ATS

MARCH 26, 2024

Availability of production machinery and ancillary services such as HVAC and utilities are critical to controlling costs, but stringent regulatory requirements constrain how work is done. Embracing IoT in pharmaceutical manufacturing Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) sensors gather data, process it as needed and transmit it.

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Marshall Wolf Automation

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

Food Processing, refrigeration, agriculture and even medical equipment- it’s important to maintain a constant temperature in a variety of applications. For so many reasons temperature controllers have become an amazing tool to reduce the amount of manual adjustments that need to be made to ensure the quality of products.

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Process control Automation Manufacturing 59

Mold Making Technology

OCTOBER 31, 2023

Photos Credit, all images: DME Company With ever-increasing energy and materials costs, manufacturers are more motivated to improve productivity by streamlining processes, dramatically cutting human resources and budgets and optimizing production processes. However, what is rarely discussed is cooling.

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Cycle time 3D printing Lead Time Manufacturing 98

Control Engineering

MARCH 30, 2023

Learning Objectives Review how hydrogen can be used for sustainable fuel and feedstock for fertilizer, plastics, and green hydrogen production methods contribute most to net-zero carbon emissions goals. Learn how smart instrumentation adds automation, control efficiencies. Smart instrumentation adds automation, control efficiencies.

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Sourcing Process control Automation Function 52

Cisco Industrial Automation

MAY 3, 2022

How will work processes change? Good business cases for small-loT manufacturers include integrated data models, optimizing overall equipment effectiveness (OEE), and mobile apps for workers that give them a pulse on production. Example: at Nissan Motors’ Tochigi Plant, workers monitor production on their smart watches.

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Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE) Manufacturing Industry 4.0 Industry 4.0 284

Manufacturer's Monthly

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

The SKF TMBH 5 is meeting that challenge head-on,” explains Simon Protheroe, specialist maintenance products for SKF. Its design extends applications across diverse manufacturing processes. The interface offers a Temperature Mode for precise control over the heating and a Time Mode to set the duration for which components are heated.

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Control Engineering

OCTOBER 22, 2023

You ask yourself, how do I automate a manual process? Digital transformation refers to the leveraging of digital technologies to transform and innovate business processes. For process manufacturing, digital transformation—the base of “Industry Manufacturing 4.0”—is What is digital transformation and how can it help my company?

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Automation Pharmaceutical Beverage Process manufacturing 105

Modern Machine Shop

DECEMBER 7, 2023

Photo Credit: Vomat Vomat offers the necessary filter technology to meet the specific performance requirements in microtool production. In addition, they provide precise control of the coolant temperature. Precise temperature monitoring of the grinding oil with a control accuracy of ±0.2

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Mold Making Technology

APRIL 19, 2024

These include a job report module for lot tracking and quality accountability; a material usage module to track manufacturing material assets and cost; a preventative maintenance module to ensure proper maintenance schedules are followed (unique for each machine type); and overall layout and control improvement based on customer input.

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Gary Mintchell

JUNE 22, 2023

Of course, that means Honeywell has been active in product development. The first product covered is an extension of the Honeywell digital twin called Digital Prime. Interesting (to me anyway having just purchased a Hyundai Ioniq 6 EV) is a new battery product called Ionic. Digital twins exist not only in discrete manufacturing.

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Process control Discrete manufacturing Supply Chain Automation 130

Mold Making Technology

MAY 14, 2023

In this technology roundup, discover different hot runner and mold component technologies, services and processes that can help push business to the next level or just solve common problems shops may face on a day-to-day basis. The manifolds are available in different variants and dimensions.

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Function Manufacturing 98

Manufacturer's Monthly

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

Before you know it, your company will need digital product passports for everything you make, buy, sell and ship as part of the overarching European Union (EU) green deal and the circular economy action plan. You’ll also need to be transparent about your quality monitoring/control measures.

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Supply Chain Compliance Value chain Logistics 98

Fabricating & Metal Work

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

The furnace will be used as support in the customer’s tool and die production along with tempering of finished castings. The furnace includes a program control and overtemperature protection. A four-zone SSR control with digital biasing is provided to balance temperature gradients.

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Mold Making Technology

APRIL 22, 2024

These machines include plug and produce, Wittmann Digital, control room, remote access, OPC UA communication and data collection, and more. Process technology, such as HiQ flow, that helps minimize scrap and improve the customer’s part quality. The conveying is operated from the M8 central conveying controller.

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Automation Mag

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

Techflex engineers and manufactures a wide range of braided sleeving products used to bundle and protect cables, wires and hoses in industrial, biomedical, aerospace and automotive applications.

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Pharmaceutical Beverage Automation Aerospace 94

Mold Making Technology

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

a flexible flow monitoring system that accurately monitors manifold and pressure and temperature on injection molds, to North American customers. aims to improve processing control and quality. Globeius is the distributor for Mouldpro products in North America. Globeius Inc. Overall, Flosense 1.0

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Cycle time Process control 52

Mold Making Technology

AUGUST 15, 2023

Photo Credit: Hasco Hasco announces that new screw plugs Z9410 with collar are available in a brass version with an FKM O-ring, and in a high-temperature version made of stainless steel. Both screw plugs are suitable for process-reliable temperature control of injection molds with hot or cold water or heat transfer oil.

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Mold Making Technology

MARCH 24, 2024

This month’s roundup features products, processes and services involved with software, hot runners, cutting tools and more. To learn more about the products, read on. has released the latest edition of its Tooling Solutions Product Catalog in print and in digital versions. mm/m) on all three axes.

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Sourcing Form Prototype  Aerospace 52

ATS

APRIL 5, 2024

This blog is about the machine data collection process. Any values reported by or measured at a production machine are machine data. This data could describe what the machine is doing, specific process variables, output data, quality data or data about the environment within the machine or the condition of the machine itself.

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Manufacturing Manufacturing Execution System (MES) Bottleneck Cycle time 59

MEM

JUNE 14, 2023

AMETEK Land’s offer latest thermal imager offers reliable, continuous temperature measurements and smart functionalities for a growing range of industrial and environmental applications. The LWIR-640 thermal imager is ideal for accurate and reliable temperature measurements in critical industrial applications, including blast furnaces.

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Industry 4.0 Industry 4.0 Process control Function 52

Fabricating & Metal Work

JANUARY 12, 2024

The furnaces will be used for a variety of product development in the ceramic and ceramic composite fields. Rated for 2,000°F operation with an effective work zone of 48” square, the furnaces are equipped with a PLC-based program control, temperature recorder, vertical-/guillotine-style door and universal loader for both pieces of equipment.

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Composites Aerospace Automotive 52

MEM

JUNE 15, 2023

Heat treatment processes are a crucial component of many manufacturing processes, and thermal loop solutions have become increasingly popular for achieving improved temperature control and consistent outcomes. But many OEMs are missing opportunities where thermal loop solutions offer more than just greater control.

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Compliance Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE) Industry 4.0 Industry 4.0 52

Modern Machine Shop

JULY 27, 2023

This column describes one that has been bothering me for a long time: quality control. I know this may ruffle a few feathers, but how we do quality control needs to change. Intermittently throughout the production process, sample parts are sent to quality control to verify that they are still within specifications.

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Mold Making Technology

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

However, once a mold is delivered, much of what comes next is left in the hands of the molder/OEM customer, making collaboration even more vital when the mold is validated and in production. Following a detailed process for the initial startup of a mold — especially a hot runner mold — sets a mold up for success.

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Cycle time Function Industry 4.0 Industry 4.0 111

Mold Making Technology

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

The variety of different products makes moldmaking a constantly evolving field. Every month, MMT releases a technology roundup highlighting different products, processes and services. For more information on a product featured below, click the title link for the respective product. Photo Credit: Greenleaf Corp.

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Mold Making Technology

NOVEMBER 20, 2022

The variety of different products makes moldmaking a constantly evolving field. Every month, MMT releases a technology roundup highlighting different products, processes and services. For more information on a product featured below, click the title link for the respective product. Photo Credit: Greenleaf Corp.

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3D printing Function Aerospace Automotive 97

Manufacturer's Monthly

MARCH 18, 2024

Image: Interworld Electronics Featured by Interworld Electronics, the ACS-500 is a rugged compact Embedded Box PC with powerful performance, and a range of industrial features ideal for a wide variety of processing and manufacturing applications. It features 4 x USB 3.0, 2 x COM and 2 x GbE LAN with high-speed data transmission.

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Electronics Process control Automation Manufacturing 102

Manufacturer's Monthly

MARCH 20, 2024

ifm efector offers a range of IO-Link enabled sensors and devices that contribute to the efficiency and intelligence of manufacturing processes. What if your sensors and actuators are not just sending a yes-or-no signal, but they could transmit detailed information about their health, performance, process value, and environment?

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Beverage Industry 4.0 Industry 4.0 Sourcing 98

Mold Making Technology

APRIL 7, 2024

Five-axis processing also aligns with newer design concepts, including the manufacturing of monolithic parts rather than a set of individual subcomponents and making parts with more complex geometry. Last but not least, five-axis machining can be used for finish machining operations after processes such as additive manufacturing (AM).

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Function Fit Manufacturing Automotive 98

ATS

MARCH 26, 2024

Unique challenges for food and beverage manufacturers A combination of tight margins, customer expectations and a strict regulatory environment create a complex set of challenges for production and, by extension, for the maintenance function. Safety must be maintained at all times.

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Beverage Pharmaceutical Warehousing Function 59

ATS

JANUARY 24, 2024

Share Sensors are physical devices that report process variables such as temperature and pressure. They are installed in and around production equipment and used for controlling processes and detecting problems. What are soft sensors? What are soft sensors? The difference is, they are implemented in software.

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Manufacturing Process control Form Sourcing 52

Gil Automation

APRIL 14, 2022

What Is Instrumentation and Control Engineering? Control engineering is a branch of electrical engineering that uses control theory to design, monitor, and control a wide range of industrial processes in order to achieve maximum productivity and theoretically infinite reliability while abiding to industry health and safety regulations.

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Process control Automation Beverage Manufacturing 52

Gil Automation

APRIL 14, 2022

What Is Instrumentation and Control Engineering? Control engineering is a branch of electrical engineering that uses control theory to design, monitor, and control a wide range of industrial processes in order to achieve maximum productivity and theoretically infinite reliability while abiding to industry health and safety regulations.

Process control 52

Process control Automation Beverage Manufacturing 52

Mold Making Technology

MARCH 10, 2023

Photo Credit: Hasco Temperature control has a major influence on the quality of the injection molding process. For around 35 years, Hasco Hot Runner has been intensively involved in the further development of hot runner control units. The Clickzone H1270 module controller allows 3-6 modular units to be fitted.

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MEM

JUNE 14, 2023

Leveraging on the 60 sensors on board RoboWAAM®, WAAMCtrl® monitors and controls the WAAM® deposition, whilst recording all key process parameters on its secure server. WAAMCtrl® also provides a facility for controlling and restarting deposition programmes.

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Compliance Process control Industry 4.0 Industry 4.0 52

Mold Making Technology

MARCH 31, 2024

When a mold is contaminated with rust, dirt, grease, oil or other substances, it can damage the injection molding process and harm the quality of the molded products. Steam cleaning can break down and remove some oils and greases, but it may not be suitable for temperature-sensitive molds.

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Robotics Business Review

JANUARY 28, 2024

When it comes to standardized mass production, specialized robots can perform the same tasks day and night. But many processes require flexibility, such as when it comes to batch size 1. In metal processing, robots can handle heavy loads such as cast blocks or large forged parts. according to IPR.

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