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Neugart has a new management structure well positioned for the global future

Design World

In response to the challenges of the international mechanical engineering industry, the gearbox specialist Neugart, headquartered in Kippenheim, Baden, is adjusting its management structure: for the first time in the company’s almost one-hundred-year history, Swen Herrmann and Holger Obergföll are the company’s two managing directors who are not members of the owner families.

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Optimizing Overall Equipment Efficiency for Automation

Automation World

What is overall equipment efficiency, and how can it help make the most of machinery?

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Used car market up as EV sales reach record levels

SMMT

UK used car transactions grow 5.1% in 2023, with 7,242,692 changing hands as improving new car market re-energises supply. Superminis and black paint most popular used car style choices, taking 32.1% and 21.4% of the market respectively. Battery electric car sales almost doubled, up by 90.9% to 118,973 – but at just 1.6% of the market, industry calls for VAT cut on new EVs so future supply can grow to meet second hand demand.

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Aerotech Introduces Single- and Multi-Axis Servo Drives for Precise Motion Control

Control.com

Aerotech now offers a new line of servo motor drives designed for precision motion control. The single and multi-axis servo drives are built for machine design and automation across industries.

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Navigating the Future: Generative AI, Application Analytics, and Data

Generative AI is upending the way product developers & end-users alike are interacting with data. Despite the potential of AI, many are left with questions about the future of product development: How will AI impact my business and contribute to its success? What can product managers and developers expect in the future with the widespread adoption of AI?

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Designs for Australia’s First Lunar Rover Excavator Revealed By ELO2 and Freelancer

Manufacturer's Monthly

Australian freelancing marketplace Freelancer.com and space consortium ELO2 announced the phase one winners of the ELO2 Big Dipper Lunar Regolith Acquisition Challenge. The Australian Space Agency, in collaboration with NASA’s Artemis program, is embarking on an ambitious journey to design Australia’s first lunar rover. Announced in October 2023, the ELO2 Big Dipper Lunar Regolith Acquisition Challenge is an open invitation for innovators and enthusiasts to be a part of this groundbr

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Antaira Technologies Creates New Compact Ethernet Switch

Control.com

Antaira Technologies has recently released a new 8-port industrial Ethernet switch, designed to bring reliable connectivity to applications in harsh control system environments.

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Government invests further $400m in lethal wingman drones

Manufacturer's Monthly

The Federal Government has secured hundreds of highly skilled jobs while driving innovation in Australia’s local defence industry with the allocation of an additional $399 million for the ongoing development of the MQ-28A Ghost Bat. The MQ-28A Ghost Bat, known as a Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA), is being developed in cooperation with Boeing Defence Australia.

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KUKA unveils KR FORTEC industrial robot

Robotics Business Review

KUKA’s KR FORTEC industrial robot aims to provide high dynamic performance to achieve shorter cycle times. | Source: KUKA KUKA AG has revealed its KR FORTEC industrial robot. This latest robot fits between KUKA’s KR QUANTED and KR FORTEC ultra robots. This latest industrial robot has an extended arm that has a reach of 145 in. (368.3 cm) and can handle payloads of up to 529 lb. (240 kg).

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Learning from the masters of business

The Fabricator

Warren Buffett, Katharine Graham, and Walt Disney are all remarkable because of their success and the way they lived their lives.

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10 startups selected for MassRobotics Accelerator

Robotics Business Review

The inaugural MassRobotics Accelerator cohort. | Credit: MassRobotics BOSTON — During its annual partner celebration last night, MassRobotics introduced the 10 robotics startups chosen to participate in its inaugural equity-free accelerator. Each startup was awarded a $100,000, non-dilutive grant from the Massachusetts Technology Collaborative, or MassTech, as part of a $5 million state initiative.

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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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Labour set to row back on £28bn green spending pledge

E&T

The Labour Party is reportedly set to ditch its pledge to spend £28bn a year on green projects, following months of mixed messages on the plan.

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Used car sales: Q4 2023

SMMT

UK used car transactions grow 5.1% in 2023, with 7,242,692 changing hands as improving new car market re-energises supply. Superminis and black paint most popular used car style choices, taking 32.1% and 21.4% of the market respectively. Battery electric car sales almost doubled, up by 90.9% to 118,973 – but at just 1.6% of the market, industry calls for VAT cut on new EVs so future supply can grow to meet second hand demand.

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Uber makes a profit for the first time since going public

E&T

The ride-hailing app firm made $1.1bn last year for the first time since it became a public company in 2019.

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From Paper to a Model-Based Enterprise: A Journey Worth Taking

iBASEt

Information is as vast as it is fast-evolving, making the need for accurate, accessible, and adaptable data more pressing than ever. The complex discrete manufacturing industry, with its intricate processes and systems, is no stranger to these challenges. This is where the concept of a model-based enterprise (MBE) comes into play as a practical approach to dealing with the demands of the competitive manufacturing landscape.

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How Embedded Analytics Gets You to Market Faster with a SAAS Offering

Start-ups & SMBs launching products quickly must bundle dashboards, reports, & self-service analytics into apps. Customers expect rapid value from your product (time-to-value), data security, and access to advanced capabilities. Traditional Business Intelligence (BI) tools can provide valuable data analysis capabilities, but they have a barrier to entry that can stop small and midsize businesses from capitalizing on them.

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Cisco Joins U.S. Department of Commerce Consortium Dedicated to AI Safety

Cisco Smart Manufacturing

Today, Cisco announced that it joined more than 200 of the nation’s leading artificial intelligence (AI) stakeholders to participate in a U.S.

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Five Minutes With… Driving For Better Business’s Programme Development Managers

SMMT

Nigel Holmes , Sharon Mitchell and Jim Magner tell us why Driving For Better Business is important for fleets – and the companies which support them What are your roles at Driving for Better Business/National Highways? DfBB is all about cutting fleet road risk and making at-work drivers safer. The DfBB community is made up of fleet operators, which includes any business of any size using vehicles for work.

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Converging On-Premises & Cloud Network Security Into a Unified Hybrid Strategy

Cisco Smart Manufacturing

At Cisco, virtually all customers I’ve met with have a cloud presence — regardless of the size of their industry.

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60,000th electric van joins UK roads

SMMT

The British van sector has started 2024 with a major achievement, with January seeing the arrival of the 60,000th battery electric van (BEV) on our roads since 2018. It follows almost 1,200 new BEVs being registered in the month – a sign that the market is accelerating, but it needs to move faster still. Businesses are actively reducing their carbon footprint and, with more than 28 different electric van models on the last year, buyers have unprecedented choice to invest in the latest zero emiss

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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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Alro Steel Opens New Facility in Iowa

Modern Machine Shop

Source: Alro Steel Alro Steel has announced the opening of a new location at 9620 Earhart Lane SW, Cedar Rapids, Iowa. The 197,000-square-foot, custom-built metals service center will enable Alro to provide customers throughout Iowa with cut-to-size metals and next-day delivery. According to the company, the Cedar Rapids location has ample storage space for a wide range of metals, including carbon steel, stainless steel, alloys, aluminum, red metals and more.

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Fastener Distributor Index (FDI) | January 2024

Fastener News Desk

The Fastener Distributor Index (FDI) survey for January, 2024. The FDI opened the year inching up to 49.7 after December’s disappointing 47.5 seasonally adjusted. Likewise, the Forward Looking Indicator (FLI) ticked up, rising to 50.4. Key Points: FDI nearly reaches neutral level. After a soft December, the FDI improved m/m and nearly reached the neutral level (49.7 compared to 47.5 in December).

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SMX Industrial Solutions hires VP/CFO

The Fabricator

SMX Industrial Solutions, a Littleton, Colo.-based provider of steel fabrication and welding equipment through operating companies Scotchman Industries and Steelmax Tools, has appointed Neal Glassett as vice president/CFO.

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Programmable POSITAL encoders now support fractional pulse rates

Motion Control Tips

POSITAL’s IXARC programmable incremental rotary encoders can now be configured to deliver ‘fractional pulse rates’ (fractional PPR). That is, these devices can be programmed to transmit a single pulse for more than one shaft revolution. For example, a PPR of 0.125 would correspond to one signal pulse for eight shaft rotations. They can also be […] The post Programmable POSITAL encoders now support fractional pulse rates appeared first on Motion Control Tips.

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Embedding BI: Architectural Considerations and Technical Requirements

While data platforms, artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning (ML), and programming platforms have evolved to leverage big data and streaming data, the front-end user experience has not kept up. Holding onto old BI technology while everything else moves forward is holding back organizations. Traditional Business Intelligence (BI) aren’t built for modern data platforms and don’t work on modern architectures.

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Bull Moose Tube announces partnership to sell jumbo HSS

The Fabricator

Bull Moose Tube Co., a subsidiary of Caparo Bull Moose, has announced an exclusive partnership with MitsuiandCo. (U.S.A.) Inc., MM&KENZAI Corp., and Nippon Steel Metal Products Co. Ltd. to sell jumbo hollow structural sections (HSS) into the U.S. market.

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How I Made It: Nick Pinkston, Founder/CEO, Volition

Modern Machine Shop

Nick Pinkston is a serial entrepreneur in the manufacturing industry. Source: Nick Pinkston They say manufacturing is a heritable industry. My uncle had a machine shop. My dad was an ops guy and purchaser at a production facility. I got to see many factories, so certainly, something in my family got me into it. I really like making things, but I didn’t think about it as manufacturing at first.

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Okuma America appoints VP of engineering and Factory Automation Division

The Fabricator

Okuma America Corp., Charlotte, N.C., a manufacturer of CNC machine tools, controls, and automation systems, has appointed Wade Anderson as vice president of engineering and Factory Automation Division for the Americas.

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Perspectives on Sustainability in Mold Building: A Diverse Outlook

Mold Making Technology

In conversations I recently had with individuals involved in the mold building industry, a variety of perspectives on sustainability emerged, showcasing the multifaceted nature of the term. Here’s a summary of the respondents’ viewpoints: Tool longevity : One respondent emphasized the importance of building molds with robust, sustainable designs that endure the life of a program — the durability of tools, the maintenance of shut-offs and thin steel conditions.

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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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Tyre tech: How products enhance safety and efficiency for operators

SMMT

Britain’s commercial vehicle industry is fortunate to be served by tyre technology companies and manufacturers that can help operators maximise the efficiency and safety of their fleets. One such business is Automotive Equipment Solutions UK (AES UK), which recently introduced a hand-held tyre scanner called TreadReader HD, allowing commercial vehicle operators, workshops and tyre retailers to measure tyre tread depth.

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Improving fabrication versatility through automation

The Fabricator

When SL Chasse Steel needed a quicker route to completing miscellaneous steel jobs, it found a solution with a new automated plasma cutting machine.

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ERP vs MRP – Picking the Right Manufacturing Software for SMEs

MRPEasy

The right choice in manufacturing software can make the difference between effortless scaling and constant growing pains. In this article, we explore the key differences between MRP systems and ERPs and help you make an informed decision on which production management system to go for. Why do SMEs need manufacturing software? Manufacturing businesses and distributors […] The post ERP vs MRP – Picking the Right Manufacturing Software for SMEs appeared first on Blog for Manufacturers and Dis

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Inductive Rotary Encoder Incorporates Built-In Vibration Analysis

Metrology

Featuring a built-in accelerometer, the recently announced HEIDENHAIN ECI 123 Splus rotary encoder enables position measurement and vibration analysis in a single component. The post Inductive Rotary Encoder Incorporates Built-In Vibration Analysis appeared first on Metrology and Quality News - Online Magazine.

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How to Leverage AI for Actionable Insights in BI, Data, and Analytics

In the rapidly-evolving world of embedded analytics and business intelligence, one important question has emerged at the forefront: How can you leverage artificial intelligence (AI) to enhance your application’s analytics capabilities? Imagine having an AI tool that answers your user’s questions with a deep understanding of the context in their business and applications, nuances of their industry, and unique challenges they face.