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Generative AI Industrial Copilots to Deliver Contextual Intelligence

Gary Mintchell

The three role-based copilots—Plant Performance Copilot, Digital Manufacturing Copilot, and the Connected Worker Copilot—provide enhanced human-like interaction so workers can get beyond standard data analytics and analysis to understand what happened, why, and more importantly, anticipate future events.

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From Paper to a Model-Based Enterprise: A Journey Worth Taking

iBASEt

It Starts with Paperless Operations MBE journeys begin with the transition to paperless operations, which for manufacturers means an MES platform for the factory. Digital documents are easier to create, store, and retrieve than paper, saving time and resources. On the horizon is the Model-Based Enterprise (MBE).

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How this Job Shop Grew Capacity Without Expanding Footprint

Modern Machine Shop

Andres Pfeiffer (right) transformed his job shop through digital manufacturing practices. But Pfeiffer is also quite exceptional in its mastery of digital production technologies. Achieve higher levels of automation both during planning and on the shop floor using the latest manufacturing technologies.

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A Fond Farewell to My Additive Friends

Modern Machine Shop

Me getting 3D scanned to create my “digital twin” so that I could be 3D printed. Photo Credit: Tim Simpson In addition to new standards, requirement documents for AM parts have been publicly released for aerospace materials systems by SAE International and for space flight by NASA.

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Finally, A Comprehensive Software Solution Designed for Small Job Shops

Modern Machine Shop

This improves the utility of the system, reduces the training required to use it, and gets you beyond running the business with spreadsheets, marked up PDFs, emails and other forms of manual documentation. You get an RFQ, cost and quote it, document job requirements, get a part program, and send it all to the shop.

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Nikon Decision to Submit a Public Takeover Offer for Shares of SLM, based in Germany

Additive Manufacturing

The SLM management and supervisory boards welcome and, subject to a review of the offer document, fully support the transaction and the takeover offer. We are focused on digital manufacturing as a growth driver and will create value through the promising market of metal additive manufacturing for our stakeholders.

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Top 7 Reasons to Move to Solumina iSeries

iBASEt

It also provides a mechanism to capture multi-faceted system relationships that exist internally and externally, which is almost impossible in document-based artifacts. It allows an engineer to represent a system in a comprehensive computer model, allowing for better traceability, tracking, and information consistency.