Fabricating & Metal Work

OCTOBER 28, 2023

Operator control over the process is unsurpassed with the new automated grinders. To do this, machine shops primarily utilize surface grinders with a reciprocating table and a horizontal spindle that turns the grinding wheel, but the process is very slow. 003 inches per minute, with a certain dwell cycle.

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Control Engineering

JUNE 3, 2023

Learn how new automation tools bring new value to old industries by adding design sense to HMIs with a style template and making way for integration of artificial intelligence capabilities for industrial automation. This is prominent in industries with complex processes and numerous control parameters.

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ATS

JANUARY 31, 2024

It’s sometimes useful to look at costs such as maintenance overhead in terms of whether they are fixed or variable. Thus, maintenance costs are generally considered variable. Activity-based costing: A formal accounting-based process is used where operations determine the allocation of overheads.

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AU Manufacturing

MARCH 12, 2023

However, essential post-processing of these parts introduces time and financial constraints to the overall cost-per-part that can negate the benefits of AM altogether. Support removal is the critical first step of post-processing metal AM parts, and it is a challenging one. And then there’s the problem of batch-to-batch variability.

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Manufacturer's Monthly

AUGUST 30, 2023

Variable Frequency Drive The variable frequency drive in the ER2, EQ and EQS series is utilised to delivers smoother transitions, reducing load swing and minimising the risk of product or equipment damage. State-of-the-art chain KITO PWB’s state-of-the-art load chain sets a new standard in the industry.

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Control Engineering

AUGUST 13, 2022

This newly developed chip contains a sensing unit, a storage unit and a computing unit for encryption purposes. The chip employs 320 MoS2 transistors that each have a sensing unit, a storage unit and a computing unit to encrypt the data. This helps people who want to ensure that their data is secure while not draining their batteries.

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Gary Mintchell

JULY 14, 2022

Technology pundits have extolled hydrogen as an energy source that makes sense from environmental and sustainable points-of-view for many years. Emerson recently hosted an online conference focused on what it is doing to help customers develop hydrogen production. We are finally on the cusp of a breakthrough.

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ATS

MARCH 26, 2024

Achieving this requires excellent process control, especially over variables such as heating and cooling. Likewise, HVAC and air handling systems provide the environmental conditions necessary for hygiene and efficient processing. Here’s a closer look at the sensing and analysis components of a predictive maintenance system.

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Manufacturer's Monthly

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

Variable Frequency Drive The variable frequency drive in the ER2, EQ and EQS series is utilised to delivers smoother transitions, reducing load swing and minimising the risk of product or equipment damage. State-of-the-art chain KITO PWB’s state-of-the-art load chain sets a new standard in the industry.

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Fabricating & Metal Work

APRIL 18, 2023

From choosing the right welding wire to establishing proper tool center point (TCP), many variables play a role in optimizing robotic welding cells to produce the best results. The more planning done upfront, the less time and money you could spend later making fixes and process improvements.

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Fabricating & Metal Work

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

Laser-cutting machines feature intuitive controls that use cameras and microphones to watch and listen to the cutting process. Logically, It Shouldn’t Be TRUMPF is focused on laser cutting technologies that ensure process stability and create a dependable optical chain that can guarantee consistent quality and uptime. What’s Next?

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Control Engineering

JANUARY 13, 2023

Hot topics during 2022 in Control Engineering include award-winning automation, control and instrumentation products; a variable frequency drive (VFD) tutorial; advanced motor control tutorial; information about engineering salaries and career advice; and “Engineering Leaders Under 40,” based on Google Analytics for www.controleng.com.

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Control Engineering

APRIL 18, 2023

Understand the seven troubelshooting fundamentals and the importance of using common sense when finding a potential problem. Industrial automation insights Maintaining industrial equipment can seem like a complex process — and it sometimes is. It is usually used to move, process or change a product.

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Control Engineering

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

Poorly configured systems or instruments can have trouble controlling the process. Operating a plant with aging instrumentation and controls creates several potential problems for operators and the production process. Over the past 25+ years, the process industry has witnessed a continual evolution of process safety standards.

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i4.0 today

JUNE 29, 2023

In the industrial sector, often the most energy consuming position is the process energy use, such as using high power appliances like electrical welders, machine tools, steel melting furnaces or wood drying chambers.

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Marshall Wolf Automation

MAY 26, 2023

When the sensed temperature is either above or below the setpoint, the temperature controller will send an output signal to turn on the necessary heating or cooling element to regulate the temperature back to the desired setpoint (target temperature). This controller uses process feedback to determine how to maintain temperature.

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Canadian Manufacturing

AUGUST 29, 2022

” Ensuring employees have a clear sense of what success looks like in their roles is also important, she explains. The problem is when those exceptions become an everyday thing that the employer didn’t clearly outline during the hiring process, or when an issue such as being perpetually understaffed was never brought up early on.

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E&T

MARCH 7, 2023

The pedals were something of a response to the changing musical landscape of the times, with their classic guitar foot pedal housing and circuitry and behaviour adapted to process a wide range of signals and inputs, including guitar, bass, synth and voice. intended to add a sense of Animation (as per the legending) to the incoming signal.

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ATS

OCTOBER 24, 2023

Most, though, are still trying to make sense of this digital transformation in manufacturing. Parts and processes can be measured in real-time, and software can model how physical systems will perform in any given situation. We are moving towards an era where manufacturers have data on every aspect of their processes.

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Mold Making Technology

APRIL 13, 2023

In 1996, I worked with a hot runner company with technology built like a Swiss watch whose intricacies would often fail during the injection molding process. developed the Keltool process in 1998, producing sintered metal cores and cavities from a master 3D-printed part made through stereolithography.

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Fabricating & Metal Work

JANUARY 17, 2023

It is tempting to speed up a process to make production goals. And many times, there are ways a process can be performed in less time. If there is a mismatch between the variable frequency drive and the electrical characteristics of the spindle, a shorted winding can result. Pushing Machines Too Fast or Too Hard.

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Fabricating & Metal Work

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

Among recent developments to its products and technologies, the company’s 400S StructurALL Band Saw, which is a longstanding 10”-by-16” fabrication and maintenance shop saw, has been upgraded with a variable frequency drive on the motor, which results in infinite band speeds. Department of Defense, making gun barrels for U.S. Navy ships.

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Control Engineering

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

Peter Galan, a retired controls engineer, deftly explains with equations, graphs and examples, four control techniques for advanced process control applications. For that purpose, apply a certain actuating variable (a voltage, V IN ) to the servo system, for example, 50% of what would correspond to the maximum servo speed.

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Control Engineering

SEPTEMBER 24, 2023

Arlen Nipper, codeveloper of the MQTT messaging protocol, says what’s needed in industrial control is a single source of truth for engineering models, production assets and process variables. It’s important to understand why having a model is so important,” says Nipper.

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Control Engineering

SEPTEMBER 24, 2023

Arlen Nipper, codeveloper of the MQTT messaging protocol, says what’s needed in industrial control is a single source of truth for engineering models, production assets and process variables. It’s important to understand why having a model is so important,” says Nipper.

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ATS

MARCH 5, 2024

It’s the rate at which goods move forward through the process, and eventually on to the customer. What distinguishes takt time from cycle time is that it’s set by the customer and not the process. In this sense, takt time creates the “pull” that characterizes lean manufacturing. Takt time is the drumbeat of a production line.

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Modern Machine Shop

JUNE 13, 2023

Visitors to the unveiling also saw a demonstration of GF’s iWire technology, which senses height differences between sections of parts and automatically compensates, reducing wire consumption. Company representatives say this feature saves an average of 27% of wire — but the demo part on the Cut P boasted 60% savings.

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ATS

APRIL 23, 2024

The evolving landscape of industrial maintenance Modern manufacturing processes require complex machinery. Sophisticated sensors, motors and pumps, along with advanced control systems, reduce product variability and drive down waste, but often need more maintenance support. Find the right partners to support your digitization process.

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Control Engineering

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

Digital transformation can help process manufacturers improve sustainability. Process manufacturers can use key performance indicators (KPIs) to reduce inefficiencies caused by steam traps, pressure relief valves (PRVs) and more. Reducing process waste. . Improving process efficiency. . Learning Objectives.

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MEM

JULY 17, 2023

Staffing; hygiene; allergens; contaminant detection; inflationary costs; energy price uncertainties; higher salaries; productivity; waste management; process controls; farm to fork traceability; and of course label compliance. Food factory managers today are carrying the weight of responsibility on their shoulders.

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Mold Making Technology

MARCH 13, 2024

Desrosiers says that as the company subtracted people it realized it would need to add some form of real-time monitoring for tasks like machine/process tracking quality issues, downtime reasons and cycle-time verification as it also sought to eliminate paperwork from the floor. At Windmill, the production manager would come in at 7 a.m.

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Modern Machine Shop

AUGUST 10, 2023

While the parts are more expensive than the average fastener, the process is still what Geoff Dugan, process engineer, describes as “delivering pizzas with a Ferrari.” Premium Price, Premium Process One reason AMPG can command higher prices is speed: it turns around most parts within a week. Image courtesy of AMPG.

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Control Engineering

AUGUST 12, 2022

To speed up the development process, an IEC 61131-3 function block called “labeler” is something users can incorporate into the coding process that improves the ease of use. This allows for high-speed captures for compact distances that require optimized processing and cycle time. Conversely, why use the DI_01 for the products?

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Mold Making Technology

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

With so many different products, processes and services to keep track of, MMT makes it easier with a monthly technology roundup, providing readers a rundown of relevant technology on the market. spotlights the new TD 110 tool breakage detector, specially designed for quickly sensing tool breakage during use within a machine tool.

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Fabricating & Metal Work

JANUARY 20, 2023

Industry suppliers continue to respond to those needs by developing the next iterations of cobots, robots, automated in-process inspection systems, digital transformation — the list goes on. Given the variable tube specifications such as length, profile shape, automating this process is more difficult than in a 2D application.

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Fabricating & Metal Work

MARCH 17, 2023

Designed to process complex parts quickly and efficiently, the new TruBend Center 7020 can bend parts with side lengths of up to 13.8”. As a solution provider for the sheet-metal process chain, TRUMPF now offers another machine that gives users a real competitive edge. The TruBend Center 7020 can be used to process parts up to 6.6’

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Fabricating & Metal Work

OCTOBER 4, 2022

The easy-to-use CRX welding cobots support FANUC’s advanced features including i RVision®, Torch Angle Control, Touch Sensing and Thru Arc Seam Tracking (TAST). Also featured is FANUC’s communication interface for a third-party fiber laser using high-speed I/O to ensure high-precision process control. Adjustable shut-down timer.

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