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ECM PCB Stator opens European offices to meet electric motor design demand 

Design World

U.S. electric motor design and software company ECM PCB Stator Technology has opened branches in the U.K. and Spain and named team member James McMullan as its Director of European Operations. As part of the expansion, ECM will continue to grow its Barcelona and London-based engineering and operations teams with strategic new hires. The European […] The post ECM PCB Stator opens European offices to meet electric motor design demand appeared first on Design World.

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Interact Analysis Market Research Shows US Up, APAC Steady

Gary Mintchell

Many research firms send news releases. Most have suspect (to me) research methodology. I only had one grad school seminar and a couple of statistics classes, but I’ve also gathered considerable experience. So, my BS sensor is usually pretty good. After a couple of conversations with Interact Analysis CEO Adrian Lloyd, I have a comfort level with how they approach these studies.

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The DCMove Belted Conveyor adds precision to material handling applications

Design World

A painted steel frame for added durability makes the new DCMove Belted Conveyor suitable for material handling applications, such as e-commerce, logistics, packaging, and palletizing, among others. The DCMove Belted conveyor offers a streamlined approach to conveyance, which is something many material handling applications call for in their equipment.

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Deloitte Canada’s new smart factory showcases interconnected ecosystem of solutions

Automation Mag

Deloitte Canada recently opened its “The Smart Factory @ Montreal” , a facility showcasing an interconnected ecosystem of more than 20 solutions and technologies and intent on transforming manufacturing and warehousing through digital transformation. “As Canada’s largest professional services firm, we care about the future of the country,” says Anthony Viel , chief executive officer of Deloitte Canada. “We believe that projects like this will fundamentally

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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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Hannover Fair press preview highlights industrial solutions for connectivity, climate neutrality

Design World

“Carbon-neutral production, artificial intelligence, hydrogen technologies, energy management and Industry 4.0 – those are the overarching themes of Hannover Fair 2023,” said Dr. Jochen Köckler, Chairman of the Managing Board of the Deutsche Messe group of companies. “Only the interplay of these technologies will make it possible to sustainably safeguard our prosperity and at the… The post Hannover Fair press preview highlights industrial solutions for connectivity, climate neutrality appe

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Qualcomm and Zebra invest in Third Wave Automation

Robotics Automation News

Third Wave Automation, a provider of high-reach autonomous forklifts, has received strategic investments from Qualcomm Ventures and Zebra Technologies, bringing the startup’s total funding to $70 million.

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Core Industrial Partners acquires GEM Manufacturing

Robotics Automation News

Core Industrial Partners, a manufacturing, industrial technology, and industrial services-focused private equity firm, has acquired GEM Manufacturing, a provider of precision deep drawn metal components and mechanical assemblies. GEM represents the fifth platform investment in Core Industrial Partners Fund II, a $465 million fund closed in February 2021.

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BD Begins Pilot Program Recycling Used Syringes from Healthcare Facilities

Plastics Today

In partnership with waste management company Casella, BD will assess the feasibility of recycling the materials safely and effectively into new medical products via mechanical and chemical processes.

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Avient cites global demand, destocking as profits drop for 2022

Plastics News

For the year, sales at Avon Lake, Ohio-based Avient were up more than 2 percent to almost $3.4 billion. But the firm's annual profit plunged almost 46 percent to $82.8 million.

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Arburg Marks 100-Year Anniversary with New Hybrid Allrounder 470 H Models

Plastics Today

Designed with an eye toward cost reduction, energy efficiency, and reliability, the Comfort and Premium models will have their world premiere this month during an anniversary celebration at Arburg headquarters.

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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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Growth in electric vehicle manufacturing drives industrial robot sales to record highs in North America

Robotics Automation News

Data released by the Association for Advancing Automation show that 44,196 robots were ordered in 2022, up 11 percent over 2021. The record results are credited to a resurgence in sales to automotive companies looking to boost electric vehicle production.

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Wales scraps all major road building projects due to environmental concerns

E&T

Lee Waters, deputy minister for economy and transport, unveiled the decision as part of the country's ‘National Transport Plan’. “We will still invest in roads," Waters said during the announcement. "In fact, we are building new roads as I speak, but we are raising the bar for where new roads are the right response to transport problems. "We are also investing in real alternatives, including investment in rail, bus, walking and cycling projects.

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DoE offering $30 million for new materials and manufacturing to lower cost of large wind turbines

Robotics Automation News

The US Department of Energy has announced a $30 million funding opportunity to advance the cost-effective domestic manufacturing of materials, including lightweight composites, that allow wind turbines to produce power more efficiently.

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Mitchell 1 Applauded by Frost & Sullivan for Enabling Fleet Maintenance for All Types of Trucks with Its Automotive Diagnostic and Repair Software

Frost & Sullivan Manufacturing

SAN ANTONIO, TX. – July 15, 2023 – Frost & Sullivan recently researched the medium/heavy truck aftermarket industry and, based on its findings, recognizes Mitchell 1 with the 2023 North American Technology Innovation Leadership Award. The company is North America’s top diagnostic and repair software supplier for automotive service shops, including large truck fleets and repair shops.

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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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Zoox says its robotaxi is ‘first in the world to operate on public roads’

Robotics Automation News

Autonomous mobility-as-a-service company, Zoox, has completed what it describes as “a key milestone” – deploying “the world’s first purpose-built robotaxi on open public roads with passengers”.

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Impact of Ohio derailment ‘has been huge'; Norfolk Southern to pay for damages, DeWine says

Plastics News

"We expect Norfolk Southern to cover the costs," Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine said. "They're responsible for this problem and we expect them to do what their CEO committed to pay for. If not, we have an attorney general and can file a lawsuit.

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Best Countries for Outsourcing

Robotics Automation News

If your company is looking at new software that needs to be developed, your options should be unrestricted by public entities in the United States. Many excellent software developers can be contracted in another country.

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Breathing fresh life into museum exhibits

E&T

In the late 20 th century, museums underwent a transformation, shedding their image as places with roomfuls of static exhibits in glass cabinets featuring information-heavy labels but little context. Today most have some interactivity elements, whether it is a touchscreen display or virtual reality, as used by the Tate Modern in London to depict Modigliani’s Paris studio from 1919 in the artist’s retrospective exhibition.

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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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How much money needed to purchase apartments in Thailand

Robotics Automation News

The prices of properties in Thailand are really affordable compared to other countries and this has caught the attention of potential investors all over the world. Also, potential residents are of high hopes as they are sure to get an apartment that suits their lifestyle and also their pockets.

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UK space mission failure blamed on dislodged fuel filter

E&T

A dislodged fuel filter on the LauncherOne rocket caused an engine to overheat, leading to to the malfunction of components and the premature shutdown of the UK launch. The launch took place from Spaceport Cornwall on 9 January this year aboard a customised Boeing 747 that served as the LauncherOne system’s carrier aircraft. Hundreds of members of the public were watching the launch in person and over 75,000 were set to be viewing a live stream of the event.

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Affordable property in Mahmutlar, Turkey in 2023

Robotics Automation News

The Republic of Turkey is one of the most popular countries where foreigners from all over the world come every year to purchase housing. Along with the objective advantages of a resort power (beautiful nature, sun, sea, favorable climate), there are good apartments at an affordable price for holidays and permanent residence.

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Next Level Finishing

Fabricating & Metal Work

Consistent improvements in abrasive materials creates superior and longer performing discs and wheels. The resulting smoother finishes and cleaner cuts support efficient productivity and a healthier bottom line. With regarding to paint applications, electronic dosing systems optimize the process resulting in quick color changes and improvements in resource utilization.

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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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Fighter pilot study may reveal how space changes brains of astronauts

E&T

The researchers recruited 10 fighter jet pilots from the Belgian Air Force, alongside a control group of 10 non-pilots, and performed MRI scans of their brains to establish the first-ever study of functional brain connectivity in fighter pilots. The scans revealed that pilots with more flight experience showed specific brain connectivity patterns in areas related to processing sensorimotor information – the brain processes that cause motor responses in the central nervous system.

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Australia’s white paper industry is dead, leaving rural communities to pick through the pulp

The Guardian Manufacturing

The last remaining manufacturer Opal will cease production of Reflex at the Maryvale mill, with up to 200 jobs in doubt Sign up for the Rural Network email newsletter Join the Rural Network group on Facebook to be part of the community For Pete Henry, who has worked at the Maryvale paper mill in Victoria’s Latrobe Valley for 42 years, there was no specific time when the decline in white paper began.

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Multi-Axis Machines Open the Door to Countless Possibilities

Fabricating & Metal Work

Boost your shop’s position as an effective, confident solution provider through the utilization of multi-axis machines in the manufacturing process. These machines ensure operators reduce the time setting them up and increase the time they produce parts. 5-axis CNC Vertical Machining Center for All Your Machining Needs The KAAST V-Mill 600.5X CNC is a T-shape machine structure with matching column base width.

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Book interview: ‘Computing Taste’ by Nick Seaver

E&T

When it comes to the relationship between technology and culture there’s an apparent contradiction in how taste – in the sense of our subjective human preferences – is perceived. Few would challenge that when it comes to fashion, art or music, what we choose to like all comes down to a matter of taste. In other words, it’s a matter of personal preference, no wrong answers, live and let live.

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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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CERATIZIT Launches Aggressive Sustainability Strategy and Gains Recognition for Green Carbide

Fabricating & Metal Work

CERATIZIT presented an ambitious sustainability strategy during AMB – The International Exhibition for Metalworking 2022 in Stuttgart, Germany. During the same event, CERATIZIT also won the MM Award for its SilverLine milling cutter made from the company’s CT-GS20Y “GreenCarbide.” As the goal of its sustainability strategy, the company aims to solidify its leadership in sustainability for the hard metal and cutting tool industry by 2025.

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Resin Price Report: Prime Resin Availability Continues to Contract

Plastics Today

Allocations and force majeure conditions for polyethylene and polypropylene resin remain in place, with some prices ticking up a penny or more.

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Editorial Advisory Board 2023-2026: Meet New Board Member Isaac Trevino, Best Tool & Engineering

Mold Making Technology

Isaac Trevino, business development manager for Best Tool & Engineering in Clinton Township, Michigan, is one of MMT 's new EAB members. Photo Credit: Best Tool & Engineering Meet Isaac Trevino. Isaac is the business development manager for Best Tool & Engineering (BTE) in Clinton Township, Michigan. BTE is a turnkey supplier of plastic components.

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Robotics Summit early bird registration ends March 9

Robotics Business Review

Buy your conference passes before March 9 to save 50% on full access to the world's leading commercial robotics development event. The post Robotics Summit early bird registration ends March 9 appeared first on Robotics Business Review.

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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.