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PTC Acquires ServiceMax

Gary Mintchell

PTC to Acquire SaaS Field Service Management Provider ServiceMax. PTC continually enlarges its footprint in the digital enterprise domain. There was its expansion a few years ago into Internet of Things with acquisition of ThingWorx and Kepware. Those brought a relationship with Rockwell Automation—and I noticed its stand at Automation Fair this month was continually busy.

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UK car production output returns to growth in October

SMMT

UK car manufacturing output rises 7.4% in October as 69,524 units leave factory gates. Production for home and overseas markets up 12.5% and 6.3% respectively. Volumes year-to-date down -10.8% though output for UK market rises 8.8%. UK car production returned to growth in October, rising 7.4% to 69,524 units, according to the latest figures published today by the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT).

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Grooving Attachment Streamlines Operation by 75%

Modern Machine Shop

The mechanical nature of the face grooving attachment holds size much better than end mills, Big Daishowa says, vastly reducing the need for cutter compensation. Utilizing down feeding instead of a circular tool path also eliminates interpolation errors. Images courtesy of Big Daishowa. Metal 3D printing via laser powder bed fusion is an expensive process, one which leaves little room for failure in postprocessing steps.

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Ontario launches a critical minerals innovation fund to try and boost the economy

Canadian Manufacturing

Ontario launches a critical minerals innovation fund to try and boost the economy. TIMMINS – The Ontario government is investing in the critical minerals sector by launching a two-year, $5 million Critical Minerals Innovation Fund to enhance research and development of new technologies. The fund will support Ontario-based innovation that will help build the supply chain for clean technologies, including electric vehicles, by connecting mineral resources in the north with the manufacturing might

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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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Mixed Bag Ahead for US Metalworking Economy

Modern Machine Shop

If you’re in the metalworking business you are well aware of the effects of supply chain disruptions, inflation, and labor shortages all ushered in and/or exacerbated by COVID. Even so, for most of the metalworking industry, business has been pretty good for the last two years. That’s been reflected both in the U.S. consumption of machine tools and in the Gardner Business Index, which has shown positive growth since the last half of 2020.

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Rise in deadly electrical faults increasing risk of fires across UK

E&T

Reports of broken PEN (protected earth and neutral) conductors increased from 57 in 2003 to 474 reports last year, according to a Freedom of Information (FOI) request. As incidents are often not reported, the real figure is likely to be much higher and each incident can affect 50 properties, meaning tens of thousands of properties are likely at risk in the UK.

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Dr Martens says boot prices will rise to cover increasing costs

The Guardian Manufacturing

Northamptonshire-based footwear group’s half-year results show 5% fall in profits despite 13% rise in sales Dr Martens is to step up the price of its boots by 6%, as it says the cost of labour, energy and supplies, including the bouncy soles and leather, has risen. The Northamptonshire-based footwear group will increase prices for the second year in a row on the classic boot, which currently costs about £159, adding £10 to the price.

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China expands lockdown measures as COVID-19 cases continue to rise

Canadian Manufacturing

Pandemic lockdowns are expanding across China, including in a city where factory workers clashed this week with police, as the number of COVID-19 cases hits a daily record. Residents of eight districts of Zhengzhou, home to 6.6 million people, were told to stay home for five days beginning on Nov. 24 except to buy food or get medical treatment. Daily mass testing was ordered in what the city government called a “war of annihilation” against the virus.

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Top Five Editorial Advisory Board Favorites

Mold Making Technology

Photo Credit: (top left) Tri-Par Die and Mold Corp. (top right) Fast Heat by Spark Industries, (bottom left), RJG Inc. (bottom right), Westminster Tool. With so much content to read on top of your daily responsibilities, it’s always nice to have some recommendations to narrow your focus, help you prioritize and ensure you don’t miss out on a piece of content that could impact how you do business moving forward.

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QPM to create Carbon Abatement Hub in the Northern Bowen Basin

AU Manufacturing

Queensland Pacific Metals Ltd (QPM) has launched QPM Energy Pty Ltd and the Carbon Abatement Hub Project (CAH Project) to secure a gas supply chain for the TECH Project. In a statement , QPM said the CAH Project would be Australia’s first waste gas collection and processing facility for multiple users. . Northern Bowen Basin (NBB) coals generally contain large amounts of gas, which is released during the coal extraction process via: Open-pit coal mines emit direct methane into the atmosphe

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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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Bridging the Gap Between Ethernet/IP and Modbus Protocols

Control.com

Moxa has released new Modbus RTU/ASCII/TCP-to-EtherNet/IP gateways with easy configuration and troubleshooting to bridge the gap between Modbus and Ethernet protocols.

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Ghost Drops announces acquisition of cannabis production and processing facility

Canadian Manufacturing

Ghost Drops (CNW Group/Ghost Drops). TORONTO — Ghost Drops, a cannabis manufacturer, announces the acquisition of an Ontario-based, federally licensed cannabis production and processing facility. The acquisition of the 10,000-square-foot facility allows Ghost Drops to increase cannabis production with control over its product, while setting up the brand to increase profit, gain market share, and deliver products to its customers. “This acquisition optimizes our operations for further

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European Parliament website hit by ‘sophisticated’ cyber attack

E&T

The European Parliament's website was unavailable for several hours on Wednesday, 23 November, immediately following the controversial vote. . The attack is what's known as a distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack, in which massive amounts of traffic are sent to servers in an attempt to block internet users from accessing websites, Marcel Kolaja, European Parliament member for the Czech Pirate party, confirmed. .

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Ontario announces reduction of red tape to try and improve manufacturing competitiveness

Canadian Manufacturing

TORONTO — On Nov. 23, the Ontario government introduced the Less Red Tape, Stronger Ontario Ac t which, if passed, would implement measures to try and increase Ontario’s competitiveness, strengthen provincial supply chains, and make government services easier to access and interact with. “Our government is focused on making Ontario better for people and businesses by removing unnecessary, redundant, and outdated regulations that hold us back,” said Parm Gill, Minister of Red Tape Reduction.

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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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EU nations agree to back £38.6bn chip production project

E&T

European Union nations have supported the European Commission's proposal to boost the domestic production of semiconductors amid a global shortage. . The deal was backed by EU ambassadors, people familiar with the matter told Reuters. This is the latest move in the saga of the European Chips Act , unveiled earlier this year, which aims to bolster European competitiveness and resilience in semiconductors, with a target of doubling the current market share of the EU to about 20 per cent of global

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Innovative Video Borescope Inspection Solution Launched

Metrology

Canon Medical Systems, Video Sensing Division, has announced a new ‘chip-on-tip’ video borescope camera for inspection applications in extremely tight spaces. Canon Medical’s new SV-2000 is ideal for a variety. The post Innovative Video Borescope Inspection Solution Launched appeared first on Metrology and Quality News - Online Magazine.

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UK launches £1.5m AI green innovation programme

E&T

The AI for Decarbonisation Programme is part of the government’s broader £1bn Net Zero Innovation Portfolio, which aims to provide funding for low-carbon technologies to help bring them to market quicker. . The BEIS claimed the programme will not only help the UK achieve its net-zero goals, but also help bring down energy costs and increase the AI technology’s market growth in the country.

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REDARC charges ahead with national export award

AU Manufacturing

Media Release by Australian Trade and Investment Commission. South Australia-based manufacturing company REDARC has been named winner of the. Manufacturing and Advanced Materials Award at the 60th Australian Export Awards. REDARC has 40 years’ experience in research, design and manufacturing of electronic devices such as inverters, power supplies, battery chargers and trailer braking products.

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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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Construction ahead of schedule for UK’s first vertical rocket launch site

E&T

Work on the £43m SaxaVord spaceport began earlier this year on the Lamba Ness peninsula in Unst, an island off the coast of Scotland. Three launchpads will ultimately be built at the spaceport, allowing for the launch of small satellites into either polar or Sun-synchronous low-Earth orbits. Current efforts are focused on constructing two of the three approved launchpads, named Fredo and Elizabeth, with the third, Calum, to be built in phase two.

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Capital investment: electric bus infrastructure in London

SMMT

There are currently about 850 zero emission buses operating in London, and as more have gone into service, there has been the need for infrastructure to support them. Although requirements vary from depot to depot, the process normally involves a mix of electricity upgrades, new charging facilities and even, in some cases, entirely new depots. For example, UK Power Networks has enabled more than 500 buses in the capital to turn electric through fast-tracking charging infrastructure work over the

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Water firms still making ‘potentially illegal’ sewage discharges, say campaigners

E&T

Its 2022 Water Quality Report uncovers “potential illegal” sewage discharges alongside more than 700 cases of illness that are attributed to the releases. The report used rainfall data to investigate potentially illegal “dry spills” – sewage outflows are typically only permitted in unusually heavy rainfall when infrastructure is unable to cope. Southern Water was responsible for four times as many dry spills as the next worst offender, South West Water, SAS said.

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Resin Price Report: Producers' Efforts to Tighten Supply Are Having Intended Effect

Plastics Today

Resin buyers are more willing to pay up in light of tighter market conditions.

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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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Book review: ‘There Are No Facts’

E&T

We are in the painful process of understanding our post-truth world: a world, shaped by algorithms and online interaction, which was taking shape long before 2016. Scholars like Shoshana Zuboff, with her theory of surveillance capitalism, have already made great strides in examining this world through the lens of social sciences. In ‘There Are No Facts: Attentive Algorithms, Extractive Data Practices, and the Quantification of Everyday Life’ (The MIT Press, £22.50, ISBN 9780262047470), Mark Sh

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Markforged tips ‘just in place’ to replace ‘just in time’ in Australian manufacturing

AU Manufacturing

Media Release by Markforged. The expression “supply chain issues” is familiar to all Australians, from the manufacturer whose production line has stalled awaiting parts from an overseas supplier to the housewife walking past empty shelves in her local supermarket. Yet, ironically, this very unwelcome consequence of the Covid 19 pandemic is providing the drive for Australian manufacturers to produce more parts locally to reduce their dependence on imports. .

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Newport semiconductor factory: ‘Losing these jobs would be devastating’

The Guardian Manufacturing

UK government blocked new Chinese ownership on security grounds, but Nexperia bosses had ‘planned to build two new plants’ The clean room in Newport, south Wales, is the size of a football field, but in the industry they call it a ballroom. Workers in full bodysuits move silicon wafers from one end to another in a series of careful steps. The 20cm slices of silicon are rigorously cleaned in chemical baths before light is used to draw precise patterns that are then etched out.

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Smart Manufacturing Learning System Introduced

Metrology

To satisfy the growing demand for hands-on learning in Smart Manufacturing and Industry 4.0 technologies, CESMII, the Smart Manufacturing Institute, has partnered with Amatrol to offer the Smart Manufacturing Learning. The post Smart Manufacturing Learning System Introduced appeared first on Metrology and Quality News - Online Magazine.

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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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Queensland and Northern Territory Innovation Shines at the 2022 Welding Excellence Awards

AU Manufacturing

Media Release by Weld Australia. Craftsmanship, quality and professionalism were front and centre last night, with the winners of the 2022 Queensland and Northern Territory Welding Excellence Awards announced in Brisbane. Weld Australia’s Excellence Awards are the most prestigious event on the welding industry calendar. The Awards showcase and celebrate the world-class work being undertaken by local welders, fabricators and industry educators.

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Adición de protección de brazos a la línea de equipo de protección personal

The Fabricator

Milwaukee Tool expandió su línea de equipo de protección personal para incluir mangas protectoras nivel de corte 5 y mangas protectoras nivel de corte 3, de acuerdo con la clasificación ANSI-/EN388.

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Transgrid introduces net zero targets as it accelerates the energy transition

AU Manufacturing

Transgrid has set new targets for lowering carbon emissions as the company accelerates the renewable energy transition. Transgrid CEO Brett Redman said Trasngrid would work hard to reduce its climate impact while developing a better power system and expediting the transition to clean, renewable energy. “The future will be powered by clean energy, and as the largest network in the National Electricity Market, our infrastructure is critical – there will be no transition without transmission,” Redm

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Sapphire laser debris shields from Laser Research Optics offer high thermal conductivity

The Fabricator

Laser Research Optics offers sapphire debris shields that withstand steel splatter, flash, and debris to help reduce focus shift and the deterioration of beam quality while reducing the number of lens changes.

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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.