Design World

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

EXAIR provides customers with confidence when selecting the right product for their process. To continue facilitating a high-quality user experience, EXAIR.com has upgraded the resources available to users by adding Augmented Reality (AR) capabilities while visiting the site on a mobile device. Customers will now can not only view a 3D version of their selected… The post EXAIR’s new augmented reality web application helps improve customer experience appeared first on Design World.

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Gary Mintchell

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

Here is one of my favorite companies—using “waste” bioplastic to mold those plastic eating utensils ubiquitous in fast food restaurants and picnics. They have a small operating plant and just closed an $8 million round to increase production. How many more energy and resource saving ideas are lurking out there in the minds of my readers? PlantSwitch has developed revolutionary bioplastic technology that converts cellulosic agricultural waste streams into a low-cost, compostable plastic resin alt

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Design World

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

According to Gartner’s research, up to 25% of organizations surveyed annually since 2019 said they plan to leverage artificial intelligence (AI) within the next 12 months. However, only up to 5% have deployed AI to production. Companies know that generative AI can dramatically improve operations, but inexperience and potential risks postpone the benefits.

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Gary Mintchell

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

Computing at the Edge of the network remains a crucial and growing part of a plant’s architecture. Digi International positioned itself as an enabler of data transmission for a long time. This news is a new product exploiting some of the 5G cellular technology benefits. Digi International announced market launch of Digi IX40 , a 5G edge computing industrial IoT cellular router solution.

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Speaker: Jason Chester, Director, Product Management

In today’s manufacturing landscape, staying competitive means moving beyond reactive quality checks and toward real-time, data-driven process control. But what does true manufacturing process optimization look like—and why is it more urgent now than ever? Join Jason Chester in this new, thought-provoking session on how modern manufacturers are rethinking quality operations from the ground up.

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Design World

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

The last decade has seen advancements in controls and motor drive technologies to boost efficiency, safety, and ease of use. Now commonplace are drives that: Let end users leverage autotuning functions for faster commissioning Detect and correct for vibration issues — including the shaping of power into motors to avoid resonances Spur increasingly compact motors… The post Trends: Drives and controls incorporate more safety and feedback appeared first on Design World.

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Design World

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

TL Aerotek, a small job milling shop customer, experienced an influx of orders. They sought a solution to keep up with demand that would alleviate labor uncertainty and help to grow the business. TL Aerotek turned to their long-time supplier of milling machines for support, Expand Machinery. Expand discovered an opportunity to automate the process… The post Mitsubishi provides automated machine-tending solution tripling output for customer appeared first on Design World.

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Robotics Business Review

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

Robotics leaders such as MiR and UR will exhibit at R-24. Source: Invest in Odense The Danish city of Odense has 200,000 citizens, but how did it become a world leader in robotics? Let’s turn back time just 15 years to the period around the financial crisis. Back then, Denmark was a fairly anonymous country in the global, innovative robotics market.

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Design World

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

Limited space should not mean limited quality. Experience quick and reliable actuation in a more compact package with Southco’s new 56 Mini Lever Actuated Plunger. This solution features the same lever-actuated operation as the full-size version for faster and easier latching and unlatching of electronic components. The 56 Mini Lever Actuated Plunger keeps the convenient… The post New mini lever actuated plunger saves time and space appeared first on Design World.

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Robotics Business Review

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

Ruland Manufacturing has chosen Flexxbotics FlexxCORE technology for its robotic machine tending needs. | Source: Flexxbotics Flexxbotics, which delivers workcell digitalization for robot-driven manufacturing, today announced that Ruland Manufacturing Co. has selected it to deliver autonomous process control in its FANUC RoboDrill workcells. The companies said the project’s goal is to achieve “lights out” operations.

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Robots are a cornerstone of a smart factory, automating a wide range of manufacturing tasks that are monotonous, physically straining, or even hazardous. However, real-world robotics deployments have not lived up to the revolutionary potential the industrial sector had originally envisioned. Robot implementations are typically confined to specific applications, carry high costs, and are time-consuming.

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Design World

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

The MODEX 2024 exhibition will be open March 11–14 at the Georgia World Congress Center in Atlanta. Global drive solutions manufacturer, NORD DRIVESYSTEMS, will be in attendance to showcase their latest innovations for intralogistics applications. NORD has thousands of drives installed across the world and offers complete drive solutions specialized for intralogistics handling such as… The post NORD DRIVESYSTEMS attends MODEX with dynamic solutions for intralogistics appeared first on Desi

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E&T

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

Mobile operator EE, which is owned by BT Group, has confirmed that it has switched off its final 3G mobile site as it shifts its network over to newer technology.

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Design World

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

AutomationDirect has added WAGO Eco2 series power supplies that offer performance and value, featuring high efficiency and a compact, space-saving design, making them ideal for space-limited applications. These economical power supplies provide reliable performance and long service life for a variety of applications such as industrial automation, building management systems, machine control, and robotics.

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Plastics Today

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

Michael Heinz will address challenges facing the plastics industry, the importance of collaboration along the value chain, and the future of sustainability,

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Design World

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

Meet the Experts: Ankur Tomar, Manager — Technical marketing • Newark (an Avnet Company) | Sam Stoney, LifeTech Industry Segment manager • Festo | Dave Beckstoffer, industry manager • Portescap. | Patrick Varley, Product marketing manager — robotics • Mitsubishi Electric Automation Inc. | Brian Dengel, General manager • KHK USA Inc. | Paul Denman,… The post Advances beget advances in laboratory automation appeared first on Design World.

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Robotics Business Review

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

We’re in the midst of a decade of unprecedented transformation, driven in part by the global pandemic and geopolitical events that are fundamentally changing the way we manufacture and deliver goods, according to the International Federation of Robotics, or IFR. That transformation is happening against the backdrop of global megatrends, including a shrinking global workforce , an increasing appetite for e-commerce, and a fundamental need for sustainability and resilience — including in sup

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MRPEasy

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

MRPeasy is celebrating a significant milestone – the 10th anniversary of the company’s founding. Here’s how that came to be and what ten years actually means in the ERP market. Filling a gap in the market MRPeasy was created by a team of experienced software developers after they were hired to train SME manufacturing businesses […] The post MRPeasy 10 – The Past, Present, and Future of the Modern MRP Pioneer appeared first on Blog for Manufacturers and Distributors.

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Control.com

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

Servo motors are common in all kinds of motion control applications for various industries, but what are these devices, and what makes them different from standard AC or DC motors?

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The $53 trillion manufacturing economy in the US is undergoing a major automation paradigm shift due to Artificial Intelligence (AI). Thanks to new practical frameworks, automation projects that were once impossible or inefficient to implement are now being fast-tracked, and robotics automation is becoming increasingly relevant to a growing number of users and scenarios.

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E&T

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

The UK’s net zero economy grew 9% last year, a report commissioned by the Energy and Climate Intelligence Unit (ECIU) has found.

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The Guardian Manufacturing

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

Regulator demands recall of two models, understood to affect about 10,000 of the popular products Dutch authorities have ordered a leading European manufacturer of cargo bikes to suspend sales and recall thousands of its products amid safety concerns over frame breakages. The Dutch regulator for food and consumer product safety (NVWA) called a temporary halt to trading by Babboe , which makes family cargo bikes seen daily on school runs from Berlin to Bristol, “because their safety cannot be suf

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21st Century Tech

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

Recently, a Berkeley, California startup company that goes by the name, Twelve , has been capturing carbon dioxide (CO2) from ambient air and turning it into E-Jet® fuel for aircraft. E-Jet is not biofuel. Twelve’s novel process is unlike any other synthetic fuel I have described previously on this site where I have covered synthetic fuels produced using the Fischer-Tropsch process, synfuels made from vegetable oils, animal fats, and organic waste oil, and ethanol-based synfuel derived fro

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Manufacturer's Monthly

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

Austal Australia has been awarded a contract extension for the construction of two additional Evolved Cape-class Patrol Boats for the Royal Australian Navy. The $157 million contract follows the procurement announcement made in November 2023 by the Commonwealth of Australia (CoA) and brings the total number of Evolved Cape-class Patrol Boats being delivered to the Navy, under the SEA1445-1 Project, to ten.

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Cisco Smart Manufacturing

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

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Manufacturer's Monthly

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

Queensland critical minerals and battery technology fund to fast-track plans to reopen copper mine, generating more Australian manufacturing. Queensland copper exploration company, Revolver Resources will accelerate plans to recommission a Far North Queensland copper mine thanks to support from the Queensland state Government. Revolver seeks to re-establish the mine in line with the rising global demand for copper to supply electric vehicles (EVs), EV charging infrastructure, batteries, and ren

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Cisco Smart Manufacturing

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

Artificial intelligence (AI) has become a common buzzword, especially with the rise of Generative AI (GenAI) tools like ChatGPT, which can create entirely new data and human-like content.

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Manufacturer's Monthly

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

After taking home the most innovative manufacturing company award at this year’s Endeavour Awards, Amiga Engineering quickly returned to the stage to receive the manufacturer of the year. The award is a culmination of hard work from founder and managing director Michael Bourchier and the team at Amiga Engineering. Amiga Engineering is a beacon in the Australian manufacturing landscape for diversifying and meeting the needs of wider industry and remaining relevant.

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iBASEt

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) and Manufacturing Execution Systems (MES) are pivotal technologies for today’s leading manufacturers who are pursuing digital first operations. Both solutions can serve important functions throughout operations including supply chain, inventory management, quality assurance, product maintenance, and beyond. The areas of overlap are apparent and while both sets of solutions can be used to improve the different areas they touch, the outcomes they enable are funda

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Manufacturer's Monthly

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

Australian electrolyser company Hysata hosted executive secretary for the United Nations executive secretary of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) Simon Stiell last Friday in Port Kembla. Minister for climate change and energy the Hon Chris Bowen MP and member for Cunningham Alison Byres MP joined Mr Stiell for a tour of Hysata’s electrolyser manufacturing facility during his first official visit to Australia.

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Cisco Smart Manufacturing

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

The rapid rollout of 5G technology has marked a historic milestone in the evolution of mobile connectivity. According to research firm Omdia , 5G subscriptions surged from 1.

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