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Current, voltage and phase monitoring devices

Design World

A new digital platform covers current, voltage and phase monitoring devices including a range of monitoring relays, earth leakage detectors and current transformers/transducers. These products are important components for monitoring incoming power and for protecting machinery such as motors, pumps and compressors. The Digital Platform on Current, Voltage and Phase Monitoring Devices is an information-laden… The post Current, voltage and phase monitoring devices appeared first on Design Wor

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Protect Your Control Systems from Natural Disasters

Automation World

To ensure you can be up and running as quickly as possible following a storm or other natural disaster, it’s critical to have a crisis management strategy in place to proactively protect your automation systems.

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How Artificial Intelligence is Shaping the Future of eCommerce

Robotics Automation News

Artificial intelligence is a technology that many people still liken to something from a futuristic movie from days gone by. While to the uninitiated, the words artificial intelligence may conjure up images of humanoid robots, the reality is that AI is already all around and widely adopted throughout society. Almost everyone has some kind of […].

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HGV registrations soar in best Q3 for half a decade

SMMT

UK heavy goods vehicle (HGV) registrations climb by 30.1% to 10,034 units in Q3. Best third quarter since 2017, driven by demand for artic trucks, up 53.1%, and rigids, up 15.8%. Year-to-date market up 7.8%, but still -18.4% down against same period pre-pandemic figures. SEE HGV REGISTRATIONS BY BRAND. DOWNLOAD PRESS RELEASE AND DATA TABLE. New UK heavy goods vehicle (HGV) registrations increased by 30.1% in the third quarter of 2022, according to the latest figures published today by the Societ

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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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Sensor enclosures feature 32 permutations, custom options

Design World

The tough, elegant new MINI-DATA-BOX comes in different versions, sizes, colors and optional flanges to produce 32 possible permutations – all available as standard. Innovative and compact MINI-DATA-BOX is ideal for applications including IoT/IIoT, automation, security and surveillance technology, environmental monitoring, measurement and control, smart logistics, peripherals, interfaces and ICT.

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New Launch: Nupano Open Automation Platform for OEMs From Lenze

Automation World

Machine builders can use the Nupano cloud-based platform to create new machine related digital services and revenue streams through the ability to remotely and securely update and maintain equipment in the field.

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Success Story: MPW Precision cuts a short path to success with day-one MRPeasy implementation

MRPEasy

Thanks to decades of business experience and a reliable software partner since day one, high-precision component manufacturer MPW Precision has found a fast route to success. About MPW Precision After a German industrial organisation successfully acquired their previous long-standing manufacturing enterprise in 2017, entrepreneurs Maurice and Paul Watson promptly decided to go at it again […].

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HARTING Mexico Manufacturing inaugurates new building to accommodate growth

Design World

HARTING Mexico Manufacturing announced the expansion of its manufacturing facility with an inaugural ribbon-cutting event. HARTING Technology Group COO Andreas Conrad, HARTING Americas CEO Jon DeSouza, and HARTING Americas COO Florian Stuetzel hosted the ceremony on behalf of the global company. The event also included a virtual address from HARTING Technology Group’s Chairman of the… The post HARTING Mexico Manufacturing inaugurates new building to accommodate growth appeared first

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Predictive Maintenance Solutions Trending Among Companies

Automation World

Packaged goods companies are implementing or considering a variety of predictive maintenance technologies, and OEMs are looking for ways to match demand.

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Privately held Ohio metal fabrication shop goes employee-owned

The Fabricator

When Valco Industries owner Ed Leventhal was mapping his exit plan, he took the road less traveled to ensure that his valued manufacturing employees would continue to have jobs by transferring ownership to them.

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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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Luxonis launches its first open source personal robot

Robotics Automation News

Luxonis, a Colorado-based robotic vision platform, has launched rae, its first “fully-formed and high-powered personal robot”. Backed by a Kickstarter campaign to help support its development, rae sets itself apart by offering a multitude of features right out of the box, along with a unique degree of experimental programming potential that far exceeds other consumer […].

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Plastic bags under scrutiny again. Is flexible packaging next?

Plastics News

Perhaps some retail bag makers will be able to make a case to California that they've made the investments necessary to make their products sustainable. If so, flexible packaging makers should be paying attention.

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Argolytics Partners With CFA Solutions on Quality Inspection Software

Modern Machine Shop

Photo Credit: iStock. Argolytics , maker of Trendable software solutions for quality control, announces a new partnership with CFA Solutions , makers of the non-conformance tracking and reporting software 80/20 Quality. The new agreement integrates the two software programs such that the transition from recording inspection measurements to reporting defects is seamless, according to the partners.

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The artistry and fabrication behind San Francisco’s stainless steel rock sculptures

The Fabricator

What made the 20 colorful rock-like structures outside a San Francisco building possible? Artistry, metal fabrication, and some delays, artists and fabricators said.

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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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OnRobot launches new platform that reduces costs ‘by up to 90 percent’

Robotics Automation News

OnRobot, the world’s leading provider of hardware and software solutions for collaborative robotic applications, has launched the industry’s first automated platform for deployment of collaborative applications – D:PLOY – in Asia Pacific (APAC). D:PLOY – the biggest innovation since the collaborative robot (cobot) – will revolutionise and simplify automation for manufacturers in almost every industry. […].

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Kickstart: Shake ‘N Bake ditches the plastic bag

Plastics News

Shake 'N Bake ditches the plastic bag Can you believe that consumers buy so much Shake 'N Bake that just eliminating the plastic bag from the package will save 900,000 pounds of plastic annually? Kraft Heinz Co. announced Nov. 10 that it's removing the plastic "shaker" bag from its Shake 'N Bake product. According to the company, that will eliminate 900,000 pounds of plastic — equivalent to the weight of more than 270 mid-size cars.

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ARM Hub, Azcende Venture to help Australian critical tech enter US defence market

AU Manufacturing

Advanced Robotics for Manufacturing Hub (ARM Hub) has ventured into a partnership with infrastructure advisory firm Azcende Venture Capital to help Australian manufacturers of innovative technologies enter US markets. . The partnership is intended to accelerate new business and emerging technologies designed for national security and critical infrastructure. .

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Key takeaways from FABTECH 2022: growing automation, connected machines, good information, and more

The Fabricator

Tens of thousands descended on the Georgia World Congress Center in Atlanta for FABTECH 2022. The show revealed several key trends in the metal fabrication and manufacturing industries, including the increasing importance of good information.

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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.

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Trimble and Exyn Technologies launch autonomous construction surveying technology

Robotics Automation News

Industrial technology company Trimble and Exyn Technologies, a developer of multi-platform robotic autonomy for complex, GPS-denied environments, have agreed a strategic collaboration to explore the use of autonomous construction surveying technology. The solution will integrate Boston Dynamics’ Spot robot, the ExynPak powered by ExynAI and the Trimble X7 total station.

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CP Chemical, QatarEnergy JV building $8.5B PE plant in Texas

Plastics News

Construction will begin immediately on the project in Orange, Texas, with operations expected to begin in 2026. The complex will add more than 4 billion pounds of capacity.

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Hydro One and Lac des Mille Lacs First Nation sign agreement for transmission line project

Canadian Manufacturing

Chief Whitecloud, Andrew Spencer, Hydro One, Ogichidaa (Grand Chief) Francis Kavanaugh and Matthew Jackson, Hydro One celebrate the signing of the agreement in Thunder Bay. (CNW Group/Hydro One Limited). THUNDER BAY — At a ceremony in Thunder Bay, Lac des Mille Lacs First Nation and Hydro One Networks Inc. (Hydro One) signed an equity agreement on the Waasigan Transmission Line project.

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SoftIron launches Australia’s first-ever advanced computer manufacturing facility

AU Manufacturing

SoftIron has opened Australia’s first-ever component-level IT infrastructure manufacturing facility in Sydney, bringing Australia one step closer towards developing its first sovereign capability in critical technology. . Backed by a Defence Department’s Sovereign Industry Capability Grant, the Advanced Manufacturing Facility, which opened at Botany on Monday, will produce ICT componentry for SoftIron’s ground-breaking HyperCloud Intelligent Cloud Fabric , the world’s first complete technology f

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Future Focus: Constructing Unshakeable Stability in Your Manufacturing Supply Chain

Speaker: Jay Black, Senior Account Executive

We’ve all heard the buzzwords to describe new supply chain trends: resiliency, sustainability, AI, machine learning. But what do these really mean today? Over the past few years, manufacturing has had to adapt to and overcome a wide variety of supply chain trends and disruptions to stay as stable as possible. Stability has become key in this post-COVID world, and will remain key moving forward.

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Technology is Making it Easier Than Ever to Become an Entrepreneur

Robotics Automation News

In recent years, the tech industry has not only become more and more powerful but also more and more accessible to would-be entrepreneurs. With almost everything you need to start a business now available via the internet, it’s easier than ever to turn your great idea into an even greater reality without spending much of […].

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Groups want EPA to limit PVA in laundry pods, seeing microplastic problems

Plastics News

There's a push to get EPA to limit PVA film in the popular cleaning pod format over concerns of microplastic pollution. Industry said science shows no problems.

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Kohler Power Systems expands generator plant in Wisconsin

The Fabricator

Kohler Power Systems has completed an expansion to its North American generator manufacturing facility in Mosel, Wis. The project, which began in March 2021, includes a 155,000-sq.-ft. production, testing, and warehousing space, as well as a 10,000-sq.-ft. customer experience center. The.

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Where to Focus Your Improvement Efforts

Mold Making Technology

Mold builders need a systematic process that allows the business to repeatedly (and with confidence) make decisions about what to improve on an ongoing basis. Photo Credit, all images: Science of Business Inc. This is the fourth and final installment in our series of articles. We’ve covered a wide range of topics and how those topics affect the moldmaking industry, ranging from pricing to marketing to technology.

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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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Are Domain Names Important for SEO in 2022?

Robotics Automation News

The debate about whether a site’s domain name affects its ranking position sometimes arises among webmasters. A B2B SEO company can categorically testify that a correctly chosen domain can help to promote the site to the top positions. Others cite Google’s press releases stating that the domain name has little impact on rankings. Let’s discover […].

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Tuvalu turns to the metaverse to guarantee islands’ survival

E&T

Tuvalu's foreign minister Simon Kofe has revealed the nation's plans to build a digital twin of the country and upload it to the metaverse , an interoperable online platform that relies on augmented and virtual reality (VR) to help users interact. . The announcement - made at the Cop27 climate summit - aims to preserve Tuvalu's history and culture before the nation is submerged underwater. .

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How good data will shape the nature of work in metal manufacturing

The Fabricator

Careers in the Industry 4.0 shop will be varied, but they’ll all share a common thread throughout metal manufacturing: Good data will drive decisions.

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North American Tooling Spend Forecasted to Reach $8.3 Billion in 2025

Mold Making Technology

Five-axis CNC milling machine and monitor gauge cutting tire mold parts via solid ball end mill tools. Photo Credit: Getty Images. Harbour Results Inc. (HRI) recently released the results of the Harbour IQ in-depth study on the current state of the automotive vendor tooling industry. The analysis indicates automotive vendor tooling spend in North America will increase year-over-year at a rate of 13.4%, resulting in $8.3 billion in spending in 2025, a significant increase from 2022 estimated spen

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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.