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New Welding Helmet Offers a Wider Fit with Innovative Features

Fabricating & Metal Work

Specially designed with a wider fit for increased comfort, the ORBIT allows you to wear additional gear, glasses, or other accessories underneath the helmet with complete ease,” says Philip Laforest, R&D Product Manager – PPE, Weld Cleaning & Metalworking Fluid.

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AML3D to manufacture subsea pipeline fittings for Chevron

AU Manufacturing

AML3D has received a $215,000 purchase order from Chevron Australia for the delivery of two subsea pipeline fittings. . The fittings are expected to meet both the American Society of Mechanical and American Petroleum Institute standards. .

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Where conventional warehousing fits

Modern Materials Handling

With all the emphasis these days on automation, conventional warehousing is often overlooked if not forgotten. In fact, conventional warehousing is alive, well and thriving even at high-volume facilities and in e-commerce

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How does RPA fit into modern automation solutions?

Design World

This blog will do just that, discussing how RPA came about, when and why it’s used, and how it stacks up against… The post How does RPA fit into modern automation solutions? In the world of automation, AI and robotics are the hottest topics.

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Platinum Tooling is the Official Importer of Rineck Shrink Fit Technology

Fabricating & Metal Work

Rineck Shrink Fit Tool Holders are available in all common machine connections including CAT, HSK and BT. Rineck Shrink Fit Tool Holders are available in all common machine connections including CAT, HSK and BT. In addition, ER shrink fit collets are available.

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3M has entered into an agreement with selected Fit Testing Service Providers

Manufacturer's Monthly

3M Australia Pty Limited and 3M New Zealand Limited have announced selected companies that are now ‘3M Preferred Fit Test Service Providers’ in the ANZ (Australia & New Zealand) region. 3M’s Preferred Fit Test Service Providers in Australia.

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Sensors developed for fitted face masks

Control Engineering

While there are no simple ways to fit a mask, a sensor developed by MIT researchers could make it much easier to ensure a good fit. Wearing a mask can help prevent the spread of viruses such as SARS-CoV-2 , but a mask’s effectiveness depends on how well it fits. Mask fit quality.

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Rapid WMS rollout fits functional needs

Modern Materials Handling

Furniture e-tailer Oliver Space deploys Cloud WMS in less than two months while meeting its unique needs around inventory tracking and visibility over a reverse stream of goods being refurbished for its home furniture lineup

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Making Manufacturing Fit for the Future

MEM

What if you had a Fitness tracker-type device but for every machine in your factory that automatically captures productivity performance accurately and in real-time? The post Making Manufacturing Fit for the Future appeared first on Manufacturing & Engineering.

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Success Story: Health Snack Maker Whole & Free Foods Gets Fit with Manufacturing Software

MRPEasy

Whole and Free Foods, the Chicago-based manufacturer of Every Body Eat® wellness snacks, achieves healthy growth by using manufacturing resource planning software to cut down on waste and improve its production processes.

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Getting Wales fit for the future needs engineering solutions

E&T

Sometimes politics can be frustrating, especially if your background is in engineering. Planning and solutions were my trade, and politics in the UK, especially recently, is buffeted from one news story to the next.

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Make the robot fit your application

Control Design

Modular, customizable approach lets users choose system configuration

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Quick Fitting Highlights its Push to Connect Electrical Fittings

Manufacturing Tomorrow

Push to Connect Electrical Fittings Install Quickly and Easily, Achieving a Reliable, Tight Seal

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3M Hearing Protection Fit Testing: what, why and how

Manufacturer's Monthly

The adoption of individual hearing protector fit testing is steadily gaining traction in the industry as a powerful tool for helping to improve occupational hearing conservation programs. How does hearing protector fit testing work? Key benefits of fit testing.

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Material Handling Solutions Fit for New England’s Pharma and High Tech Manufacturing

Bastian Solution

The New England area is well known as a center for academics, medicine, and high-tech manufacturing. The concentration of notable academic institutions is a big factor in the concentration of companies providing pharmaceutical and high-tech manufacturing.

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Universal cantilever shelves enable electronics lacking 19-in fittings to reside in racks, cabinets

Design World

New universal cantilever shelves from METCASE enable electronics equipment without built-in 19-in fittings to be added to racks or cabinets quickly and easily.

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Robot fitted with locust antenna to give it a sense of smell

E&T

The robot can detect and identify odours when fitted with a locust antenna Image credit: reuters Sensory organs, such as the eye, ear and nose, typically use receptors that identify and distinguish between different signals.

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UK patient fitted with pen lid-size sensor to detect heart failure

E&T

The procedure to fit the FIRE1 System was pioneered by consultant cardiologists Dr Andrew Flett and Dr Peter Cowburn. The sensor has been designed by doctors at the University Hospital Southampton (UHS), in Hampshire.

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Where does the Schneider Electric Altivar ATV320 Machine Drive fit?

999 Automation

The post Where does the Schneider Electric Altivar ATV320 Machine Drive fit? Demand from industrial users digitising their manufacturing processing is unquestionably growing. This means that OEMs need versatile industrial VSDs for easy integration into hybrid automation systems.

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Pierlite wins two innovation awards for its air-purifying LED light fitting as over 100 businesses adopt the solution

AU Manufacturing

The two awards come as more than 100 businesses across Australia and New Zealand have adopted Aether to keep indoor spaces safe from harmful pathogens, including hospitals, schools, fitness facilities, and many small businesses. Media Released Pierlite.

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3M and DriverCheck sign agreement for Fit Test Service Provider

Canadian Manufacturing

LONDON — 3M, a manufacturer of respiratory protection products, such as N95 respirators and other disposable and reusable respirators, and DriverCheck — Canada’s Fitness for Duty experts and a provider of workplace medical testing and assessments, announce that DriverCheck is now a 3M Preferred Fit Test Service Provider in Canada. After completing the 3M training, DriverCheck’s fit test professionals earn the designation of 3M Preferred Fit Tester.

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Apprenticeship levy not fit for purpose, says Labour

E&T

The Labour party said the Tory government’s apprenticeship levy system is failing to provide enough skilled workers for 40,000 manufacturers and has pledged to change the way the levy is spent and to create a new body called 'Skills England'.

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ORBIT welding helmet from Walter features wide fit, external controls

The Fabricator

The new ORBIT welding helmet from Walter Surface Technologies offers three high-definition, autodarkening lenses; antiscratch cover plates; and a 24-sq.-in. viewing area

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Online Safety Bill ‘not fit for purpose’, IT experts say

E&T

In a new poll conducted by BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT, some 46 per cent said the bill was not workable with only 14 per cent of tech professionals believing the legislation was ‘fit for purpose’. The Online Safety Bill would put a duty on tech giants like Facebook and Google to develop systems to identify and remove illegal material, as well as deal with content that is harmful to adults and children. Ofcom would enforce this as the regulator.

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UK army approves £129m contract for mini drones that fit in a soldier’s backpack

E&T

The drones will be designed to replace existing Mini Uncrewed Aerial Systems (MUAS) which are expected to be retired by the end of 2024.

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Spain spends €258m on trains that don’t fit through tunnels

E&T

Spain recently spent €258m (£228m) in designing 31 trains that will be delayed by several years due to a major design flaw. The train designs were meant to be used in the FEVE line, which runs through the areas of Asturias and Cantabria. This line dates back to the 19th century, and so its tracks have track gauges narrower than the standard 1,435mm (4ft 8.5in), something that the manufacturer failed to notice in the designs.

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Why E-bikes are the Perfect Tool to Help Brits Stick to Their 2023 Fitness Resolutions

i4.0 today

Health and fitness come top of the list for Brits making resolutions, with 53% of the nation stating they want to do more exercise or improve their fitness according to recent research by Statista. .

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Thira Robotics launches new generation of autonomous mobile robots

Robotics Automation News

Thira Robotics, a South Korean autonomous mobile robots (AMR) developer and a subsidiary of smart factory solutions leader THiRA UTech, has officially launched in the US market, providing AMR to navigate facility conditions previously not fit for automation.

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Face masks fit men better than women, MIT sensors confirm

E&T

Using this sensor, the researchers analysed the fit of surgical masks on male and female subjects, and found that overall, the masks fit women’s faces much less closely than they fit men’s faces. The researchers hope that their sensor will help people to find masks that fit them better, and that designers could use it to create masks that fit a wider variety of face shapes and sizes.

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Heat-Fit by GF Piping Systems Receives DNV, BV, ABS, and LR Approvals

MEM

HEAT-FIT is designed to bring lightweight, corrosion-free, and efficient thermoplastic piping systems to essential applications onboard ships. Between these TPU layers, HEAT-FIT encloses a high-temperature fiberglass fabric as well as an intumescent coating.

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Expanded Catalog of Servo Motors and Tracks, Fit for High Precision Tasks

Control.com

SMC has developed a size 16 AC servo motor for applications which require high accuracy and low power consumption, fit for use in machining, packaging, and assembling operations

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Retro-fitted hydrogen double decker bus begins 10-week test

SMMT

The project, part funded by the Department of Transport through its Hydrogen Transport Hub Demonstration competition, has seen Ricardo work with Stagecoach North East to retro-fit hydrogen fuel cell technology into an existing public transport vehicle.

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Sealed Air finds the right fit with Liqui-Box

Plastics News

Buying Liqui-Box brings "valuable new capabilities with its expertise in fitments and dispensers," says Sealed Air CEO Edward Doheny

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Quick Fitting Stands Behind Push to Connect Plumbing Fittings with the Industry’s Best Warranty

Manufacturing Tomorrow

Extremely reliable quick connection technology is warranted to last longer than any other conventional method

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Turn up the Heat and Resist Wear and Tear

Fabricating & Metal Work

cm) deep are vertically adjustable to fit items up to 24 in. (61 Induction is used for a wide array of applications including annealing, brazing, forging, heat staking, heat treating, shrink fitting and more.

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TrueCommerce EDI fits Trau & Loevner’s needs to a ‘tee’

Manufacturing & Logistics IT

Started in 1897, Trau & Loevner is a true family-owned business operating out of the heart of Pittsburgh, PA. The company specializes in creating screen-printed T-shirts, tanks, hoodies, and other apparel, producing between 12,000-16,000 dozen t-shirts per week on average

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CASE partners with Fit First® Technologies to try and address labour shortage

Canadian Manufacturing

HALIFAX — The Canadian Association for Supported Employment (CASE) has partnered with Fit First® Technologies to assess, train, and link persons with disabilities to employers, and to enhance the way they participate in the workforce. Earlier this year, the Fit First® Technologies platform Jobtimize® was selected as one of three promising technologies to receive support from the CASE Innovation Lab.

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M18 FUEL die grinders from Milwaukee Tool fit in tight spaces

The Fabricator

Milwaukee Tool has introduced two 11-amp, cordless M18 FUEL die grinders: a variable-speed braking die grinder with paddle switch with ONE-KEY, and a braking die grinder with slide switch

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Oracle Cloud a fit for UK digital fashion retailer

Manufacturing & Logistics IT

UK Digital Retailer N Brown Group Plc is migrating to the cloud and extending its partnership with Oracle

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Die-Sinker EDM Series Fits Needs for Enhanced Automation, Speed, Surface Finish

Mold Making Technology

With an ever-growing demand for automation in job shops, Sodick says its ALG sinker series was designed to fit a wide range of automation needs. Photo Credit: Sodick Inc.

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REGO-FIX Will Highlight High-Precision Tool Holding at SATELLITE 2023

Fabricating & Metal Work

The powRgrip system utilizes an automated or manual hydraulic tabletop press-fit assembly mounting unit, collets with high-precision tapers and factory-balance toolholders with matching tapers that enable tool changeouts in less than 10 seconds.

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Presenting Maestro of Design by Duragres, from the house of SOMANY

Dinesh Mishra

The company is a complete solution provider in terms of décor solutions with widest product selection categories – Ceramic Wall and Floor, Polished Vitrified Tiles, Glazed Vitrified Tiles, Sanitaryware and Bath Fittings.

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Where Bedrock Open Secure Automation, OSA fits into the History of Industrial Automation

Bedrock Automation

The post Where Bedrock Open Secure Automation, OSA fits into the History of Industrial Automation first appeared on Bedrock Automation®. In the more than 40 years that I have been involved with industrial automation there have been only a small number of “whiteboard moments,” moments in which a company detaches itself from the mainstream and develops an entirely new system that fully encompasses state-of-the-art technology.

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