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How metal fabricators can optimize plasma cut quality

The Fabricator

In plasma cutting, different gas combinations react with the cut metal edge differently and affect the weldability of the surface. Selecting the appropriate gas combination and amperage for the material types and thicknesses is key to ensuring high-quality welds.

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2023 Predictions & Forecasts: Unwritten code

Robotics Automation News

Where would we be without computer code and code writers? And where will they take us next? Here, experts from of Celonis, Snowflake and Canonical comment on a range of topics and emerging technologies, such as process mining, data sharing, social robotics and the rise of “influencer-coders”.

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Laser-based system focuses tube weld inspection on data

The Fabricator

It didn’t take long for Xiris Automation’s WI-2200 laser-based welding inspection system to make believers of even the veterans at Tata Steel’s Tubes Netherlands division.

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2023 Predictions & Forecasts: The future is bright machines

Robotics Automation News

Two senior executives from Bright Machines, a manufacturing automation company, give Robotics and Automation News their thoughts and forecasts for the year ahead. The predictions offer insight on manufacturing trends, supply chain evolution, the future of automation, and more.

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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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Business minister boasted Britishvolt was Brexit success story months before collapse

The Guardian Manufacturing

Electric car battery firm planned to build large facility in Northumberland with government funds if it found investors Ministers were using the electric car battery maker Britishvolt as a prime example of the government’s record for “securing business investment in the UK” just months before the scheme collapsed without any public investment. The company, once heralded as Britain’s potential champion for battery making, fell into administration last week after the failure of last-ditch talks to

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2023 Predictions & Forecasts: Berkshire Grey expects RaaS to get bigger

Robotics Automation News

Insights from Chris Geyer, VP at Berkshire Grey Since Berkshire Grey designs and deploys AI and robotics technology to Fortune100 customers like FedEx, Target and Walmart, they have an expansive view of what’s happening across retail, e-commerce, grocery, package handling and logistics industries.

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2023 Predictions & Forecasts: European countries expected to be worst affected by automation

Robotics Automation News

When it comes to the workplace, developments in automation mean that the future landscape of work is changing and, in turn, the roles that we undertake. While many people fear that this contributes to a decrease in employment, many industries continue to grow and adapt despite automation.

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The Observer view on the free market thinking that failed Britishvolt | Observer editorial

The Guardian Manufacturing

The government’s hands-off approach meant the odds were against the EV battery startup from the start An essential pillar of Conservative party thinking has resulted in the collapse of Britishvolt, the electric vehicle battery maker and hoped-for saviour of the UK car industry. With a £3bn factory due to be built at Blyth, lighting up the Northumberland coast, the UK-owned and -run business would, in Boris Johnson’s words, “create thousands of jobs in our industrial heartlands” and boost electri

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Sleeve Cartoner by ÉLITER Packaging Machinery Goes to ENSURE in the United States

Manufacturing Tomorrow

ÉLITER Packaging Machinery, manufacturer of secondary packaging equipment, has completed a project with the nutrition drinks brand ENSURE in the United States to install a cartoning machine to wrap bottles of nutritional shakes with cardboard sleeve and in a 2x3 multipack.

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Epredia and Aiforia Join RegenMed Hub Innovation Accelerator, Expanding PHC Group Presence in Regenerative Medicine

Additive Manufacturing

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C./January 18, 2023 — PHC Group is expanding its presence in regenerative medicine by joining the RegeneratOR Innovation Accelerator. The RegenMed Development Organization (ReMDO) and the Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine (WFIRM) are two organizations accelerating the discovery and translation of regenerative medicine therapies.

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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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Dennis Fehr, Seasoned Financial Executive Joins 6K as Chief Financial Officer and Rob Davies, Manufacturing Expert, Joins 6K Energy as Chief Operating Officer

Additive Manufacturing

NORTH ANDOVER, Mass./January 19, 2023 — 6K announced Dennis Fehr as chief financial officer of 6K and Rob Davies as chief operating officer of 6K Energy. The appointment of these two strategic and critical roles ensures 6K has the leadership and expertise for future investments, M&A, and growth plans, as well as operational prowess for energy transition.

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BIRD – Israel-U.S. Binational Industrial R&D Foundation to invest $8.4 million in 9 new projects

Additive Manufacturing

TEL AVIV, Israel/Jan. 19, 2023 — The Board of Governors of the Israel-U.S. Binational Industrial Research and Development (BIRD) Foundation approved $8.4 million in funding for nine new projects between U.S. and Israeli companies. In addition to the grants from BIRD, the projects will access private-sector funding, boosting the total value of all projects to $20 million.