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Cold spray for rapid and reliable repairs

Manufacturer's Monthly

Images: Titomic Titomic recently detailed its advanced defence solutions, including additive manufacturing for high-performance parts and cold spray technology for in-field repairs. Titomic’s cold spray technology facilitates rapid repairs of industrial equipment across various sectors within manufacturing.

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Automation Can Have a Big Impact for Small Manufacturers

Modern Machine Shop

This supplement includes examples of this progress and how small manufacturers can use this technology now or will be able to in the near future. The first article describes how 2D and 3D sensors enable Boston Dynamics’ Stretch robot to perform more complex tasks, such as unloading boxes from a trailer.

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CSIRO to assist automated system innovators with an enhanced development platform

Manufacturer's Monthly

Robotics and automation are central to Industry 4.0 Globally and domestically the manufacturing industry is at a challenging point. Robotics, autonomy and Artificial Intelligence (AI) are key for ongoing business competitiveness, and for establishing more sustainable manufacturing systems. Source: ABI Research, 2019).

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IMCRC showcases innovative manufacturing technologies

Manufacturer's Monthly

With support and co-funding from IMCRC, each project explores advanced technologies such as additive manufacturing, robotics, data analytics and augmented and virtual reality to deliver transformative business models, products and services. The robots are telling the computer information like, the average picking done every day.

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Exact Metrology Trains the Next Generation of Workers

Fabricating & Metal Work

They recently held a trade fair with the Milwaukee School of Engineering, presenting the latest in scanning technology to a consortium the school drives for additive manufacturing. The consortium is funded by a group of larger manufacturers based in Wisconsin. An example is cobots, even robotically loaded CMM and CT scanners.

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Manufacturing In the Middle: Growth, Opportunity and New Challenges

Cisco Smart Manufacturing

There is no one size fits all view when it comes to manufacturing. Large, advanced plants are using a plethora of advanced manufacturing processes, robots and data as a core part of their operations. Source: Middle Market Manufacturing: How to Thrive in a Transforming Environment (2018). Advanced process control.

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What does IO-Link mean in Smart Manufacturing?

Marshall Wolf Automation

What makes IO-Link stand out is the capability to transmit three types of data cyclically or acyclically: process data , service data and event data. Smart machines and collaborative robotics . Additive manufacturing (AM). Advanced robotics. Process Data. Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) .