Mon.Aug 08, 2022

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How Automation Professionals Can Support Ukraine

Automation World

The goal is not to just donate money or goods, but to provide support on a professional basis to help Ukrainian system integrators keep their businesses and families alive.

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ASTM International awards $10,000 scholarships to four students

Design World

Today, ASTM International announced the graduate student winners of four $10,000 scholarships for their studies in fields where technical standards play a crucial role. This year’s winners were chosen from a competitive pool of various applicants. The following candidates will receive the 2022 ASTM International graduate scholarships: Diana Wyman is pursuing her Ph.D. in fiber and polymer science at North Carolina State University.

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IIoT Gateways Optimized for Integration with Azure IoT Edge

Gary Mintchell

Here is an interesting trend. Moxa released a series of IIoT gateways optimized for Microsoft Azure. Moxa launched the AIG-300 Series of IIoT gateways. Optimized for seamless integration with the Microsoft Azure IoT Edge computing platform, AIG-300 gateways provide the stable connectivity needed in distributed and unmanned sites to collect, store, process, and analyze operational data from sensors and other IIoT devices.

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New economical linear modules for lighter loads

Design World

Bosch Rexroth is now offering linear modules for small handling applications with its new new SHB and SHL models. These modules are suitable for more than factory automation; they are designed for lighter load applications, such as in medical labs, universities and vision systems. With simple USB to laptop connectivity, monitoring and controlling are easy to achieve.

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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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Auto supplier Gissing enters Chapter 11, owes Tesla $13.3M

Plastics News

Bingham Farms, Mich.-based auto supplier Gissing North America LLC has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection with up to $100 million in liabilities, including $13.3 million owed to Tesla Inc. Under an agreement pending approval, however, the electric vehicle behemoth and other customers, including General Motors Co., have agreed to keep the supplier afloat until it is sold.

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PTDA welcomes new member, MEM Industrial

Design World

The Power Transmission Distributors Association (PTDA), the leading association for the industrial power transmission/motion control (PT/MC) distribution channel, has welcomed a new member company. MEM Industrial, LLC (Wichita, Kan.) began in 2003 as a rebuild shop for electric motors, gearboxes and pumps. In 2015, the company opened a parts side–Midwest Industrial Supplies.

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Fully-shielded, board-to-board connector capable of 40 Gbps/lane transmission

Design World

I-PEX has released the new N OVASTACK 35-HDH fully-shielded, board-to-board connecter at 1.5 mm mating height and 0.35 mm pitch. This connector combines excellent mating workability with high electrical performance. The NOVASTACK 35-HDH connector can be used in a wide variety of applications, including notebook PCs, automotive cameras, VR headsets, etc.

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Vision Platform Eliminates Manufacturing Blind Spots

Gary Mintchell

ThinkIQ developed a manufacturing software platform focused on the flow of materials through the manufacturing process rather than the health of specific machines. I’ve had several interviews over the past couple of years with executives I’ve known for years from previous gigs. You can check them out here , here , and here. I recently conducted an interview with Doug Lawson, CEO, Brian Anderson, CMO, and Rob Schoenthalar, CRO to discuss an added feature to their offering.

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Society of Women Engineers names Chicago native Dayna Johnson as 2023 President

Design World

The Society of Women Engineers has named Dayna Johnson, P.E. for GE Gas Power Chicago, as the 2022-2023 SWE President. Johnson is the Emerging Technology Programs and Operations Leader at GE Gas Power. She joined GE in 2012 as a commercial manager, leading large teams through the bidding process to develop proposals for high-voltage electrical substations.

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5 Best Time Tracking Apps to Automate Your Remote Workspace

Robotics Automation News

A PwC study found that AI will potentially contribute about $15.7 trillion to the global economy by 2030. Another survey by Accenture reported that 84 percent of C-suite executives admitted that leveraging AI is key to achieving their objectives. The report shows how companies are embracing AI automation to transform how they do business. AI […].

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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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Manufacturing is the answer to improving Australia’s falling complexity ranking

AU Manufacturing

Media Release by AMGC. The latest data released by globally respected Harvard Business School reveals that Australia’s Economic Complexity Index (ECI) rating has slid to 91st, down eight positions in ten years. The Harvard index systematically ranks 133 countries by their ability to manufacture and export diverse and complex things and has been a global benchmark of a nation’s global impact since 1995, when Australia ranked 55 on the index.

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3 Things to Know When Transporting Your Robot

Robotics Automation News

We’re now on the pace of mechanical and AI technology advancement and development. A time when people use the help of a robot for a particular task. Robots are now in demand for health care, agriculture, food preparation, manufacturing industries, and the military. There are even robotic pets now for common households. Subsequent Factors To […].

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Qld manufacturing businesses encouraged to apply for Government subsidy

AU Manufacturing

The Queensland Government is offering a subsidy for manufacturing businesses that want to streamline resource use and shrink their carbon footprint. The Government is subsidising up to 75% of the cost for the first 40 businesses to sign up for the program , with businesses who apply after that to be eligible for up to 50% subsidised costs of the audit.”.

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AECOM to partner with MnDOT and the City of White Bear Lake on automated shuttle pilot

Robotics Automation News

AECOM, an infrastructure consulting firm, is partnering with the Minnesota Department of Transportation (MnDOT) and White Bear Lake on the launch of an automated shuttle pilot within the city. The shuttle, which has been named “Bear Tracks”, will run for one year on a 1.5-mile route and be free to use, connecting area residents to […].

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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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Top 5 Control Engineering content: August 1-7, 2022

Control Engineering

Control Engineering‘s top 5 content over the past week covered PLC programming, digital transformation, control systems, cybersecurity and more. Links to each article below. 1. A look at digital transformation using the cloud. Cloud architecture, when examined in its entirety, can be very complex. Focusing on its interface with operations technology makes matters clearer and more manageable. 2.

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Sumitomo develops robot that climbs steel walls

Robotics Automation News

Japanese industrial giant Sumitomo Heavy Industries says it has developed a “novel robot capable of traveling over curved steel walls by magnetic adhesion”. The achievement is part of a robot development project at Sumitomo’s Technology Research Center, aiming to automate various manufacturing tasks at industrial sites. The development was achieved under Challenge Program 1, launched […].

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Energy, Clinical Trials, Executives & Other News for Week of August 1

Additive Manufacturing

ICYMI: The energy sector may be newer to additive manufacturing, but they are catching up quickly. Last week we saw new facilities to scale the 3D printing of batteries and critical parts for gas turbines representing significant investment to accelerate the application of additive manufacturing. The medical community also saw progress toward true bioprinting with the announcement of clinical trials in Australia of two 3D biofabricated implants.

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Baidu granted China’s ‘first-ever’ permits for commercial driverless ride-hailing services

Robotics Automation News

Baidu, China’s equivalent of Google, has secured the first permits in China to offer commercial fully driverless robotaxi services to the public on open roads. Apollo Go, Baidu’s autonomous ride-hailing service, is now authorized to collect fares for robotaxi rides – completely without human drivers in the car – in Chongqing and Wuhan, two of […].

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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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Material Insights: July resin price drop could be start of trend

Plastics News

Senior reporter Frank Esposito explores the factors behind the July tumble in price for multiple resins — polyethylene, polypropylene, polystyrene, PVC and PET — and what's to come.

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5 Important Steps in Keeping Your Digital Business Secure

Robotics Automation News

Sadly, the rise of digital entrepreneurship didn’t evolve hand-in-hand with proper cybersecurity standards. Digital business owners have a myriad of things to worry about before they can think about phishing and antivirus software. Cybersecurity is a science of its own, but you don’t have to be an expert to keep your digital business out of […].

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Presenting Maestro of Design by Duragres, from the house of SOMANY

Dinesh Mishra

8 th August, New Delhi : Somany Ceramics Limited, an internationally acclaimed organization specializing in ceramics and allied product segments, launched their brand new REPLIQ product range today at Hotel Hyatt Centric in the presence of Mr. Abhishek Somany, MD & CEO, Somany Ceramics Ltd. and Mr. Amit Sahai, Dy. CEO, Somany Ceramics Ltd. In line with its vision to provide the customers with innovation and creativity to create a meaningful existence, Somany Ceramics unveils “REPLIQ”, a stun

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Compostable Packaging: Tipa Talks Markets, Applications

Plastics Today

Food and fashion markets headline growing interest in the company’s flexible packaging. Stella McCartney fashions and Sunrays grapes are among customers.

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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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Australian steel industry giant Ray Horsburgh dies

Manufacturer's Monthly

Ray Horsburgh, LIBERTY Steel Group non-executive director and InfraBuild acting chairman, has sadly passed away. The doyen of the Australian steel industry suffered a fall while on business in Romania on Saturday. Horsburgh had vast experience in the steel industry, and was a former chairman of Toll Holdings and served as the CEO of Smorgon Steel Group and in various director roles.

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Serial Number Tracking in Manufacturing

MRPEasy

Knowing the location and details of materials, components, and products as they move through inventory and the shop floor is important for any manufacturing company. Serial number tracking is one of the essential tools for ensuring traceability in manufacturing. What is Serial Number Tracking? Serial number tracking is an inventory and warehouse management function that […].

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The value of welding consumable trials

The Fabricator

Consumables costs add up, and reassessing their performance helps reveal significant opportunities for improvement.

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Diversity helps workers find a place they know they belong

Plastics News

Lilian Agyemang-Yeboah: “I wanted to find someone who looked like me and I couldn’t find anyone who looked like me. It made me question if I was in the right field. It always made me feel like maybe I should jump ship.

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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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Bonfiglioli encourages manufacturers to adopt new energy efficiency standards

Manufacturer's Monthly

Bonfiglioli is a worldwide designer, manufacturer and distributor of a complete range of gearmotors, drive systems, planetary gearboxes and inverters, which satisfy the most challenging and demanding needs in industrial automation, mobile machinery and renewable energy. . The company serves more industries and applications than any other drive manufacturer including Discrete Manufacturing and Process Industries; Mechatronic and Motion Systems; and Mobility and Wind Industries – embodying the ex

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Victoria spearheads world-first mRNA research collaboration with new innovation hub

AU Manufacturing

The Victorian government is continuing its commitment to boosting mRNA in a new collaboration with the state’s biggest research institutions, a first-of-its-kind partnership in the sector. . The partnership will establish the Victorian mRNA Innovation Hub (VMIH) with Monash Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity, the University of Melbourne, and Monash University. .

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Stratasys buying Covestro additive manufacturing business

Plastics News

Materials maker Covestro is selling its additive manufacturing business to Stratasys Ltd. for 43 million euros ($43.8 million).

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EOS partners with US defence through US-based satellite manufacturing subsidiary

AU Manufacturing

SpaceLink, a wholly owned US subsidiary of Australian company Electro Optic Systems (EOS) Holdings, is partnering with the US Army Space and Missile Defense Command Technical Center for a research and development initiative. . The project seeks to explore alternative space communications pathways that would ensure resiliency and reduce sensor-to-shooter latency, according to a press release SpaceLink issued. .

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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.