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ROI calculators quantify benefits of jet engine balancing systems

Design World

Two online, interactive ROI calculators are designed to illustrate the dramatic cost reductions possible when jet engine balancing is performed utilizing the PBS 4100+ and PBS eXpress advanced vibration analysis technology. These calculators contrast the total costs of both labor and fuel when utilizing the MTI PBS 4100+ system (for commercial jets) and MTI PBS… The post ROI calculators quantify benefits of jet engine balancing systems appeared first on Design World.

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Fanuc To Expand Facility Footprint in Auburn Hills

Gary Mintchell

In this era of ditching bean-counters’ spreadsheets and returning manufacturing to the US, FANUC America provides some welcome news. It has announced a West Campus expansion that will push its operational space in Oakland County, Michigan to nearly two million square feet. The construction will include a 655,000 square foot state-of-the-art facility to house manufacturing, engineering and R&D projects.

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Voith torque limiting couplings

Design World

Protect your driveline with intelligence Drivelines in rotating equipment are long-term investments, worth protecting. Every minute of unplanned downtime caused by overload, is a loss in production. With outstanding safety and reliability, Voith’s torque-limiting couplings protect all components in the driveline, resulting in smooth operation, less wear and tear, and maximum performance of your equipment. […].

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Enterprise Asset Management Helps CF Industries Streamline Operations

Automation World

From automating workflows and minimizing vendor communications to reducing costs and increasing revenue, Aveva’s EAM software has proven its ability to broadly improve operations at CF Industries.

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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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Vulkan DISCFLEX disc pack type coupling

Design World

Nominal Torque Range 153 Nm – 660000 Nm The DISCFLEX is a disc pack type coupling suitable for demanding industrial applications. The torque is transmitted through the coupling by means of tension and compression of the high-strength stainless steel flexible disc elements. High rotational speeds and high torque capacity within a small, lightweight package are […].

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Enterprise Asset Management Helps CF Industries Streamline Operations

Automation World

From automating workflows and minimizing vendor communications to reducing costs and increasing revenue, Aveva’s EAM software has proven its ability to broadly improve operations at CF Industries.

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How Advanced Simulation Drives Digital Twin Implementation

Automation World

The distinct advantage of digital twins is their ability to collect and analyze authentic real-time data from an asset’s continual operation across its lifecycle.

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Report calls Alliance to End Plastic Waste ‘greenwashing,' a ‘paltry' effort

Plastics News

A major industry effort to try to tackle plastic pollution in the developing world, the Alliance to End Plastic Waste, faces charges of greenwashing and limited success. But AEPW says the work will take time.

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EY and GE Digital Announce Alliance Promoting Data-driven Manufacturing

Gary Mintchell

? Helps to improve quality of services while providing on-time results. ? Reduces operating and maintenance costs. ? Includes experienced technology implementation support. Only a few trends pop up at this time in our industrial digital market chief among them being partnerships. I saw a news item from GE Digital about partnering with Ernst & Young (EY) on of the large consulting firms.

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NFI places $10 million order for material handling robots from Boston Dynamics

Robotics Automation News

NFI Industries, a supply chain solutions provider, has signed a $10 million agreement to deploy Boston Dynamics’ newest robot, Stretch, across its US warehousing operations. The mobile robot will begin unloading trucks and containers as a pilot program at NFI’s Savannah, GA facility in 2023, with plans to outfit additional warehouse locations across North America […].

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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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North America’s Largest Plastics Recycler Builds $65-Million Tech Center

Plastics Today

The 110,000-square-foot facility will be dedicated to product engineering, material science, and manufacturing technologies, said Advanced Drainage Systems.

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The evolution of laser welding technology

The Fabricator

Laser welding technology has progressed to become the process of choice for metal fabricators and manufacturers for a mind-boggling variety of applications in a precision sheet metal job shop.

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Robot sales reach record high in North America for third consecutive quarter

Robotics Automation News

For the third-straight quarter, robot sales in North America hit a record high, driven by a resurgence in sales to automotive companies and an ongoing need to manage increasing demand to automate logistics for e-commerce. According to the Association for Advancing Automation (A3), of the 12,305 robots sold in Q2 2022, 59 percent of the […].

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California-based molder Poly-Tek buys Master Plastics

Plastics News

Poly-Tek Inc., a rubber and plastics injection molder in San Leandro, Calif., has purchased Master Plastics Inc., an injection molder in nearby Vacaville, Calif.

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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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BMW’s idealworks partners with Linde Material Handling

Robotics Automation News

Cutting-edge improvements in technology, such as autonomous mobile robots, have been and continue to be the driving force behind automation. Not least due to their flexible range of applications, AMRs have increasingly been taking over transport tasks in intralogistics. By collaborating with Linde Material Handling, idealworks – a business unit of auto giant BMW – […].

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Kontron introduces its new COM-HPC® Server Module COMh-sdID and COM-HPC Server Evaluation Carrier

Expo21xx

Kontron, a leading global provider of IoT/Embedded Computer Technology (ECT), launches its first COM-HPC® Server Module COMh-sdID featuring Intel’s Xeon D-2700 processors (former codename Ice Lake D). In addition, Kontron also introduces […]. The post Kontron introduces its new COM-HPC® Server Module COMh-sdID and COM-HPC Server Evaluation Carrier appeared first on EXPO21XX.com NEWS.

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ZF to showcase autonomous commercial transportation system solutions

Robotics Automation News

ZF’s Commercial Vehicle Solutions division will present its latest range of future-ready automation technologies and expertise at IAA Transportation 2022. This includes ZF’s innovative next generation Autonomous Driving Open Platform Technology (ADOPT) automated chassis control solution. The advanced platform bridges autonomous vehicles’ virtual driver software with its actuation systems using standardized interfaces developed to automotive […].

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Digital twins, blockchain and IoT are powering the metaverse

Control Engineering

Learning Objectives. Digital twins, blockchain and the Internet of Things (IoT) will help power the metaverse. Digital twins are the building block, blockchain are the transactional engine and the IoT serves as the infrastructure. Industrial Metaverse Insights. The metaverse is a hypothetical iteration of the internet as a virtual reality (VR). Once thought to be the idea of science fiction, it is becoming very much a reality as VR and augmented reality (AR) grow in use.

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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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3 Capabilities of an Electronic Manufacturing Services Company

Robotics Automation News

The process of manufacturing in-demand gadgets like phones and TVs follows several phases. In effect, the original equipment manufacturer (OEM) has to research and develop a design that meets current consumer needs. Because of these current demands, most manufacturers build their products in-house or outsource related tasks. The latter has become a standard option for […].

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Canadian economy grew at a rate of 3.3 per cent in the second quarter, below estimates

Canadian Manufacturing

The Canadian economy grew at an annual rate of 3.3 per cent in the second quarter, bringing the quarterly reading below estimates and an early look at July suggests a contraction. Statistics Canada released its latest reports on monthly and quarterly real gross domestic product on Aug. 31, which showed the economy expanded for a fourth consecutive quarter, driven by increased businesses and household spending.

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Manufacturing Labour Shortages: Which Locations Are Struggling To Hire The Most?

Manufacturer's Monthly

Attracting a quality workforce is one of the most difficult challenges among manufacturers right now, and businesses in Australia and New Zealand are facing the brunt of the skills gap, new data shows. As manufacturing software becomes more sophisticated, production is restored to its pre-pandemic state and advancements in Industry 4.0 make the sector more innovative, businesses are feeling the strain in attracting a quality, high-skilled workforce.

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NuraLogix researchers announce AI models that can predict Blood Biomarker Risk

Canadian Manufacturing

NuraLogix researchers announce AI models that can predict Blood Biomarker Risk (CNW Group/NuraLogix Corporation). TORONTO — Researchers at NuraLogix, a global researcher in HealthTech AI, announced on Aug. 30 that they had developed AI models that can predict a person’s risk of HbA1C levels and Fasting Blood Glucose levels being above a significant clinical threshold for pre-diabetes.

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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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Welding success story: A real-time flow meter manifold from SMC seals the deal

Manufacturer's Monthly

Facteon has spent the past four decades crafting factory automation and proprietary welding solutions and has grown to become international specialists in factory solutions, smart manufacturing and IIoT technologies. The company’s welding solutions focus on developing technologies that deliver on weld strength, alignment, and a superior cosmetic finish, as Warren Collenette, Senior Design Engineer from Facteon explains: “We are focused on customer confidence; we want our customers to be confiden

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Drax Offers Hotels a £10,000 Prize to Set Up Electric Vehicle Charging

i4.0 today

Drax Electric Vehicles is offering all Energy & Environment Alliance’s (EEA) members the chance to win up to £10,000 for the supply and installation of electric vehicle (EV) charging stations at a hotel property in the UK. Drax will also provide the first three years of service, software, and maintenance (value of £1,000), free of charge. The competition aims to help showcase how an EV charging station can attract valuable new business to a hotel and how it can significantly reduce the prope

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Modern Manufacturing Expo To Showcase How Robotics and AI Can Turn Supply Chains Into ‘Value Chains’

Manufacturer's Monthly

In a crowded global market manufacturers are always on the lookout for technologies that will give them an ‘edge’. Autonomous Mobile Robots (AMRs) and Artificial Intelligence (AI) are increasingly being viewed as the key to unlocking Australia’s manufacturing competitiveness. However, there is still something preventing the use of robotics in manufacturing from reaching its full potential: a knowledge gap among Australian manufacturers on how best to approach this highly specialised field.

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Resin Price Report: Has Resin Pricing Hit Bottom?

Plastics Today

In the wake of a 15% reduction in PE supply announced by one major producer, other suppliers are weighing their options.

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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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Manufacturing activity falls for the first time in six months

Manufacturer's Monthly

The Ai Group’s Australian Performance of Manufacturing Index (Australian PMI®) dropped 3.2 points to 49.3 in August, which is the first time the index has contracted since January 2022 following the Omicron outbreak. Ai Group chief executive Innes Willox said the Australian PMI for August points to the end of the recent expansion of manufacturing activity as production, employment and sales were all down and most manufacturing sectors reported lower performance in the month.

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Video: Showroom Showcase – Episode 1 – Aisle 3

HGR Inc.

We’re back this week with Brian McCloud as we start our series Showroom Showcase. Each episode will take you on a deep dive into a section of one of our showrooms from a person that knows them inside and out. . This week we explore Aisle 3 in our Euclid, OH location. Come explore with us as we explore our selection of pumps , valves , scales , and more.

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Mouser Now Shipping Renesas CK-RX65N Cloud Kit

Manufacturer's Monthly

Mouser Electronics, Inc., the industry’s leading New Product Introduction (NPI) distributor with the widest selection of semiconductors and electronic components , is now stocking the CK-RX65N Cloud Kit from Renesas Electronics. The CK-RX65N kit offers a complete connectivity solution to allow rapid development of Internet of Things (IoT) cloud prototypes without requiring complex, custom circuitry and software stacks.

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Transforming Australia’s economy requires a highly skilled workforce for future prosperity

AU Manufacturing

Media Release by Cooperative Research Australia. The national body for industry-research collaboration, Cooperative Research Australia (CRA), welcomes the Australian Government initiative on Jobs and Skills and the opportunity to contribute to the Jobs and Skills Summit via our participation at the Ministerial Science and Commercialisation roundtable on 17 August 2022 in Sydney and the White Paper.

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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.