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Medical Cannabis Supplier Automates Labeling

Automation World

Using Epson robots and printing technology, SunMed Growers eliminated the waste and extra time associated with its manual labeling operations and positioned its processes for both batch and individual product serialization.

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Rugged full-metal inductive proximity sensors with IO-Link communications increase uptime

Design World

Carlo Gavazzi announces the launch of the new ICF Full-Metal Inductive Sensors. This new sensor family offers increased uptime due to their durable stainless-steel housing and intelligent monitoring capabilities. Applications in harsh environments such as agriculture, food & beverage, and machining will benefit from the ICF Full-Metal Inductive Sensors.

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Armbrust American Acquires ‘Game-Changing’ Reusable Face Mask from Breathe99

Plastics Today

The manufacturer of US-made PPE has acquired the assets of Breathe99, which developed the elastomer-based face mask that can be washed and reused hundreds of times.

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Delays threaten net-zero goals

E&T

Developers looking to connect renewable energy projects to the electricity grid are facing delays of more than 15 years, threatening the UK’s net-zero ambitions, E&T has heard. As the country’s target to decarbonise the electricity grid by 2035 looms ever closer, developers, engineering firms and consultancies have spoken to E&T about the connection delays that they say are putting both the climate targets and energy security at risk In the last 18 months, the time it takes for developer

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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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Industrial Metaverse Development Accelerates

Automation World

Aveva positions the industrial metaverse as a clear goal of its technology development as more players become active in the space.

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ECM PCB Stator opens European offices to meet electric motor design demand 

Design World

U.S. electric motor design and software company ECM PCB Stator Technology has opened branches in the U.K. and Spain and named team member James McMullan as its Director of European Operations. As part of the expansion, ECM will continue to grow its Barcelona and London-based engineering and operations teams with strategic new hires. The European […] The post ECM PCB Stator opens European offices to meet electric motor design demand appeared first on Design World.

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Industry 4.0 – Reviewing The Future of Manufacturing

Metrology

Industry 4.0 is widely considered to play a significant role in the future of manufacturing. Industry 4.0 refers to the integration of advanced technologies including artificial intelligence, the Internet of The post Industry 4.0 – Reviewing The Future of Manufacturing appeared first on Metrology and Quality News - Online Magazine.

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Strategic Controller Upgrades

Automation World

Following the manufacturer’s guidelines when swapping out PLC hardware will only get you part of the way to a successful controller upgrade. I/O card issues, rack space, communications, and octal to decimal conversions are also important.

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Can an electric bike or e-trike replace a car?

Robotics Automation News

Do you want to make a change in your life and step towards sustainable living? Or are you tired of wasting hours getting stuck in a traffic jam? Or is there any other reason that led you to think about replacing your car with any other vehicle?

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What metal fabrication shops should look for in a weld fume extraction system

The Fabricator

Some questions need to be answered before a metal fabrication shop makes a final decision on what type of welding fume extraction system it should install.

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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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Marposs Acquires Digital Strategy Innovation – AI, Big Data and Data Analysis Company

Metrology

Marposs Group has announced that it has acquired the qualified majority of the start-up company Digital Strategy Innovation (DSI), a company specialized in applied research in the fields of AI, The post Marposs Acquires Digital Strategy Innovation – AI, Big Data and Data Analysis Company appeared first on Metrology and Quality News - Online Magazine.

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The rapid rise of AI art

E&T

Generative AI art has exploded onto the scene over the past few months through advanced online platforms like DALL-E2, Midjourney and Stable Diffusion, which enable anyone with access to a smartphone or PC to create highly polished art by typing in simple text instructions. Sophisticated algorithms have learnt to mimic the specific styles, colours and brushstrokes of renowned artists, enabling users to instantaneously create their own unique versions of masterpieces by the likes of Van Gogh, Dal

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Bio-based Polymers Projected to Grow at Double Digits Through 2027

Plastics Today

Currently a small fraction of total polymer production, biopolymers are forecast to grow at 14%, according to a report from nova-Institute. The rate could exceed 20% under certain market conditions.

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Mergers and acquisitions in fabrication: Making better together a reality

The Fabricator

White Rock Manufacturing Solutions has experienced dramatic growth, acquiring five companies in five years. Part of that success might have to do with how employees communicate and collaborate. Top-down, my-way-or-the-highway management isn't the metal fabricator's style.

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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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Visualizing The Future of Manufacturing

Metrology

The industrial metaverse is a term that refers to a virtual world where manufacturing companies can interact, collaborate and even create real products in a virtual environment. This concept represents The post Visualizing The Future of Manufacturing appeared first on Metrology and Quality News - Online Magazine.

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Deloitte Canada’s new smart factory showcases interconnected ecosystem of solutions

Automation Mag

Deloitte Canada recently opened its “The Smart Factory @ Montreal” , a facility showcasing an interconnected ecosystem of more than 20 solutions and technologies and intent on transforming manufacturing and warehousing through digital transformation. “As Canada’s largest professional services firm, we care about the future of the country,” says Anthony Viel , chief executive officer of Deloitte Canada. “We believe that projects like this will fundamentally

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Qualcomm and Zebra invest in Third Wave Automation

Robotics Automation News

Third Wave Automation, a provider of high-reach autonomous forklifts, has received strategic investments from Qualcomm Ventures and Zebra Technologies, bringing the startup’s total funding to $70 million.

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Small California metal fabrication shop provides props for Hollywood

The Fabricator

A small metal fab shop in North Hollywood that usually supplies the aerospace industry occasionally gets the chance to supply props and parts to the motion picture industry.

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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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Contactless payments up nearly 50 per cent in 2022, Barclays says

E&T

In new figures, the bank found that users spent around £3,327 per person, while a record 91.2 per cent of all eligible transactions were made using the technology. In 2021, the spending limit for contactless payments in the UK rose to £100 from £45 as consumers were encouraged to use contactless in the wake of the Covid pandemic. Contactless payments have been soaring in popularity in recent years to the detriment of cash, but figures released last year showed that the number of cash payments pl

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3D Printing Takes a Bite Out of Mosquito Research Barriers

Plastics Today

3D-printed synthetic skin embedded with blood-filled channels combined with automated data processing eliminate the need for human volunteers and blood-sucking budgets to study mosquito behavior.

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Amazon to employ more robots than humans

Robotics Automation News

Online retail – and logistics – giant Amazon is planning to employ more robots than humans and expects its robotic workforce to outnumber its human employees in seven years. This is according to comments by Cathie Wood, founder and CEO, ARK Investment Management, which has more than $14 billion worth of assets under management.

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The power of a multigenerational family metal manufacturing company

The Fabricator

Growing aggressively in the face of a difficult labor market has earned Salem, Ohio-based and multigenerational family-owned Hickey Metal Fabrication The FABRICATOR’s 2023 Industry Award.

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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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NHS digitalisation rated ‘inadequate’ by expert panel

E&T

The government is making “inadequate” progress on its commitment to digitise the NHS and social care, according to a report from a panel of independent experts. The panel was created by the Health and Social Care Select Committee of MPs to measure the progress made in the government's digitalisation efforts against a range of commitments made in a 2022 policy paper.

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BD Begins Pilot Program Recycling Used Syringes from Healthcare Facilities

Plastics Today

In partnership with waste management company Casella, BD will assess the feasibility of recycling the materials safely and effectively into new medical products via mechanical and chemical processes.

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Core Industrial Partners acquires GEM Manufacturing

Robotics Automation News

Core Industrial Partners, a manufacturing, industrial technology, and industrial services-focused private equity firm, has acquired GEM Manufacturing, a provider of precision deep drawn metal components and mechanical assemblies. GEM represents the fifth platform investment in Core Industrial Partners Fund II, a $465 million fund closed in February 2021.

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Greenworks opens manufacturing plant in Tennessee

The Fabricator

Greenworks Commercial, a provider of lithium-ion battery-operated, zero-emission outdoor power equipment, has opened a 180,000-sq.-ft. Commercial Center of Excellence for Manufacturing and Engineering in Morristown, Tenn.

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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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Conservative-run London councils to challenge ULEZ expansion in court

E&T

Current proposals will see ULEZ expanded to cover the whole city from August this year. The zone was first introduced in April 2019 and charges non-compliant vehicles – mostly diesel cars that are more than six years old and petrol cars that are more than 15 years old – £12.50 for each day they are in the zone. Transport for London said that more than four in five vehicles in outer London, which would be affected by the expanded zone, already meet ULEZ standards.

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The Troubleshooter: The Role of Moisture in Injection Molding Splay Defects

Plastics Today

Moisture-related splay defects can be traced to a material’s drying state, the injection mold fittings, or the drying unit itself. Follow these steps to identify the source of the problem and correct it.

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How Shielding Gas Affects Filler Metal Performance

Fabricating & Metal Work

WELDING TIPS Gaining consistent performance and quality in the welding operation is the result of many factors. From the skill of the welding operator to the available equipment and filler metal, each plays an integral role. At the end of production, the key is for the finished weld to withstand the service conditions it counters without risk of corrosion, cracking or other detrimental effects.

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How low-code apps could streamline the manufacturing shop floor

The Fabricator

Software runs the modern world, but not all problems can be solved with out-of-the-box software. Low-code apps could help metal fabricators customize programs to meet specific manufacturing needs.

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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.