Plastics Today

DECEMBER 5, 2023

These five factors will influence plastic sustainability and the national packaging landscape in 2024.

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Manufacturer's Monthly

DECEMBER 5, 2023

A team of engineers from Monash University have developed a new lithium-sulphur battery design with a nanoporous polymer-coated lithium foil anode, which has reduced the amount of lithium required in a single battery. Manufacturers’ Monthly spoke to PhD candidate and lead researcher Declan McNamara to find out more about the significance of their new battery design and the potential applications of the technology.

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Manufacturer's Monthly

DECEMBER 5, 2023

The National Reconstruction Fund begun investments recently, with minister for industry Ed Husic and finance minister Katy Gallagher publishing the National Reconstruction Fund Corporation’s Investment Mandate. Ed Husic, minister for industry and science spoke to the importance of getting this funding underway. “Signing off on the investment mandate means the NRF can get cracking on rebuilding our manufacturing capabilities and supply chain resilience,” he said.

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Design World

DECEMBER 8, 2023

Pepperl+Fuchs, a maker of hazardous area mobile devices, announces the expansion of its groundbreaking Tab-Ex tablet series — with the Tab-Ex 04 Pro D2, developed by its subsidiary ECOM Instruments. Based on the rugged Samsung Galaxy TabActive4 Pro, the tablet features a brighter, 550 nit 10-in. touch screen paired with the latest hardware and connectivity… The post Pepperl+Fuchs announces the newest addition to the Tab-Ex family of hazardous area tablets appeared first on Design World.

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Generative AI is upending the way product developers & end-users alike are interacting with data. Despite the potential of AI, many are left with questions about the future of product development: How will AI impact my business and contribute to its success? What can product managers and developers expect in the future with the widespread adoption of AI?

Automation World

DECEMBER 4, 2023

Through a focus on yield, Maple Leaf Foods learned that by leveraging its existing MES technology it could successfully implement an IoT project that delivered ROI 4x faster than expected.

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Gary Mintchell

DECEMBER 7, 2023

I found this an interesting survey from Control Engineering (CFE Media). It ran a survey of its readers about SCADA. They received 135 responses from the USA. Some of the results were surprising. It should be noted that this survey is not statistically valid. It’s the opinions of those who cared to respond. Most were from the East Coast. (Thank you graduate school course on running statistically valid surveys which are definitely not run by journalists.

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Design World

DECEMBER 6, 2023

The tagline Enabling an Intelligent Planet might spur the question: What does “intelligent” mean? And in the context of IIoT, how does a factory become intelligent? According to Willie Lin, director of iFactory Solutions and WISE-IoT at Advantech (whose company uses this tagline), an intelligent factory features two things. First is the knowledge and understanding… The post Generative AI advances intelligent factories appeared first on Design World.

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Automation World

DECEMBER 4, 2023

From supply chain complexities to inconsistent quality and workforce turnover, the strategic integration of plant floor and enterprise systems can boost a manufacturer’s operational efficiency and enhance a plant’s resilience and competitiveness.

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Gary Mintchell

DECEMBER 7, 2023

Continuing in the realm of weird press releases today comes this gem about artificial intelligence company OpenAI and its leadership. As the drama unfolds over leadership changes at AI lab OpenAI, valued at over $29 billion, social entrepreneur and thought leader Nicole Gibson, author of Legacy Disorder, has insightful commentary to offer on this saga that she believes reveals deeper issues around immature and reactive leadership in the tech industry.

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The Fabricator

DECEMBER 5, 2023

Applying additive manufacturing in the construction business won’t be an easy bridge to cross. But as of 2021, a bridge in Amsterdam has been printed out of metal, and today, a bedrock of much-needed engineering data is being built.

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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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Design World

DECEMBER 7, 2023

The Call for Papers by HANNOVER MESSE is aimed at any exhibitor or partner who would like to enrich the content of the forum program at the world’s leading industrial trade fair by giving a presentation. Four forum stages are available for this purpose: On the Industrie 4.0 Conference Stage, automation specialists, software providers, and… The post HANNOVER MESSE launches Call for Papers appeared first on Design World.

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Plastics Today

DECEMBER 6, 2023

Nissha Medical Technologies’ Japan-based parent company sees “immense growth potential” in contract design, development, and manufacturing services for the medical device market.

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Gary Mintchell

DECEMBER 6, 2023

I was greatly blessed at work. For most of the positions I held, I was the first person to hold the position. I had the opportunity to forge new paths and ways of doing things. Yes, I had several terrible bosses that cost my health for a bit. But many more were the bosses who taught and provided opportunities for growth. Most of the time I did not feel like a functionary simply filling in my time—like the protagonist in Franz Kafka’s eerie story of the man who turned into a cockroach over night.

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The Fabricator

DECEMBER 7, 2023

After Bill Issler sold his FabSuite MIS software in 2018, he knew all about the industry’s greatest problem, skilled labor, and aimed to use virtual reality technology to help solve it.

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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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Design World

DECEMBER 8, 2023

The Power Transmission Distributors Association (PTDA), the association for the industrial power transmission/motion control (PT/MC) distribution channel, welcomes one distributor and three manufacturers to its membership. Distributor Top Industrial Service & Supply Inc. is an MRO supply distributor of power transmission products including conveyor belts, motors, ball and roller bearings, gearboxes/ gearmotors, v-belts, and AC/… The post PTDA welcomes four new members appeared first on

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Control.com

DECEMBER 8, 2023

Belden expands data engineering software with a new suite of IT/OT applications designed to simplify the user experience for advanced IIoT data workflows, easily integrated into AWS.

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Gary Mintchell

DECEMBER 6, 2023

I have released a new podcast. This episode gives leadership growth tips based on Dan Lyons “The Power of Keeping Your Mouth Shut in an Endlessly Noisy World” and David Brooks “How to Know a Person: The Art of Seeing Others Deeply and Being Deeply Seen.” You can listen here or subscribe on Overcast or Apple or wherever you get your podcasts.

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The Fabricator

DECEMBER 7, 2023

Three PPE experts discuss the lack of well-fitting protective clothing for women welders and other skilled professionals and the developments being made to narrow this gap.

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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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Design World

DECEMBER 8, 2023

Leading automation solution provider, Omron Automation, launches its latest innovation for barcode reading technology for manufacturers in a variety of industries such as automotive, aerospace, life sciences, and logistics. This advanced barcode reader sets a new standard in reading all types of barcodes, including small labels and direct part marks on difficult surfaces.

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Robotics Automation News

DECEMBER 8, 2023

How can businesses synchronize inventory between their online stores and inventory management systems? This article will tell you everything about it. To be able to keep inventories in sync often means better accuracy and efficiency in the supply chain.

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Gary Mintchell

DECEMBER 5, 2023

The most noticeable trend at least from my perspective for 2023 concerns everyone doing surveys and issuing press releases. I guess you can do new products or applications, or you can do a survey. I took a grad school class on doing surveys. Then I became a (ahem) journalist and discovered what passes for surveys in journalism bears only a faint resemblance to what I learned in social science.

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The Fabricator

DECEMBER 4, 2023

Los soldadores del pasado y del presente han ayudado a allanar el camino sobre cómo se ven y se sienten los cascos de soldadura y qué características incluyen. Algunos fabricantes de equipos de soldadura sostienen que esto se puede ver en los cascos actuales y se seguirá viendo en futuros avances y funciones.

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Start-ups & SMBs launching products quickly must bundle dashboards, reports, & self-service analytics into apps. Customers expect rapid value from your product (time-to-value), data security, and access to advanced capabilities. Traditional Business Intelligence (BI) tools can provide valuable data analysis capabilities, but they have a barrier to entry that can stop small and midsize businesses from capitalizing on them.

Design World

DECEMBER 6, 2023

Akribis Systems is pleased to introduce its MSP-A Series magnetic springs. This spring family is an attractive choice for industrial z-axis direct drive module applications that call for a high-speed means of gravity compensation, self-locking capabilities to prevent unwanted component movement during power-off states or constant force within a specific travel range.

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Robotics Automation News

DECEMBER 8, 2023

Regardless of your imagination, one fact remains unequivocal: robots are an enduring part of our reality. Thankfully, it’s anticipated that their main function will be to handle repetitive or hazardous tasks rather than usurping absolute authority. Here’s how robots in manufacturing are engineering the future.

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Control.com

DECEMBER 6, 2023

Universal Robots has announced the release of the UR30, a collaborative robot featuring the heaviest payload in the UR catalog and a maximum reach meeting or exceeding many previous models.

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MRPEasy

DECEMBER 4, 2023

Setting a minimum order quantity for products can be a very beneficial move for distributors and manufacturers. Here we look at the ins and outs of MOQs and give recommendations on how best to manage them. What is the minimum order quantity (MOQ)? Minimum order quantity (MOQ) is an inventory management method that specifies the […] The post Minimum Order Quantity – MOQ Meaning and Best Practices appeared first on Blog for Manufacturers and Distributors.

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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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Design World

DECEMBER 6, 2023

Emerson has announced the release of its Fisher FIELDVUE L2t Liquid Level Controller, designed primarily for use in the separators found at most oil and gas well sites. Compared to alternatives using electric on-off valves, the new Fisher controller makes it possible to save significant energy and maintenance costs by minimizing valve movement, and by… The post Emerson’s new liquid level controller appeared first on Design World.

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Robotics Automation News

DECEMBER 5, 2023

In today’s rapidly evolving industrial landscape, innovation is the key to staying competitive. Two cutting-edge technologies, laser rust removal, and handheld laser welders, have emerged as game-changers in their respective fields. In this article, we will explore these innovations and their significant impact on various industries.

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Metrology

DECEMBER 7, 2023

With their new Artec Leo 3D scanner in hand, the Curtis Industries design engineering team never expected it would slash a full 38 hours off their scan-to-CAD workflow for just one project and they discovered that Artec Leo’s benefits went way beyond a few dozen hours of time saved with each and every scanning job. The post Turbocharging Reverse Engineering With 3D Scanning appeared first on Metrology and Quality News - Online Magazine.

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Control.com

DECEMBER 5, 2023

Some terminology, like normally open and normally closed switch contacts, is common throughout industry, but can still be confusing, misleading, or even hazardous if not properly understood.

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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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