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The electric steel dilemma and its impact on motor vendors

Control Engineering

However, the share of business held by commercial and industrial electric motor vendors is being threatened by the automotive sector in the wake of electric vehicles. However, increased demand from the automotive sector via electric vehicles is, and will continue to be, a contributing factor to the staying power of higher prices.

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Discrete Manufacturing Guide

ATS

Share Discrete manufacturing involves creating products by assembling individual, tangible parts. The production lines in discrete manufacturing produce products that are similar but not identical. What is discrete manufacturing? Vehicles are a classic example of discrete manufacturing.

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Mixed Mode Manufacturing

ATS

Mixed mode manufacturing refers to any production environment that uses more than one manufacturing mode and does so under the same roof or within the same system. For example, carrying out discrete manufacturing in one facility and process manufacturing in another is not mixed mode.