Fri.Feb 17, 2023

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ProSense VCT series harsh-duty vibration transmitters detect equipment vibrations

Design World

ProSense VCT series vibration transmitters accurately detect vibrations of industrial equipment, primarily steam and gas turbines, pumps, motors, compressors, and rolling mills. Vibration sensors provide early detection of developing malfunctions, allowing for timely maintenance before major damage or failure results in costly repairs and production downtime These MEMS-based sensors are suitable for harsh industrial applications… The post ProSense VCT series harsh-duty vibration transmitte

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Schneider Electric Launches Digital Transformation Services

Gary Mintchell

My first digital transformation project in manufacturing was in 1978. We had an IBM Series 3 minicomputer. I procured (leased) a set of programs from IBM. There were classes and other training. I remember a trip to New York City. We put all current engineering data on that little machine (not nearly as powerful as the thing in my lap that I’m typing on).

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What metal fabrication shops should look for in a weld fume extraction system

The Fabricator

Some questions need to be answered before a metal fabrication shop makes a final decision on what type of welding fume extraction system it should install.

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Contactless payments up nearly 50 per cent in 2022, Barclays says

E&T

In new figures, the bank found that users spent around £3,327 per person, while a record 91.2 per cent of all eligible transactions were made using the technology. In 2021, the spending limit for contactless payments in the UK rose to £100 from £45 as consumers were encouraged to use contactless in the wake of the Covid pandemic. Contactless payments have been soaring in popularity in recent years to the detriment of cash, but figures released last year showed that the number of cash payments pl

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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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Biometric Driver ID Prevents Fraud, Theft, and Sleeping at the Wheel

Plastics Today

Driver identification displays combine camera and display technologies, enabling additional features such as secure payment and monitoring of the driver’s alertness.

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NHS digitalisation rated ‘inadequate’ by expert panel

E&T

The government is making “inadequate” progress on its commitment to digitise the NHS and social care, according to a report from a panel of independent experts. The panel was created by the Health and Social Care Select Committee of MPs to measure the progress made in the government's digitalisation efforts against a range of commitments made in a 2022 policy paper.

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Conservative-run London councils to challenge ULEZ expansion in court

E&T

Current proposals will see ULEZ expanded to cover the whole city from August this year. The zone was first introduced in April 2019 and charges non-compliant vehicles – mostly diesel cars that are more than six years old and petrol cars that are more than 15 years old – £12.50 for each day they are in the zone. Transport for London said that more than four in five vehicles in outer London, which would be affected by the expanded zone, already meet ULEZ standards.

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Understanding Partner Practice Maturity to Grow Business

Cisco Smart Manufacturing

Our global partner community has made one need clear—to assist them in rationalizing their Cisco business portfolio and highlight the paths to growth.

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Back Story: Abigail Berhane, ‘Most of us have come a long way to get to this point’

E&T

Shini Somara: What is your PhD research focus? Abigail Berhane: Approximately one-third of the loss in an aeroengine turbine comes from the ‘aerodynamic friction’ present between the blade surface and fluid. This is also known as ‘skin friction’, which is influenced by the surface roughness of the blades. How surface roughness and skin friction relate is currently unknown.

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Entek Developing 160-mm Twin-Screw Extruder

Plastics Today

The new extruder, expected to start shipping in Q4 2024, is designed for high-output applications, including masterbatch compounding.

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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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How The Week is shifting the cultural norm on climate engagement

Cisco Smart Manufacturing

When faced with the realities of the climate crisis through severe weather events like flooding, hurricanes, and heat waves, we often shut down emotionally due to overwhelming feelings of fear and… Read more on Cisco Blogs

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Manufacturing Is Key to Sustainability

Plastics Today

Waste reduction in manufacturing is a massive undertaking that will require collaboration and prioritization.

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Debate on regulating PVC waste heats up

Plastics News

As EPA weighs whether to stick with a tentative decision not to regulate PVC waste as hazardous, environmental groups say the Ohio rail accident strengthens their case, while industry warns of harm to PVC recycling and replacement of lead pipes if EPA regulates.

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Getting to the Core of the Digital Divide with 5G Fixed Wireless Access

Cisco Smart Manufacturing

Even today, there is a sizeable U.S. population without internet connectivity.

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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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Kickstart: Saving lives in Turkey, Syria

Plastics News

The Instanbul-based appliance company Arcelik put its own 77-member search and rescue team to work after earthquakes his Turkey and Syria earlier this month. The team pulled at least 20 people from the rubble.

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CP Rail workers ratify new contract

Canadian Manufacturing

Photo: CNW Group/Unifor. MONTREAL — Unifor members at Canadian Pacific (CP) Rail have ratified a new two-year contract. “Rail workers, just like workers in many sectors across Canada, are bargaining in particularly challenging conditions right now,” said Lana Payne, Unifor National President. “The members of the 101-R bargaining committee remained focused and committed to achieving a fair agreement for their membership.

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Viking Group building Indiana plant to make plastic-coated steel pipe

Plastics News

Fendium pipe has a polymer coating on both the inside and outside to protect against corrosion.

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Students relying on text generated by ChatGPT risk plagiarism, scientists say

E&T

“Plagiarism comes in different flavours,” said Dongwon Lee, professor of information sciences at Penn State University. “We wanted to see if language models not only copy and paste but resort to more sophisticated forms of plagiarism without realising it.” The researchers identified three forms of plagiarism: verbatim, or directly copying and pasting content; paraphrase, or rewording and restructuring content without citing the original source; and idea, or using the main idea from a text withou

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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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Ronald Kers to succeed Seamus Kearney as Group CEO Valeo Foods Group

MEM

Valeo Foods , a leading European food company, has announced the appointment of Ronald Kers as the new Group CEO, succeeding Seamus Kearney. The announcement comes after Kearney’s decision to step back from a day-to-day leadership role within the business. Kers, who will take up his new role in the summer of 2023, has a wealth of experience in the European food space.

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I am AI and I made this cover image for E&T's art special

E&T

Art and engineering seem worlds apart, but are they? When does an artist turn engineer or vice versa? Two of this month’s features each take on one of these questions. Christine Evans-Pughe looks at some famous artists who blurred the lines, from Alexander Calder to Rachel Whiteread. Conversely, Nick Smith picks out seven great works of engineering and technology, from the Clifton suspension bridge to the Mini, that are also great art or design.

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IFEC Zone Returns to Aircraft Interiors Expo (AIX)

MEM

In the past, any conversation around in-flight entertainment and connectivity (IFEC) was limited to the films on flights or how business passengers could check their emails. Fast forward to 2023, and IFEC capabilities are continually expanding. In fact, the global in-flight entertainment and connectivity market is anticipated to reach USD 11.79 billion by 2030, registering a CAGR of 8.4% from 2023 to 2030.

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Japan aborts H3 rocket launch after technical fault

E&T

Japan’s space agency has aborted for the second time the launch of its new flagship H3 rocket. The H3 rocket was carrying an observation satellite fitted with an experimental infrared sensor that could detect missile launches. Concerns about the launch began after the countdown had started; when the Jaxa live stream began to show white smoke filling the site, located at the Tanegashima Space Centre in southern Japan.

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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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Netherlands, Germany bolster hydrogen partnership with Australia

AU Manufacturing

The Mid-West Port Authority of Western Australia, the Port of Rotterdam , and Germany’s Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems (ISE) are now taking the next step in developing a joint hydrogen hub in Western Australia , known as TrHyHub. During the German minister for Research and Education’s visit to the port of Rotterdam on 13 February, the Port of Rotterdam Authority and Germany’s Fraunhofer ISE confirmed their intention for further partnership.

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Dalton expansion in commercial sterile manufacturing capacity

Canadian Manufacturing

Photo: Dalton. TORONTO — Dalton Pharma Services announced an expansion of its sterile filling and pharmaceutical manufacturing capacity. The capital expansion plan includes a fully automated cGMP sterile filling line with the flexibility to fill vials, syringes, and cartridges under isolator technology. The sterile fill line is fully integrated with a new cGMP lyophilizer, providing complete sterile finished dosage form manufacturing capabilities for customers.

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Sistema de soldadura robótica compacto que ofrece movimiento síncrono de robot y posicionador

The Fabricator

Pemamek LLC introdujo su Pema Skytrack, un sistema de soldadura robótica compacto diseñado para facilitar la soldadura de cajas de transmisión, cajas de engranes, unidades de accionamiento, unidades hidráulicas y más.

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AJAC announces Canadian Car of the Year and Canadian Utility Vehicle of the Year

Canadian Manufacturing

2023 Canadian Utility Vehicle of the Year Hyundai IONIQ 5; Photo Credit: Evan Williams (Photo: CNW Group/Automobile Journalists Association of Canada) TORONTO — The BMW i4 was announced as the 2023 Canadian Car of the Year and the Hyundai IONIQ 5 as the 2023 Canadian Utility Vehicle of the Year, as selected by the Automobile Journalists Association of Canada (AJAC).

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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.

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Despite Global Uncertainty, Universal Robots Reports Record Revenue

Fabricating & Metal Work

Universal Robots , the Danish collaborative robot (cobot) company, has reported Q4 revenue of USD 85 million, bringing 2022 annual revenue to USD 326 million, up 5% on 2021. On a constant currency basis, growth over the year was 12%. The company’s Chief Financial Officer, Kim Andreasen, said: “We are proud to have continued to grow our business despite facing a difficult macroeconomic environment in 2022.

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Canada launches process to identify up to three top candidates to build High Frequency Rail between Québec and Toronto

Canadian Manufacturing

MONTRÉAL — The Canadian government announced the procurement process for the High Frequency Rail project: the launch of the Request for Qualifications (RFQ). The purpose of the RFQ is to identify and qualify up to three top candidates who will be invited to participate in the Request for Proposals (RFP) process, anticipated to begin in summer 2023. The procurement process will help select a private developer partner to work in collaboration with VIA HFR, the newly created subsidiary of VIA Rail,

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Hasco Calls the Moldmaking Community to Donate to ShelterBox Emergency Disaster Relief 

Mold Making Technology

Photo Credit: Getty Images Hasco , as a socially committed company, is particularly keen to help people in need who have been affected by catastrophes. The international manufacturer of standard mold components has provided annual donations via the globally active disaster relief organization ShelterBox , first with the Ukraine war, and most recently with the Istanbul/Turkey earthquake.

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Q & A: Unable to load ActiveX control, Newer version required

The Automation Blog

Automation Q & A from the Morning Show dated 02/14/23: A reader recently asked why he's getting this error: “Unable to load ActiveX control. Cause: Newer file version of ActiveX control required,” and I share my thoughts on that in today's Automation Q&A. NOTE: You'll find the articles and videos mentioned in this episode here and here. NOTE: If you need to learn how to program, use, and troubleshoot the PanelView Plus, check out my PVP Basics online course.

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Mastering Digital Transformation: Your Guide to a Successful MES Implementation

70% of digital transformation projects fail (BCG, 2020). In an industry where most large software implementations falter, we recognize the importance of planning, optimization, and execution. With over 25 years of industry experience and countless successful implementations, MASS Group is opening the vault of tips and tricks to provide a complimentary step-by-step guide in implementing a Work-In-Progress (WIP) tracking software.