Design World

MAY 1, 2024

By Lisa Eitel | Executive editor At the forefront of digital transformation (DX) initiatives is digital manufacturing. New digital approaches leveraging cloud simulations and other advanced analytics are helping manufacturers optimize production lines and end products.

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Robotics Automation News

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

However, the process of video editing can be time-consuming and daunting, especially if you’re not a professional editor. As a YouTuber, your primary goal is to produce high-quality videos that engage your audience and keep them coming back for more. This is where online […]

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Control.com

AUGUST 3, 2023

Industrial automation industry leader, Steven Kuehn, joins Control Automation as the new Editor-in-Chief.

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Design World

MAY 3, 2024

By Lisa Eitel | Executive editor In recent years, businesses with environmental, social, and governance (ESG) initiatives have put increased emphasis on sustainability. Sustainability and manufacturing need not be mutually exclusive. As detailed in this three-part series, industry is putting unprecedented effort into ESG initiatives.

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Design World

MAY 3, 2024

By Lisa Eitel | Executive editor Last year saw 50% more increase in global renewable-electricity capacity than years past — reaching approximately 507 gigawatts, according to the International… The post Part 2: The increased viability of sustainability appeared first on Design World.

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E&T

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

We asked ChatGPT to see if it could do better than our editor in introducing our coverage on art and engineering (though he also wrote his own intro).

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E&T

JUNE 9, 2023

Infrastructure isn’t the only problem with EV charging A news story in the June 2023 issue of E&T, ‘Demand for electric vehicles slows as public chargers remain elusive’ , touches on the slow-down in demand for EVs in the UK due to lack of infrastructure.

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Design World

MAY 3, 2024

By Lisa Eitel | Executive editor MEET THE EXPERTS Anant Bhat | Director — Industrial… The post Part 3: The increased viability of sustainability appeared first on Design World. Here, we learn how industry is working to reduce other waste and quantify the effects of their efforts.

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Design World

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

By Martin Rowe, senior technical editor, EE World “I like to destroy things and rebuild them,” said Zhuofan (Norberta) Lu. Norberta Lu started disassembling and rebuilding things at an early age. Today, she uses her skills to improve how things work. Spoken like a true engineer. After all, who doesn’t like taking things apart?

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Design World

MAY 1, 2024

By Lisa Eitel | Executive editor Digital transformation (DX) initiatives are at the forefront of business initiatives around the world. While most organizations are prioritizing DX efforts, few have fully leveraged cloud and artificial intelligence (AI) technologies so essential to DX operational efficiencies.

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Design World

APRIL 2, 2024

By Lisa Eitel | Executive editor Frameless motors don’t include a motor housing or output shaft (or shaft-support bearings) either. Frameless motors are rotor-and-stator subcomponent sets that aren’t prefixed in a traditional motor housing. Here we outline some of their benefits … along with those of torque motors.

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E&T

OCTOBER 16, 2023

Open archaeology It is good to see an issue (July 2023) discussing archaeology and using Indiana Jones as a way into the subject. As a ‘scientist’ (I have a BSc so I must be), I have always had an open mind.

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Design World

MARCH 19, 2023

By Lisa Eitel | Executive editor The last few years’ supply-chain issues have featured container ships waiting weeks for cargo unloading; empty shelves at stores; year-long waits for appliances;… The post The automation best addressing supply-chain and labor issues appeared first on Design World.

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E&T

MAY 11, 2023

Don’t expect widespread eVTOL travel any time soon I too am struggling to find some credibility in claims about the prospects of urban travel by electric vertical take-off and landing aircraft ( ‘eVTOL’s Overpromise on Green’ , April 2023).

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Design World

APRIL 10, 2024

By Ringfeder Editor Earthquake-resistant construction is vital to keeping people safe and preventing economic losses in earthquake-prone regions.

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Design World

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

Leland Teschler • Executive Editor There once was an assumption among computer programmers that a faster program is also an energy efficient program. Software with the fastest execution time isn’t necessarily the greenest. The idea transmuted over to software programming languages—surely a faster language was a greener one, the logic went.

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E&T

JULY 7, 2023

Addressing rural ‘not spots’ should take priority over 6G The article in the July 2023 issue of IET Member News regarding the ‘Why 6G?’ conference held earlier this year got me thinking. As a former chief engineer at Nokia Networks, I am 100 per cent supportive of research and development into mobile communication technologies.

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Design World

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

Teschler on Topic Leland Teschler • Executive Editor lteschler@wtwhmedia.com On Twitter @ DW_LeeTeschler Back in the 1980s, I wrote an article about hard drives as the PC revolution brought them into the hostile environment of factories. They weren’t faring well.

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Design World

MARCH 16, 2023

By Lisa Eitel | Executive editor Every modern gadget, vehicle, smart device, and appliance is peppered over with semiconductors galore — offering that singular function of processing power that… The post 15 industry experts on relentless semiconductor woes — and fixes appeared first on Design World.

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Robotics Automation News

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

TikTok has become a powerhouse in the world of social media, allowing creators to showcase their talents, share their stories, and reach millions of viewers. To succeed on this platform, you need more than just great content – effective video editing plays a pivotal role. In this article, we will delve into TikTok success tips, […]

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Design World

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

In this new Tech Toolbox, the editors of Design World detail how PLCs came to replace relay-based controls as well as… The post Tech Toolbox: Programmable Logic Controllers (PLCs) appeared first on Design World. They’re also finding increasing use on integrated machinery and automated installations with extensive IIoT connectivity.

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E&T

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

UK business needs to look past qualifications When I left school in 1977, I walked out of the gates after my last exam and with no career advice went straight into an electrical apprenticeship, as that’s where most boys went then. A very small number went on to college and university.

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Design World

DECEMBER 5, 2023

This CPU can be programmed in C++ using the Arduino IDE or in CircuitPython using any text editor. AutomationDirect has added the P1AM-200 open-source CPU to their ProductivityOpen line of controllers.

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Design World

OCTOBER 19, 2023

Miles Budimir Senior Editor There has been a lot of buzz surrounding diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) initiatives in the U.S. Despite recent skepticism over DEI initiatives in industry, there are solid reasons for its continuation and expansion on the straightforward basis of simple justice.

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Industry Week

MAY 8, 2024

IndustryWeek editors look into those stories and intellectual property protection, why IT and OT can't seem to get along, new leadership at Rootstock and strength in the EV sector for smaller companies.

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Control Global

AUGUST 10, 2022

Some of you may recall those seemingly carefree days when I resumed the editorship of Control magazine and our companion digital presence at ControlGlobal.com from the retiring Paul Studebaker. In fact, I first reappeared on the magazine’s editorial page back in the January 2020 issue, reminiscing on all that had.

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Industry Week

APRIL 24, 2024

IndustryWeek editors look into that story and why we're all using AI wrong, Airbus' new management, drones heading to Congress and skilled trades taking the spotlight.

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Design World

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

By Emma Lutjen, Associate Editor, EE World Eugina Jordan is on a mission to bring women to the telecom stage, figuratively and literally.

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Design World

DECEMBER 13, 2022

Teschler on Topic Leland Teschler • Executive Editor lteschler@wtwhmedia.com On Twitter @ DW_LeeTeschler Back in the 1980s, a buddy of mine who was a plant manager proudly showed me the computer network he’d set up.

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E&T

JULY 28, 2022

Power disruption ‘is the result of self-inflicted policies’. I am amazed at the lack of concern over the future of UK electricity supply following the reality check caused by the Ukraine conflict.

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Design World

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

Teschler on Topic Leland Teschler • Executive Editor lteschler@wtwhmedia.com On Twitter @ DW_LeeTeschler More and more manufacturers are making an effort to use sustainable materials. With that trend in mind, consider what happened about five years ago when China, which once imported a lot of U.S.

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Gary Mintchell

APRIL 9, 2024

Eventually I landed a position as a senior editor of an engineering magazine. Want to be an effective engineer? The ability to listen, talk, and write will serve you better than how quickly you can solve differential equations. It is really hard to find an engineer who can write, they told me. Charles Duhigg has released a new book.

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E&T

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

Judge progress by outcomes. I recently had my credit card cancelled by John Lewis because I was unable to provide a mobile number for two-factor authentication. My argument that using a landline works currently and is more secure, and that in the end the mobile is merely a communication channel, cut no ice with them.

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Modern Machine Shop

DECEMBER 20, 2023

Photo Credit: Getty Images Modern Machine Shop’s editors and columnists covered a lot of ground in 2023. In this article, Associate Editor Evan Doran covers Accurate Manufactured Products Group (AMPG) a shop where no one in management knows how to run a machine or possesses a manufacturing background.

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E&T

OCTOBER 7, 2022

Water, water everywhere. The BBC’s ‘Countryfile’ programme recently covered the Archimedean screw hydro-?turbine turbine set into the weir on the River Thames at Windsor, which supplies the Castle.

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The Fabricator

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

The WELDER editor Rafael Guerrero shares his experience reviewing Nuts, BoltsandThingamajigs (NBT) scholarship applications and what the process says about future manufacturing professionals.

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E&T

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

How do you upskill without experience? I’m currently a technician working in the food and packaging industry, but also have experience in the variable-speed and HVAC sector. I gained my engineering degree in 2016 with a view to moving into nuclear.

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