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Reduce Your Turbulence With An Agile Supply Chain

Cisco Industrial Automation

Authored By Han Law. Uncertain global environments around trade and other geo-political events have made agile supply chains the difference between a firm’s success, survival, or failure. However, traditional risk management practices have not been very effective. This is because of poor visibility, high data latency, and the unstructured nature of data present in many of today’s distributed supply chain networks.

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3 Keys to Securing and Managing an Industrial Network

Automation World

Why Industry 4.0 success requires visibility into all connected points on an industrial network, as well as threat detection and displays of the network’s health and integrity.

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168 Manufacturing adds new distributors for automated machine shop technologies

Design World

168 Manufacturing, a brand of Precision Tool Technologies that designs and develops CNC machine shop automation technologies, announces partnerships with six new North American distributors for its FullShopTM Automated Coolant Management Systems. These distributors, which will bring 168 Manufacturing’s flagship FS120 series and newer FS40 series of automatic coolant delivery systems to end users across the U.S. and Canada, are: -Tool Technology Distributors — U.S.

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Where exactly is Gemba?

Chris Hohmann

Going to see buy oneself, at the Gemba, is a Lean commandement well received (understood?) by all those who went through a Lean initiation. Now laymen and beginners may ask: where exactly is Gemba? First let’s clarify the meaning of the word Gemba. For this I’ll quote an old acquaintance of mine, Michel Baudin who … Continue reading Where exactly is Gemba?

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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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Why Manufacturers duplicate IPv4 addresses and how IE switches help solve the issues

Cisco Industrial Automation

If this topic piqued your interest, you’re probably impacted by or at least curious about duplicate IP Addresses in your industrial network. You are not alone. It can be a little bewildering. There doesn’t seem to be any reason in this day and age to have duplicate IP Addresses, let alone do it on purpose. Let’s unravel the mystery. Companies that build sophisticated machines have made the transition to Internet Protocol as the communication protocol within their machines.

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Beckhoff Introduces the ATRO Modular Robot

Automation World

This forthcoming modular, customizable, do-it-yourself robot technology adds new dimensions to how end users, system integrators, and OEMs will think about robotic automation.

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11 Expectations in the Development of AI Transcription

Robotics Automation News

Does the name Audrey Hepburn ring a bell? Way back in 1952, it was the first computer speech recognition tool. Even though the technology was groundbreaking, the software could understand only digits. Since then, transcription software has come a long way. Today, transcription tools use immersive technologies like artificial intelligence (AI) to convert speech to […].

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Digital transformation is more about people than technology

Manufacturer's Monthly

Ai Group’s Centre for Education and Training (CET) has set out the scale of the digital transformation opportunity (and challenge) before the industry in a new report. “Digital transformation presents an incredible opportunity to grow and reshape our economy for the better, but the secret to unlocking this potential lies with people, not machines,” Ai Group head of Education & Training and executive director of the CET Megan Lilly said. “We conducted interviews and ca

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How to Select the Right Valve

Automation World

Learn about the different types of commonly available automated valves, valve sizing and performance issues, how piping and valve materials can impact valve choice, and deciding among electric, pneumatic, and hydraulic valve actuators.

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Andantex to introduce new planetary Reducer design concept at IMTS

Design World

Developed with machine tool performance in mind, EVO 1 is a new approach to driving machine tool axes. The EVO 1 mechanical gearing system approaches the performance of a linear motor at the lower price of a rack and pinion linear axis. Features include high stiffness, zero backlash, and an ultra-minimal transmission error. This new design provides vibration-free motion and an optimum surface finish for the machined part.

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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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A game plan to reach out to the next generation of creators

The Fabricator

Social media is proof that humanity still celebrates creativity among the younger generations. What better industry to put those creative efforts to work than in metal fabricating and forming?

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Infrastructure bill pumping money into pipe projects

Plastics News

Extruders have been in high gear since the pandemic and now they are bracing for more orders for drinking water and wastewater projects.

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Key VPN Statistics: What Are the Numbers Telling Us?

Robotics Automation News

All over the world, individuals use virtual private networks (VPNs) to secure their connections to the internet. The encryption protects your activity from prying eyes, allowing you to browse the web with greater anonymity. Furthermore, a VPN may replace your actual IP address with one from another region, allowing you to access material that would […].

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HazLoc cabinet coolers are approved for Class I Div 1

Design World

EXAIR’s Hazardous Location Cabinet Cooler Systems have been set apart from the competition by achieving the UL classified designation for Div #1 environments. They have been tested by UL and passed their stringent requirements for use upon classified purged and pressurized electrical enclosures within Class I Div 1, Groups A, B, C and D; Class II Div 1, Groups E, F and G – and Class III environments.

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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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Penn College welding students, metal artist build all-steel motorcycle

The Fabricator

Welding students at Penn College and metal artist/welder Rae Ripple collaborated on an all-steel chopper motorcycle sculpture that now stands prominently at the Pennsylvania school.

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Virgin plastic use down for Keurig Dr Pepper

Plastics News

Keurig Dr Pepper Inc. reports higher post-consumer plastic content in packaging last year while PepsiCo Inc. sees overall increase despite a per-serving decrease.

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On the Way to Solving the Big Data Problem in Autonomous Driving

Robotics Automation News

The appearance of self-driving vehicles is closely related to progress in the sphere of artificial intelligence and robotics. However, self-driving cars need more than just artificial intelligence and machine learning. To build its route, each self-driving car sends and receives plenty of data from various sensors like GPS, sonars, radars, lidars, cameras, and so on. […].

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PTDA 2022 Industry Summit to deliver “Amped Up” programming, networking

Design World

The Power Transmission Distributors Association (PTDA) will convene for the PTDA 2022 Industry Summit in Nashville, Tenn. on October 27-29, 2022. With more than 500 delegates in the power transmission/motion control (PT/MC) industry expected to attend, representing over 200 PTDA distributor and manufacturer companies, the Industry Summit—themed “Amp Up” — will offer cross-channel networking, shared learning and collaborative experiences. .

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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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2022 FAB 40: Diversification drives the metal fabrication business model

The Fabricator

Maysteel Industries manages its growth through three related diversification strategies: diversity in geometry, in customers, and in careers.

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Implementing a hierarchy of automation safety

Control Engineering

Safety Insights. Safety comes in many forms and is a critical aspect of manufacturing operations. It starts with fundamentals like awareness and having the right equipment on-hand. While a good starting point, it is really the first step in the journey and can go in much greater detail. A hierarchy of controls is a good way to build a safety program in effectiveness and making a culture that emphasizes worker safety and wellness.

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How should you serve your customers so that you get more of them

Robotics Automation News

Today, all the basic daily operations of the client are quenched on the card in the app. You are primarily focused on digital service, so it is worth paying attention to the development of financial service products because these are striking short-term and large-scale long-term results. Let’s look at the key points of the efficiency […].

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Eaton E58 Series M30 harsh duty photoelectric sensors from AutomationDirect

Design World

AutomationDirect has added new M30 harsh duty photoelectric sensors from Eaton. The Eaton E58 series are among the most rugged and best-sealed photoelectric sensors on the market. Their stainless steel, PVDF, and tempered glass components are mechanically assembled using Vitron seals to ensure resistance to chemicals and moisture intrusion. The E58 photoelectric sensors are available in diffuse reflective with background suppression, retroreflective, polarized reflective, and through-beam models

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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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Smart Manufacturing – How Digital Twins Optimizes Manufacturing Efficiency

Metrology

In the next few years, the digital twin solution for manufacturing is expected to grow rapidly, driven by the need for improved productivity and lower maintenance costs. From 2022 to. The post Smart Manufacturing – How Digital Twins Optimizes Manufacturing Efficiency appeared first on Metrology and Quality News - Online Magazine.

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Plastic Film Recycler Earns Recycling Partnership Grant

Plastics Today

EFS-plastics in PA will use $200,000 grant from the Film and Flexibles Recycling Coalition to buy new equipment to increase film recycling by 50 million bags per month.

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Why should you invest in electric vehicle companies?

Robotics Automation News

“The future of the automotive industry”, “the new standard” and “there will be no other cars” are just some of the expressions that can be heard about the increasingly popular electric vehicles. All the giants of the automotive industry have already released at least a few models of electric vehicles. Thus, there is no wonder […].

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Faster than any other IDS industrial camera: uEye Warp10 with 10GigE

Design World

With high speed to new spheres. When fast-moving scenes need to be captured in all their details, a high-performance transmission interface is essential in addition to the right sensor. With uEye Warp10, IDS Imaging Development Systems GmbH is launching a new camera family that, thanks to 10GigE, transmits data in the Gigabit Ethernet-based network at a very high frame rate and virtually without delay.

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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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Detrimental effect of wind turbines on bats revealed by ultrasonic detection

E&T

As more and more wind turbines are installed in the course of the energy transition and distance regulations to human settlements are tightened, suitable locations are becoming increasingly difficult to find. As a result, wind turbines are increasingly being erected in forests, to the detriment of forest specialists among bats. . In a new study, a team of scientists led by the Leibniz Institute for Zoo and Wildlife Research (Leibniz-IZW) demonstrated that forest specialists among bats, which fo

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A look at digital transformation using the cloud

Control Engineering

Digital Transformation Insights. Digital transformation (DX) and Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) can help simplify cloud architectures, which are comprised of six layers. The layers go beyond information technology/operational technology (IT/OT) convergence and help create the foundation for a business enterprise. Much of the transformation happens at level 1.

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Robotic pets: How to choose and what you should know about them

Robotics Automation News

Communication with pets helps reduce stress levels, distracts from troubles and reduces anxiety. There is even a method of treatment – pet therapy. Four-legged pets make a person move more and expand their social circle – after all, pet lovers will always find common topics for conversation. Communication with animals is especially useful for older […].

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Plastics’ Positive Impact on Climate Change

Plastics Today

Contrary to popular belief, the production of plastics generates fewer greenhouse gas emissions than alternative materials.

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A Low-Risk, Incremental Approach to Smart Manufacturing for Small & Medium Manufacturers

This guidebook discusses how small/medium manufacturers have implemented Smart Manufacturing initiatives and realized benefits such as increased productivity as well as higher levels of coordination and speed within the enterprise and supply chain.