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OMAC and ei3 Release New Manufacturing Data Governance Guide 

Gary Mintchell

OMAC birthed about the same time that I left manufacturing to become an editor at Control Engineering. Now called The Organization for Machine Automation and Control, it has found a home within the Packaging Machine Manufacturers Institute (PMMI) which also was the temporary home of my old magazine Automation World.

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America Makes Announces IMPACT Project Call Worth $11.7M in Funding

MESA

YOUNGSTOWN, OH — The National Center for Defense Manufacturing and Machining (NCDMM) and America Makes have announced a new directed project call funded by the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense, Research and Engineering Manufacturing Technology Office (OSD (R&E)), and the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) worth a total of $11.7M.

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MaterialsZone Develops Data-Driven Materials Informatics

Gary Mintchell

Many go a little afield of my normal topics, but with the changing market I tend to go where tech trends take me. The post MaterialsZone Develops Data-Driven Materials Informatics appeared first on The Manufacturing Connection. I’m catching up on December press releases.

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Video Interview: Power quality 101 for manufacturers

Control Engineering

Power quality refers to the characteristics of an electrical power supply in terms of its stability, reliability and cleanliness, all of which directly impact the efficiency and performance of electrical equipment and devices. Topics include: What is power quality? How does power quality impact manufacturing?

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OPC, MQTT, IoT, Edge, Power Future Manufacturing Technology

Gary Mintchell

Most of her topics are commercial/consumer and chips (her reporting background). She does follow the IoT trail into manufacturing at times. Then the IT world came up with the term Edge, which is, of course everything manufacturing. Then the IT world came up with the term Edge, which is, of course everything manufacturing.

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Tata Steel and ABB to Explore Technologies To Help Reduce Carbon Footprint of Steel Production

Gary Mintchell

Sustainability is one of the bigger topics in my professional life these days. In line with its aspirations, the steelmaker has a medium-term target to reduce carbon emissions to less than two tons of CO₂ per ton of crude steel in its Indian operations by 2025. There are industries that generate more carbon than others.

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Optimizing Manufacturing Overhead Costs

ATS

Share What is manufacturing overhead? This is an important topic because, as it can make up a large proportion of the cost of goods sold (COGS), it has a big influence on profitability. Manufacturing overheads are all the costs associated with producing products that can’t be tied directly to individual products.