Manufacturer's Monthly

OCTOBER 9, 2023

If you want to run a successful manufacturing business, you need the right leadership skills, this piece from Don Holley at RSM explores leadership in manufacturing. Global changes are reshaping the manufacturing industry. Digitisation (also known as Industry 4.0) has overhauled many standard operations. And the world is scrambling to address climate change, placing new expectations (and regulations) on manufacturers in the process.

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Metrology

OCTOBER 8, 2023

The manufacturing industry is undergoing a profound transformation driven by technological advancements. The era of smart manufacturing, referred to as Industry 4.0, promises to revolutionize traditional manufacturing processes by integrating cutting-edge technologies. The post The Core Technologies Necessary to Develop a Smart Manufacturing Strategy appeared first on Metrology and Quality News - Online Magazine.

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Automation World

OCTOBER 9, 2023

Manufacturers are implementing more technology to provide efficiency, consistency and profitability. However, as the number of devices on the network continually increases, so does the threat of a cyberattack.

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E&T

OCTOBER 11, 2023

The agency has highlighted the importance of reducing methane emissions – something now possible due to new a nd affordable technologies. The organisation has published a report named The imperative of cutting methane from fossil fuels. The document shows that, while a drop in fossil fuel demand would cut methane emissions, these reductions by themselves would not occur fast enough to meet the world’s climate goals.

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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?

The Fabricator

OCTOBER 9, 2023

Smart manufacturing can help metal fabrication and forming shops measure and analyze data to gain efficiency for better sustainability and product quality.

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Design World

OCTOBER 10, 2023

By Mark Jones Norfolk Southern train 32N derailed in February in East Palestine, Ohio, while carrying chemicals and other freight. The presence of vinyl chloride and the actions taken to manage it made the derailment big news. Vinyl chloride is correctly described as flammable, toxic, and carcinogenic. It doesn’t sound like something that belongs in… The post We’re the reason vinyl chloride was on train 32N appeared first on Design World.

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NIST Manufacturing

OCTOBER 11, 2023

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, an independent selection committee announced the incoming board of trustees that is expected to oversee a nonprofit entity that will operate the National Semiconductor Technology Center (NSTC).

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E&T

OCTOBER 12, 2023

The Hyflexpower consortium has successfully adapted a combustion system of a Siemens Energy SGT-400 gas turbine for hydrogen. The consortium was formed by Britain’s Centrax, French energy company Engie, the German Aerospace Center, Siemens Energy and European universities, with financial support from the EU. The test was carried out at a Smurfit Kappa paper packaging factory near the French city of Limoges.

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Design World

OCTOBER 13, 2023

This profile will be featured in Design World’s upcoming Engineering Diversity & Inclusion issue. Solving problems first drew Laine Chan to engineering. As a young girl, she loved working on puzzles, playing with Lego blocks, and helping her dad assemble Ikea furniture. She also had a natural affinity for math and science, so engineering seemed… The post Laine Chan: Strong engineers aren’t afraid to ask for help appeared first on Design World.

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Gary Mintchell

OCTOBER 12, 2023

has released a report of a study on connectivity technology and products. Contactless connectors slated to deliver increased reliability, durability and design advantages over physical, metal-to-metal contacts Vehicle-to-everything (V2X) antennas enable seamless communications between vehicles and infrastructure Power required for connected homes will drive innovations in energy management Hyperscale data centers built on 224G system architecture will enable unprecedented connectivity in the fac

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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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Plastics Today

OCTOBER 12, 2023

New plastic made with just 5% pyrolysis oil produces up to 23% fewer greenhouse-gas emissions than crude-oil derived polymer, according to US Department of Energy research.

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E&T

OCTOBER 11, 2023

The Delete Act ( SB 362) has been signed into law by California governor Gavin Newsom, as part of an effort to protect citizens’ online rights. California residents need only make a single request to get all their data scrubbed from data brokers’ records. Previously, residents could still request that their data was deleted, but they were forced to submit a request to individual companies to achieve it.

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Design World

OCTOBER 13, 2023

The need to find right-fit people and motivate employees to take advantage of future growth opportunities is more important than ever. Because of the generous contributions made by companies and individuals to the PTDA Foundation 2023 Fund Drive, the charitable arm of the Power Transmission Distributors Association, power transmission/motion control (PT/MC) employers are further empowered… The post PT WORK Force continues to support PT/MC Employers with valuable resources appeared first on

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Gary Mintchell

OCTOBER 11, 2023

Catching up on some older news. Machine vision technology seems to be making a comeback. After considerable consolidation many years ago, the market stabilized. Beckhoff Automation has released a vision system deeply compatible with its automation platform. This should be good for machine builders and their customers. Beckhoff Vision consists of a line of EtherCAT-enabled industrial cameras, lighting and lensing components are paired with TwinCAT Vision software to round out a complete product p

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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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The Fabricator

OCTOBER 11, 2023

In 2012, this Wichita, Kan., operation had a limited customer base and a poor reputation. Today, the shop has won several quality and safety awards, and revenue has grown eight times over.

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E&T

OCTOBER 9, 2023

Anyone who’s noted the increased numbers of dog walkers in their neighbourhood will know that the Covid-19 crisis unleashed a pet ownership boom. Millions acquired four-footed companions to help them through the stresses of home isolation. The People’s Dispensary for Sick Animals found that 36% of all current UK owners of dogs, cats and rabbits acquired their pets after March 2020, indicating that 4.1 million dogs and 3.7 million cats have been homed since the onset of the pandemic.

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Design World

OCTOBER 13, 2023

Well-known for flexible and powerful CNC solutions, Beckhoff now provides a comprehensive package of different cycles for triple-axis milling and drilling. TwinCAT 3 CNC Milling Base helps engineers speed up programming, increasing speed to market and customization. With numerous new function blocks, the software update encapsulates the required processes in parameterizable and reusable modules.

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Gary Mintchell

OCTOBER 10, 2023

Emerson held a media/analyst presentation on its sustainability efforts. I remembered writing and swore it was for here. After much searching, I found a document that is my monthly column for Automazione Oggi, an Italian automation magazine. In addition, Emerson also held a user conference called Exchange Immerse. The control and software organization held the event last week.

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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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Robotics Automation News

OCTOBER 11, 2023

Bota Systems, a pioneer in advancing robotics with force torque sensing solutions, announces the completion of a $2.5 million seed round led by Marathon Venture Capital, along with the participation of angel investors.

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E&T

OCTOBER 9, 2023

With only a smartphone, tourists can now see what the Parthenon looked like back when it was used as a temple of Athena thousands of years ago – paint included. The Greek telecoms provider Cosmote, with the support of the country’s Culture Ministry, has created Chronos, an augmented reality (AR) application that superimposes a digital image onto several buildings within the Acropolis, including the Parthenon temple, the adjacent Roman theatre and parts of the Acropolis Museum.

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Design World

OCTOBER 13, 2023

AutomationDirect has added RHINO PRO PSRP and RHINO TOUGH PSRT series power supplies to their extensive selection of switching power supplies. The PSRP series power supplies feature a sleek, space-saving design with push-in connectors, a rugged aluminum housing, and many DC power options including: Single-phase input unit with 12 Vdc output at 120 W Single-phase… The post AutomationDirect adds RHINO series power supplies to switching power selection appeared first on Design World.

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Gary Mintchell

OCTOBER 10, 2023

Honeywell product development has been busy. This is more news from the company’s sustainability efforts. Comprehensive audits and customized roadmaps accelerate businesses’ journey towards their NetZero targets amidst ongoing energy transition challenges. Honeywell has announced the addition of decarbonization audits and reduction roadmaps for thermal solutions to its Emissions Management Suite.

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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.

Robotics Automation News

OCTOBER 12, 2023

Tormach, a US-based CNC machine and industrial robot manufacturer, will make its inaugural appearance at ROSCon 2023, taking place in New Orleans from October 18 to 20.

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E&T

OCTOBER 9, 2023

The UK will provide £89m of funding to drive forward its goal of becoming a world leader in zero-emissions vehicle technology. The funding package includes four collaborative R&D projects, five scale-up projects to assess if businesses in the automotive sector are ready for growth, and seven feasibility studies to prepare projects to develop large-scale manufacturing facilities in the UK.

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Automation Mag

OCTOBER 10, 2023

The Association for Advancing Automation (A3) has published the second installment of its safety standard for industrial mobile robots (IMR) – ANSI/A3 R15.08-2. The standard reportedly provides guidance on safe integration practices for these systems. R15.08-2, the American National Standard for Industrial Mobile Robots (IMRs) – Safety Requirements – Part 2: Requirements for IMR system(s) and IMR application(s) provides safety requirements for deploying IMRs into an industrial environment.

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Gary Mintchell

OCTOBER 9, 2023

Twenty years ago at an ISA show (remember those?) my boss, the publisher of Automation World, called me and told me to come to our stand. There was a guy who there who had started a new industrial software company using Java and all the latest IT-friendly technology. He was going to change the industrial software world. His name was Steve Hechtman. I found my way back to the booth and had a good conversation.

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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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Robotics Automation News

OCTOBER 13, 2023

Welfare systems in Europe play a crucial role in mitigating the negative effects that robot adoption has on wages and employment, a new UNTANGLED study finds. The rapid expansion of automation has raised concerns for workers’ welfare, as robots are often implemented to improve efficiency and hence may replace humans.

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E&T

OCTOBER 11, 2023

Developed by the Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) in the US, the dam has been designed as an energy storage facility that can help to balance loads on the grid. The method, known as closed-loop pumped storage hydropower (PSH), uses off-peak, surplus power to pump water from a lower-elevation reservoir to a higher-elevation one. During periods of high demand, the stored water is returned to the lower reservoir, driving turbines to produce electricity.

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Mold Making Technology

OCTOBER 10, 2023

Mold builders can standardize operations by creating templates for automated design and manufacturing processes. Photos Credit, all images: Tebis America It is no secret that being a mold builder today isn’t like it used to be. Challenges, including the growing cost of doing business, increased low-cost country competition and the seemingly never-ending talent gap, require businesses to focus on driving efficiency throughout their organization to remain competitive.

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Gary Mintchell

OCTOBER 7, 2023

Dragos invited me to sit in a webinar on Oct. 6 focusing on manufacturing cybersecurity featuring Robert M. Lee, CEO & Co-founder of Dragos, and Blake Moret, Chairman & CEO of Rockwell Automation. This is now available on demand. They offered executive insight—both their own and executives of client companies—into the problems involving cybersecurity and what many companies are doing in defense.

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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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