position Automated Metrology Systems For Growth 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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Archer Materials becomes first Australian business to join World Economic Forum’s C4IR Partnership

AU Manufacturing

Archer Materials Limited, a semiconductor company that advances the quantum computing and medical diagnostics industries, has become the first Australian company to partner with the World Economic Forum’s Centre for the Fourth Industrial Revolution (C4IR), creating new opportunities for Archer Materials. In an ASX announcement, Archer revealed the partnership honours its pioneering work and patented innovations in graphene-based biochips for medical diagnostics and qubit processors for sem

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ASH Scale Up Artificial Intelligence Inspection with Launch of Three New Software Modules

Metrology

ASH has announced the official release of three new software modules on the Acumen AI. The post ASH Scale Up Artificial Intelligence Inspection with Launch of Three New Software Modules appeared first on Metrology and Quality News - Online Magazine.

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Openway Food launches $10m manufacturing facility in Melbourne

AU Manufacturing

Australian food brand company Openway Food has launched its brand-new $10 million manufacturing facility in Melbourne, following a significant increase in the sales of its Mini Rice Cakes, part of its Table of Plenty product line. The new facility will generate around 40 new employment as well as economic benefits for the local rice and other ingredient suppliers who will supply the facility, the company announced in a press release.

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Setco Acquires Assets of GTI Spindle Technology

Modern Machine Shop

Shown here is a spindle with VibePro Tect installed, three-axis sensor and wireless transmitter which transmits collected data to the web app. Photo Credit: GTI Spindle Setco , a subsidiary of Holden Industries, has acquired the assets of GTI Spindle Technology. Setco and GTI are the two largest U.S. spindle repair providers serving all OEM brands globally.

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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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Schneider Electric upgrades Trade-UPS program to boost e-waste recycling

AU Manufacturing

Energy management and automation leader Schneider Electric has revamped its Trade-UPS program to help uninterruptible power supply (UPS) vendors in Australia modernise their IT infrastructure and reduce their e-waste. The new program seeks to make the recycling process more time- and cost-effective for UPS vendors by allowing selected partners to trade in and recycle old APC or competitor-branded units for brand-new ones, free of charge.

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Walter Turning Grades Feature Curved Wiper Cutting Edge

Modern Machine Shop

Photo Credit: Walter USA LLC Walter ’s FW4 and MW4 positive wiper geometries are designed for longitudinal turning and facing. They combine a “wiper effect” and the wear-resistant Walter Tigertec Gold grades. The curved wiper cutting edge makes the wiper action universal across various material groups such as steels, stainless steels, cast irons or even super alloys.

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Manufacturing as a Platform: A Gamechanger for Indian Manufacturing

Dinesh Mishra

Meshmix Media Brings Makers & Movers new Edition. Manufacturing as a Platform: A Gamechanger for Indian Manufacturing? Speaker – Mr. Aravind Melligeri, Chairman & CEO, Aequs Moderator – Mr. Aanand Pandey, Editor in Chief – Dynamic Manufacturing India Date – 23-05-2023 Timing – 1 pm to 2 pm Register Now – [link] The post Manufacturing as a Platform: A Gamechanger for Indian Manufacturing appeared first on Machine Insider.

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Turbine Powered Helicopter Quality ‘Takes-Off’ With Surface and Contour Inspection

Metrology

To enable the extremely efficient, high-precision surface and contour inspection of its in-house manufactured components Hill Helicopters recently purchased a SURFCOM NEX 240 DX-13. The post Turbine Powered Helicopter Quality ‘Takes-Off’ With Surface and Contour Inspection appeared first on Metrology and Quality News - Online Magazine.

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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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When Evaluating Gage Stability, a Picture Says 1,000 Words

Modern Machine Shop

When measuring multiple parts and the results are showing unacceptable variation, it is important to understand whether the manufacturing or the measuring process is at fault. If measurement accuracy is relied upon, one may be tempted to adjust a manufacturing process that is, in reality, accurate and under control. Gage stability implies different things in different contexts.

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Development of Next Level Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS) and Autonomous Driving (AD) Spotlight Enabling Role of Imaging Radars in Sensor Suite

Frost & Sullivan Manufacturing

The recent news that Chinese electric vehicle (EV) automaker NIO Inc will be deploying Dutch semiconductor manufacturer NXP’s latest 4D imaging radar solution in its vehicles is reflective of the growing interest in 4D imaging radar technologies. These technologies promise significant advantages –accurate and detailed object detection and classification, sophisticated sensor resolution, and extended detection range – over traditional radars.

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Second-skin-like wearable tech powered by AI

Manufacturer's Monthly

A new ultra-thin skinpatch with nanotechnology able to monitor 11 human health signals has been developed by researchers at Monash University. Researchers from the Faculty of Engineering and Faculty of Information Technology combined nanotechnology and artificial intelligence to bring machines one step closer to communicating with the human body. Using specialised algorithms, personalised Artificial Intelligence (AI) technology can now disentangle multiple body signals, understand them and make

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How to create PLC ladder logic code with Excel

Control Engineering

Programmable logic controller (PLC) insights PLC ladder logic code can be mass produced with Microsoft Excel, which can help with any code that is repetitive in nature. It is another way to automate processes that would otherwise take an enormous amount of time for a task that, while valuable, keeps engineers from performing other important tasks. The automation industry is always looking to make processes more efficient such as implementing batch control logic for a food and beverage manufactur

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How To Package & Price Embedded Analytics

Just by embedding analytics, app owners can charge 24% more for their product. How much value could you add? This framework from Software Pricing Partners explains how application enhancements can extend your product offerings. You’ll learn: How to take a disciplined approach to pricing The three elements of the Packaging Decision Framework Ways to structure your new embedded analytics offering Download the White Paper to learn about How To Package & Price Embedded Analytics.