Control Engineering

MARCH 12, 2023

Artificial intelligence (AI) insights The rise of artificial intelligence (AI) has companies are entering a new revolution that changes the way original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) think about and approach manufacturing. Where testing is a bottleneck, this also increases overall throughput of the production line.

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Fabricating & Metal Work

JUNE 14, 2024

The Miller OptX 2 kW is ideal for sheet metal and general fabrication applications with high-volume, low-mix and TIG processes in place that are dealing with bottlenecks, often due to lack of throughput speed and labor force availability. Below is a guide to help you decide if laser welding is the right fit for your shop.

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Bottleneck Fit Automation Aerospace 98

Automation Mag

APRIL 24, 2023

And global supply chain bottlenecks seem to be easing. The January Canadian Manufacturing Purchasing Manager’s Index climbed back above 50, indicating expansion. projects fit in? Canadian manufacturers are now generally taking a more disciplined approach. COVID-19 restrictions are (hopefully) a relic of the past.

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Modern Machine Shop

APRIL 9, 2023

Manufacturers are experiencing a perfect storm, with stretched supply chains, increasing cost of goods and materials, and the ever-present skills gap. Top shops reflect on their performance In the 2022 Modern Machine Shop Top Shops Survey, hundreds of manufacturers shared insights into the previous 12 months.

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Automation Supply Chain Prototype  Fit 130

Additive Manufacturing

DECEMBER 7, 2022

Within additive manufacturing, there is a big focus on part and application qualification. related to the Additive Manufacturing Policy. is to leverage additive manufacturing to reduce maintenance cycle times, curb supply chain backlogs, and place manufacturing capabilities at or near the point of need.

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Automation Mag

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

Unirope, a company specializing in manufacturing, distributing, testing, certification, and inspection of high-performance wire rope and rigging products, has added 50,000 square feet of manufacturing space to its headquarters. The expansion represents the completion of a journey that started in 2018.

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Manufacturing Fit Bottleneck Lead Time 49

Mold Making Technology

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

MSI Mold Builders identified a bottleneck at the very start of its manufacturing process where it squared mold blocks and drilled and tapped eye-bolt holes to rapidly and safely move large blocks around the floor. This typically involved six setups on two different machines and each setup took 30-60 minutes. MSI Mold Builders.

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Six Sigma Bottleneck Lean manufacturing Lead Time 98

Robotics Business Review

JULY 11, 2024

Chef Robotics food automation pods assemble ready-to-cook meals for leading food manufacturers. The company is crossing the chasm from early adopters to gain its initial foothold in what promises to be a huge market for food manufacturing automation. As he likes to tell it, “Fine dining is extremely complex for AI and robotics.

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Manufacturer's Monthly

MAY 29, 2023

Markforged ’s serial-producing printer – the PX100 Binder Jetting solution – enables manufacturers to build large quantities of high-quality metal parts. I realised we had fantastic engineering capacity and we could see the inherent opportunities of serially producing additive manufacturing.

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3D printing Additive manufacturing Made-to-spec Prototype  98

Manufacturer's Monthly

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

In their previous careers, they both worked with product design and often struggled with machine shops being bottlenecks for realising their innovative projects. This encouraged them to take the plunge and start HOOB, a company dedicated to the design and manufacture of assembly lines. You can read more about HOOB at their website.

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Assembly Line Lean manufacturing Bottleneck Automation 92

Additive Manufacturing

OCTOBER 27, 2022

based start-up has been a Stratasys connectivity software partner and its cloud-based software solution will now be fully integrated into Stratasys’ GrabCAD ® Additive Manufacturing Platform, benefiting customers using any Stratasys 3D printer running GrabCAD Print software. The Berkeley, Calif.,-based infrastructure.

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Canadian Manufacturing

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

Credit: Unirope) Unirope is a manufacturer and distributor of high-performance wire rope and rigging products. The overall investment led to efficiencies that allowed us to eliminate bottlenecks, deliver faster, and increase our outputs.” and Europe. Remember, unemployment is at an all-time low, so we have to optimize our workforce.

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Fit Bottleneck Lead Time Automotive 59

Fabricating & Metal Work

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

No doubt manual, or semi-automatic, welding has its place across the industries — general fabrication and manufacturing, shipbuilding and more — and it will continue to be an important process for many applications. Robot integrators and manufacturers typically offer training to help ensure success. WELDING TIPS. Making the switch.

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Automation Robotics Robotics Bottleneck 98

Mold Making Technology

DECEMBER 17, 2023

In short, Zero Tolerance wanted a machine that could do it all while still being compact enough to fit in limited floor space. Preferred Tool of Hugo, Minnesota, a full-service mold builder, was facing a bottleneck in electrode cutting that was slowing down mold production and reducing shop productivity. Read the full article.

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Bottleneck Cycle time Automation Aerospace 98

Manufacturer's Monthly

JULY 11, 2023

Increasingly, Australia’s world-class welding workshops are light and bright, and fitted out with some of the most advanced technology available. robotics and collaborative robots are changing the way the welding and manufacturing industries work. Welding is a far less dangerous and arduous job than ever before. Industry 4.0

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CMTC Manufacturing Tech

JULY 8, 2022

For the small and medium-sized manufacturers (SMMs) in California, keeping stakeholders safe online requires more than workplace safety training, safety meetings , and password encrypters. For manufacturing companies, in particular, 82% of attacks in 2021 came from external threat actors, according to Verizon.

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Manufacturing Compliance Bottleneck Function 67

Control Engineering

DECEMBER 8, 2022

Process digital twin benefits include: An increase in plant margin and productivity by support operation in day-to-day activities, optimizing the plant operating conditions, fast de-bottlenecking, and reducing the utilities consumption. The post Digital twin benefits for process manufacturers appeared first on Control Engineering.

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ATS

JULY 21, 2023

Share In any modern manufacturing company, there’s an overwhelming need to be efficient. In this guide, our manufacturing experts will answer the question, “What is track and trace?”. A manufacturing track and trace system allows businesses to follow the life cycle of individual products or components throughout the supply chain.

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MEM

JANUARY 13, 2023

Ever since the COVID-19 pandemic, the UK and manufacturers in particular have been facing ever-increasing challenges. From a shortage of staff to the difficulty in obtaining essential raw materials, the manufacturing sector has had a lot to navigate. A fitness tracker for your machines. FourJaw 2.1

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Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE) Bottleneck Fit Manufacturing 52

Factory Worx

MAY 11, 2022

Why Are Digital Manufacturing Dashboards Important in Industry 4.0? Naturally, data and manufacturing dashboards are critical aspects of this process. The manufacturing analytics dashboard converts the never-ending data stream from real-time monitoring devices into simple visual displays and actionable insights. Read Our Blog.

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Industry 4.0 Industry 4.0 Digital manufacturing Manufacturing 52

Control Engineering

MAY 12, 2023

Factory digitization insights The manufacturing sector is being transformed through digitization with key technology trends such as automation, electrification, digitization, and the connected enterprise, next generation industrial technology, and security driving investment in edge technology both hardware and software.

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Fabricating & Metal Work

SEPTEMBER 3, 2023

EcoFilter easily fits most machining centers and lathe envelopes from small to large, accommodating a broad coolant flow rate via flexible filter cell sizing. The EcoFilter Ò is environmentally friendly; it uses no consumables, and the single-drive design reduces energy consumption.

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Bottleneck Fit Manufacturing 52

Fabricating & Metal Work

AUGUST 10, 2022

Rapid part changes, raw material bottlenecks and labor shortages continue to drive demand for multisensor inspection with the option to automate. The mobile HB, fitted with a 5-axis PH20, can be placed on or near a production line to provide dimensional verification and process flow monitoring in real time.

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Bottleneck Automation Fit Lead Time 52

Manufacturer's Monthly

MAY 15, 2023

Markforged’s serial producing printer – the PX100 Binder Jetting solution – enables manufacturers to build large quantities of high-quality metal parts. I realised we had fantastic engineering capacity and we could see the inherent opportunities of serially producing additive manufacturing. The acquisition fit both companies perfectly.

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3D printing Additive manufacturing Made-to-spec Prototype  59

Frost & Sullivan Manufacturing

AUGUST 28, 2023

This powerful combination enables businesses to assure security and compliance governance, speed up the root cause analysis of performance bottlenecks, and lower the operation overhead associated with managing hybrid and multi-cloud IT infrastructure. The result: modern enterprises realize the full transformational promise of the cloud.

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Automation Mag

DECEMBER 12, 2024

Canada is experiencing unprecedented demographic shifts and economic pressures that are reshaping its manufacturing sector. Despite this growth, the manufacturing sector, including food and beverage processing companies, face severe labour shortages. Mimic robots are being designed to fit into existing workflows.

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Fabricating & Metal Work

MAY 3, 2023

Jorgensen offers hydrocyclone filters in a variety of sizes to fit the volume and desired coolant clarity. www.jorgensenconveyors.com Subscribe to learn the latest in manufacturing. All products are engineered to provide high quality, cost effective, application-based product solutions for even the most demanding environments.

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i4.0 today

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

But how does the concept of used machinery fit into this efficiency-oriented philosophy? With a detailed value stream mapping, bottlenecks in machine utilisation can be identified and resolved through restructuring or optimisation. In the production area, for example, this could be unnecessary material inventories or expensive rework.

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Bottleneck Value chain Fit Automation 52

Fabricating & Metal Work

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

Manufacturing facilities wanting to find cost savings or improve throughput may overlook the cutting and grinding process — mistakenly thinking those operations are too small to make a significant impact on the bottom line. Some manufacturers choose abrasive products based solely on initial product cost.

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Control Engineering

AUGUST 22, 2023

These DNA structures are then attached to a surface, where they fit together like puzzle pieces. You can orient them in specific directions that are controllable and keep them well-separated because the origamis are packed and naturally fit together, as puzzle pieces would.” bioeconomy.

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ATS

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

Share If your manufacturing facility relies on compressed air to power tools, equipment or processes, its vital to maintain these systems in optimal working condition. Unstable pressure and airflow: This symptom may be caused by leaking hoses or fittings, worn-out seals or malfunctioning valves.

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Control Engineering

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

The digital thread eliminates typical organizational bottlenecks that stymie change, helping companies drive process improvement. The digital thread is designed to help drive process improvements by eliminating potential bottlenecks. Digital thread insights. Different domains can collaborate. Data flows more easily between related.

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i4.0 today

JANUARY 19, 2023

However, from mass customisation in manufacturing to software development in telecoms, all of us are increasingly working on projects where the requirements for results are unusual. Especially when it is, frankly, much better suited for something like a traditional manufacturing line or physical retail installation.

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Bottleneck Fit Manufacturing Industry 4.0 52

Control Engineering

AUGUST 2, 2023

Engineers there worked with an automation vendor to improve their equipment, computing power and communication protocols to provide better insights and reduce potential automation bottlenecks. Business continues to boom in the intralogistics industry.

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Automation Pharmaceutical Bottleneck Industry 4.0 98

Fabricating & Metal Work

JUNE 11, 2024

In today’s rapidly evolving technological landscape, automation can be a critical component to increasing safety, efficiency, productivity and profitability — with manufacturers in various industries constantly looking for ways to streamline processes, reduce errors and keep competitive. Photo courtesy of Path Robotics.

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Nexus Integra

DECEMBER 16, 2022

Industrial asset monitoring has become efficient and simple due to the use of smart equipment in manufacturing production plants. Now, it is easier to process assets in real time and identify bottlenecks before manual labor is involved. Smart machines have managed to take industrial progress to the next level in a very short time.

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Artificial Intelligence Bottleneck Fit Automation 52

Control Engineering

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

Optimal operation depends on the quality, design and condition of the gear set; lubricants that fit the operating conditions; and regular evaluations and maintenance. and digital twins offer manufacturers an opportunity to improve safety by enhancing situational awareness. Machine safety insights Industry 4.0

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