Robotics Business Review

DECEMBER 26, 2023

John Deere acquires SparkAI Date Announced: March 6 Amount: Undisclosed John Deere acquired SparkAI , a New York-based startup that develops human-in-the-loop technology to help robots resolve edge cases in real time. This came as a surprise to most in the industry. The financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.

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Control Engineering

MARCH 27, 2023

insights Easier traceability results from advances in technologies such as machine vision combining with the industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) to make manufacturing more flexible. Traceability is widely used in the world of automation, and for good reason. Industry 4.0 To maximize the benefits of Industry 4.0

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Robotics Business Review

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

A founding member of MxD, Siemens is adding a focus to its industry-specific Digital Threads on robotics use cases driven by artificial intelligence. I am thrilled to deepen our strategic partnership with Siemens and to continue our joint efforts to shape and accelerate the future of industrial automation.”

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Canadian Manufacturing

JULY 16, 2024

HDPE is reportedly ideal for packaging applications. When enhanced with graphene, Black Swan says that HDPE exhibits improved mechanical properties, including increased strength and durability, ensuring better performance in demanding applications, notably in packaging and films, such as plastics bottles and garbage bags.

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i4.0 today

APRIL 20, 2023

The role of packaging has evolved over time, from simply protecting and identifying the product to driving sales via enticing graphics. Smart packaging is the latest iteration, utilizing technology including sensors, indicators, and wireless communication to enhance user engagement, product quality, and supply chain efficiency.

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Robotics Business Review

APRIL 26, 2024

The company ’s electrically driven and modular grippers are easier to deploy and use than other soft grippers, according to Onder Ondemir, president of Ubiros. based company said its compliant grippers are suitable for food handling and packaging, textiles, and some warehouse applications. The Natick, Mass.-based and the U.S.

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Mold Making Technology

APRIL 18, 2024

The company builds injection and compression molds for 320 customers in the appliance, agricultural equipment, consumer electronics, food storage, ground transportation, HVAC, lawn and garden, plumbing, recreational equipment and storage and refuse segments. In a typical year, the company ships three molds/week. .

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E&T

MARCH 10, 2023

“Frankly, it’s the worst case of greenwashing I’ve seen,” says Willis. Corporate greenwashing, as defined by legal NGO ClientEarth, is the use of “advertising and public messaging to appear more climate friendly and environmentally sustainable than [a company] really is. Globally it is about 9 per cent.

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Fabricating & Metal Work

DECEMBER 20, 2022

The manufacturing industry, including the metalworking sector, is increasingly applying sustainable business practices as pressures such as regulations mount. Sustainable strategies ranging from digitalization (Industry 4.0) to net-zero carbon emissions to circularity are good for business. Novelis, Inc.,

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MEM

JUNE 30, 2023

It’s a phrase that’s well-worn to the point of cliché, but for good reason – it’s true. And, in today’s always-online world, where consumers are bombarded with thousands of competing messages in every area of their lives, it’s more important than ever. First impressions are everything.

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CMTC Manufacturing Tech

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

As artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) have become more widespread and accessible, manufacturers have become increasingly interested in this new capacity to increase productivity (use less, waste less), precision (drive quality and specification), and performance (use workforce and equipment resources better and more flexibly).

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Manufacturer's Monthly

OCTOBER 23, 2023

In 2017 Australia released the cold chain guidelines, providing strict controls for manufacturers and those transport cold good must follow. million tonnes of food waste is generated by the Australian commercial and industrial sectors each year. One of Zebra’s specialties is its impressive cold sensor range.

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Frost & Sullivan Manufacturing

MAY 10, 2022

One of the other options to close this gap is to change consumer behaviour and reduce plastic consumption. In some cases, this is feasible and even desirable. But in other cases, it could mean sacrificing something (a piece of packaging, for example) that actually does an important job, like reducing food waste.

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Fabricating & Metal Work

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

Quality consumables ultimately reduce rework by facilitating smoother, uniform, and defect-free welds. When choosing MIG welding gun consumables, the possibilities are seemingly endless. The caliber of consumable is a variable that is directly related to the quality of the weld and equipment functionality.

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Polytron

JANUARY 4, 2022

Given the potential applications for AI and ML, implementing these technologies will likely accelerate within the food, beverage, and consumer packaged goods industries. These solutions are used to detect counterfeit products, identify the uniqueness of a specific item (product, case or pallet), and much more.

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Control Engineering

OCTOBER 19, 2022

A packaged goods company needed to upgrade their PLC-5 hardware, which had proven to be unreliable and had caused major downtime issues as a result. This was the case for a consumer packaged goods company who was relying on PLC-5 hardware to control most of their facility. PLC Insights.

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Mold Making Technology

JUNE 22, 2023

Case in Point One of Burteck’s most recent cell additions encompasses two GF Machining Solutions high-precision Mill P 600U five-axis high-speed milling machines and a System 3R WorkPartner 1+ (WPT1+) compact pallet-changing robot for automated part loading and unloading. .” ” Components go through a CMM inspection process.

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Control Engineering

AUGUST 17, 2023

Learning Objectives Understand how advances in PC-based controls, motion controls and robotics for food and packaging are making automation for food and beverage packaging easier to automate. Learn how motion controls and related standards, contextualization technologies and easier programming are helping in packaging implementations.

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Automation Mag

JANUARY 9, 2024

The report, “Bringing breakthrough data intelligence to industries,” produced in partnership with Databricks, is based on a global survey of 600 CIOs, CTOs, CDOs, and technology leaders for large enterprises and public-sector organizations and features in-depth interviews with C-level executives.

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Control Engineering

MAY 26, 2023

Besides having a business or technology focus, SIs also can be classified by industries and region served. is focused on the consumer-packaged goods, food & beverage and life sciences industries. The wholesale product packaging changes instigated by COVID restrictions continue to proliferate today, Mattox said.

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Mold Making Technology

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

Mayer Tool & Engineering (MTE) specializes in designing and building quality injection molds for the plastics industry. We specialize in custom injection mold building for the plastics industry, including product development from initial concept to mold sampling. Photos Credit, all images: Mayer Tool & Engineering Inc.

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Mold Making Technology

MAY 2, 2023

Solution: Using an EOS DMLS printer and MS1 powder, an insert was printed on a stainless build plate, and pre-plumbed to connect extensive conformal cooling channels to the mold’s cooling system. Through clever tool design, Linear produces three different-length parts using interchangeable mold inserts.

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Control Engineering

JULY 8, 2023

Inefficient motors create higher energy use which in turn generates increased carbon emissions. Identifying ways to reduce energy use has become vital, and VFDs are a key component in achieving this within electric motor applications – from material handling to pump control. And it’s not just in industry.

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i4.0 today

SEPTEMBER 9, 2024

Expenses, conductivity, and yields Due to varying expenses within the conductive ink market, the cost a company pays should match the application, i.e. having more expensive inks for long-term uses with a need for premium materials and durability. Consumer concerns surrounding sustainability could also be a barrier with this application.

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Plastics News

MAY 5, 2023

The newest product battle is in the olive oil market, where two companies are battling over the brilliant idea of using plastic squeeze bottle packaging. Seemed like a good idea. I'm sure most cooks use a lot more Sriracha than if it came in a conventional glass bottle. Drupely Inc., How about peanut butter?

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Manufacturer's Monthly

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

With its potential to revolutionise a multitude of industries from self-driving cars to forensics to autonomous operations in hazardous environments, this invention has captured the imagination of experts and enthusiasts alike. Ultraviolet (UV) light can be used in forensics or to detect the decay of food. Why would this be useful?

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ATS

MARCH 26, 2024

This blog explores how sensors used in tire manufacturing, and additional sensors specifically for maintenance, can increase maintenance effectiveness and improve metrics such as OEE and MTBF. Fluid systems such as those used for heating and cooling also benefit from pressure monitoring.

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ATS

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

In the case of larger equipment such as complete lines or special purpose machinery, a maintenance lifecycle management approach ensures service and overhaul needs are identified and a complete history is kept of work performed. Use it as a collaboration tool: The EAM system works across departments and functions.

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E&T

OCTOBER 26, 2023

Mistakes can be made with even the simplest calculations, while complex mathematics can consume significant time. It is also useful when designing with analogue-to-digital converters (ADCs) and digital-to-analogue converters (DACs) as well as sensors. These days it is even possible to use mobile devices for simulation.

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ATS

MARCH 26, 2024

In highly competitive industries, that creates pressure to do the work as quickly and effectively as possible. Expectations for quality and consistency: Customers expect the same experience every time they consume the product regardless of when and even where it was made. Share Machine maintenance is an expense that eats into margins.

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i4.0 today

MARCH 15, 2023

These offer IoT device designers energy efficiency, high performance, trusted security, and in the case of the xG27 family, wireless connectivity. Integrated Coulomb Counter that enables battery level monitoring to avoid battery depletion during the use of applications, improving user experience and product safety.

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Control Engineering

AUGUST 18, 2022

Many manufacturing segments are paying critical attention to energy consumption, sustainability and effective use of digital transformation tools to control costs and eliminate wasteful energy usage. If the manual reporting is accurate, the resulting spreadsheets or one-off reports are often stale by the time they’re used to make decisions.

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ATS

APRIL 5, 2024

It discusses the types of machine data acquired, how a system operates and how it can be used. Machine data collection also involves data that’s held on other systems used to manage the plant. In other cases, manufacturers retrofit machines with IoT devices. This blog is about the machine data collection process.

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Additive Manufacturing

OCTOBER 3, 2022

announced that it has formalized its program of working with universities, research labs, government organizations, and industrial companies to provide a platform for improving collaboration related to in-situ monitoring and real-time analysis for quality assurance, certification, and qualification of additively manufactured parts.

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Frost & Sullivan Manufacturing

MAY 2, 2024

They watched presentations, attended roundtables, summits, and industry analyst briefings, and engaged with the movers and shakers who were transforming the market. Here are key takeaways: Consumer 5G plans and Fixed-Wireless Access (FWA) continue to drive growth in 5G. Discounting FWA and IoT, Consumer 5G plans represented 1.39

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Mold Making Technology

JUNE 19, 2024

Not only did 3D printing a manual EOAT greatly reduce cost versus using a robot, but it increased operator safety and shortened the effective molding cycle time versus loading inserts by hand into the hot mold cavity (left showing operator using the claw to rapidly load inserts).

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21st Century Tech

DECEMBER 15, 2021

His passion is to save companies money through repurposed and reusable industrial packaging such as plastic and metal bulk containers, Gaylord boxes, bulk bags, pallets, IBC totes and industrial racks. How do you avoid the worst-case scenarios caused by what we previously have described? We repainted. No problem.

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