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Unleash the power of smart manufacturing while ensuring automation and robotic safety

Control Engineering

Learning Objectives: Understand what technologies should be integrated into manufacturing automation and robotic processes Review current, available Industry 4.0 technology trends Learn the needed competences to complete a robotics and automation risk assessment Quickly establish Industry 4.0 To thrive within the Industry 4.0

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Lorena Skelley, Abbott | Women Breaking the Mold 2023

Plastics News

At Aptar, she held positions such as manufacturing engineer, product engineer and director of custom product development. "I Skelley is Six Sigma Green Belt certified, holds a U.S. I think my greatest achievement was being able to come back to work in a technical role after a decade home raising my children," she said. "I

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Case Study: Lockheed Martin’s Flight to Perfect Quality

iBASEt

The continuous improvement efforts in the plant range from information systems for paperless operations and data collection to improved clean manufacturing cells to the development of high-quality inspection systems. Process improvements are standardized in the manufacturing instructions.

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Software Strategy for Automated Mold Inspection

Mold Making Technology

Photo Credit, all images: Verisurf Automated metrology is pervasive in manufacturing today, but not just for quality verification. Various types of coordinate measuring machines (CMMs), also called sensors, combined with applicable software, are being put to work across the manufacturing enterprise for many applications.

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Why cobots hold the key to unlocking operational efficiency in large manufacturers

Robotics Business Review

Several of my professional contacts have reached out to ask: Are collaborative robots really just for small and medium-sized companies then? That’s why “new age” robotics, led by collaborative robots and autonomous mobile robots ( AMRs ), has been a game changer for many small to midsize enterprises.