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How will sensing become part of 6G cellular?

Design World

As many people around the world are still getting used to, benefiting from the improvements, and confronting the shortcomings of 5G cellular, standards organizations and industry cooperatives are busy preparing for 6G. This next generation communications network will add sensing to the communications capabilities. Called integrated sensing and communication (ISAC) or joint communications and sensing […] The post How will sensing become part of 6G cellular?

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How AI Is Making Robots More Autonomous and Adaptable

Automation World

Teradyne Robotics’ work with Nvidia is expected to bring about an inflection point in technology that will enable robots to operate more precisely in unstructured and changing environments and scale new robotic applications at companies of all sizes.

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Averroes.ai Brings Apple Vision Pro to Manufacturing for Inspection

Gary Mintchell

Someone else is going to transform the industry. OK, I have worn many Augmented Reality glasses in demos at trade shows. They are cool, but it still looked like a solution searching for a problem. Meanwhile, the Apple Vision Pro supports both AR and Virtual Reality (VR). Everyone is talking about how cool the VR part is for immersive movies. No one has been talking about the AR capabilities.

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Consulting-Specifying Engineer announces 2024 40 Under 40 award recipients

Design World

Consulting-Specifying Engineer proudly announces the recipients of the 2024 40 Under 40 award. This award is given annually to 40 nonresidential building industry professionals ages 40 and younger who stand out in a variety of personal and professional aspects of their lives. To read a profile of each winner, visit www.csemag.com/40under40. Candidates were nominated by… The post Consulting-Specifying Engineer announces 2024 40 Under 40 award recipients appeared first on Design World.

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15 Modern Use Cases for Enterprise Business Intelligence

Large enterprises face unique challenges in optimizing their Business Intelligence (BI) output due to the sheer scale and complexity of their operations. Unlike smaller organizations, where basic BI features and simple dashboards might suffice, enterprises must manage vast amounts of data from diverse sources. What are the top modern BI use cases for enterprise businesses to help you get a leg up on the competition?

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Hexagon Partners with Microsoft Using Cloud Technology for Team Collaboration

Gary Mintchell

Partnering with Microsoft continues to be an important part of manufacturing software development. This news is from Hexagon partnering with Microsoft to integrate engineering with Microsoft 365 to foster data collaboration among engineers. There’s a lot of marketing overkill in the release, but the essence is they hope to improve innovation through engineers and designers using improved collaboration tools.

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Pedrini Deploys Wireless Communications in its Machines

Automation World

CoreTigo’s IO-Link wireless technology is being retrofitted onto existing Pedrini stone processing machinery for industrial grade wireless communications to PLCs.

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Industry 5.0 Principles Animate Comau Advanced Automation Solutions

Automation World

Live from Automate 2024, an inside look at how the automation specialist is putting people and society first.

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Why employee-owned companies make sense in manufacturing

The Fabricator

Robinson Inc., De Pere, Wis., hopes to find out what Sentry Equipment, Oconomowoc, Wis., already knows: Employee ownership is a competitive advantage for some metal fabrication businesses.

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Weidmuller Introduces New Modular Compact Terminal Blocks

Control.com

Weidmuller recently launched several new product ranges of multi-purpose terminal blocks, designed to save valuable cabinet space for signal routing and marshaling in distributed control systems.

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Australian yacht manufacturer launches its 6,000th motor yacht

Manufacturer's Monthly

The Riviera team celebrate the launch of their 6,000th motor yacht / Image: Rivera Australia Australian luxury yacht builder, Riviera, has launched its 6,000 th motor yacht at its production facility on Queensland’s Gold Coast. The 950-strong Riviera team formed a guard of honour in exclusive shirts to commemorate the achievement. The Iridium silver-hulled 5400 Sport Yacht Platinum Edition, will be delivered to long-time Sydney Australia based Riviera owners, Peter and Denise Haig.

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The Future of Manufacturing: Behind-the-Scene Insights from the IMTS Conference

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NVIDIA and Intrinsic Collaborate To Advance Robotic Gripping

Control.com

NVIDIA and Alphabet's Intrinsic have joined forces to accelerate robotic grasping capabilities by combining their platform expertise and leveraging generative AI and simulation.

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Cisco’s Women of the Channel: Empowering Innovation, Leadership, and Success in 2024

Cisco Smart Manufacturing

I am thrilled to see numerous talented and trailblazing Cisco colleagues featured in CRN's 2024 Women of the Channel List. These women are at the forefront of channel thought leadership, and their dedication to our partners' success is a testament to the exceptional caliber of our partner program.

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Why employee-owned companies make sense in the metal fabricating industry

The Fabricator

Robinson Inc., De Pere, Wis., hopes to find out what Sentry Equipment, Oconomowoc, Wis., already knows: Employee ownership is a competitive advantage for some manufacturing businesses.

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National Science Week 2024 receives $500,000 to inspire careers in science & innovation

Manufacturer's Monthly

Image: NuPenDekDee/stock.adobe.com National Science Week 2024 is a step closer, with the Australian Government awarding $500,000 in grants to support 32 public science projects right across the country. The National Science Week Grants provide funding of between $2,000 and $20,000 to support individuals and organisations to deliver community science events.

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CNC Design Guide: Enhance Machining for Precision, Efficiency, and Cost Reduction

Unlock the full potential of CNC machining with our comprehensive design guide. Learn how to optimize your designs for precision, efficiency, and cost savings. Gain key insights on part complexity, tolerances, materials, finishes, and much more. Whether you’re developing prototypes or production parts, our guide offers practical tips to streamline your process and ensure high-quality results.

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Medical Micro Molding at Scale Featured at IME South

Plastics Today

Exhibitor Accumold will explain how micro molding thin-walled cannulas reduces labor requirements and cost compared with conventional production methods.

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Tasmania’s first major green hydrogen producer revealed

Manufacturer's Monthly

Image: Viks_jin/stock.adobe.come Countrywide Hydrogen, part of ReNu Energy, will become Tasmania’s first major green hydrogen producer after locking in an $8 million funding deal with the Tasmanian Liberal Government. Premier and Minister for Trade and Major Investment, Jeremy Rockliff, said the Tasmanian Liberal Government’s Green Hydrogen Price Reduction Scheme announcement was the latest step in realising Tasmania’s hydrogen sector.

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Optimizing business velocity with Cisco Full-Stack Observability

Cisco Smart Manufacturing

When applications are constrained by insufficient resources, the result is poor application performance or even outages. Cisco Full-Stack Observability can help you scale up or down to ensure you have enough resources to support workloads.

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Bubble Curtains: Safeguarding Freshwater from Salinization

Manufacturer's Monthly

Image: AtlasCopco One of the many consequences of a dryer climate is that water levels are slowly but surely decreasing. That, in turn, disrupts the fresh water supply and causes salinization problems. In collaboration with local and national governments, Atlas Copco Rental regularly supplies equipment for the installation of bubble curtains in waterways to limit the damage to the environment.

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How to Drive Cost Savings, Efficiency Gains, and Sustainability Wins with MES

Speaker: Nikhil Joshi, Founder & President of Snic Solutions

Is your manufacturing operation reaching its efficiency potential? A Manufacturing Execution System (MES) could be the game-changer, helping you reduce waste, cut costs, and lower your carbon footprint. Join Nikhil Joshi, Founder & President of Snic Solutions, in this value-packed webinar as he breaks down how MES can drive operational excellence and sustainability.

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What software automation means for custom fabrication

The Fabricator

Caleb Chamberlain shares his thoughts about what makes his metal fabrication business unusual, in some ways unique to the industry, but, in the grand scheme of things, not entirely disruptive.

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Fiber laser and deburrer boosts MITS Alloy’s production efficiency and manufacturing capabilities.

Manufacturer's Monthly

Image: MITS Going from just a handful of employees to seventy-five in just a few short years is testament to the enormous popularity and demand for MITS Alloy’s range of heavy-duty aluminium Ute trays and canopies. Based in Newcastle, the company was founded by Tim Lightfoot and Tony Brooks in January 2015. Tim’s existing business, Safety MITS, supplied maintenance equipment for the Mining, Earthmoving, Transportation and associated industries.

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Universal Robots Interface Effortlessly Connects Cobots with Injection Molding Machines

Plastics Today

Seamless automation connectivity shown for the first time at NPE.

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Towards a common goal: Emily van Egmond on levelling the playing field in sport and construction

Manufacturer's Monthly

Image: Coates Australia Australian sport is undergoing a remarkable evolution, breaking through traditional gender barriers, and creating opportunities for women to shine. Can construction do the same? Coates Ambassador and Australian professional footballer Emily van Egmond shares her insights into the lessons women in construction can learn from women in sport.

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How To Select the Right Software for Innovation Management

Finding the right innovation management software is like picking a racing bike—it's essential to consider your unique needs rather than just flashy features. This oversight can stall your innovation efforts. Download now to explore key considerations for success!

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Jam-resistant quantum navigation tech takes flight for the first time

E&T

Advanced quantum-based navigation systems that cannot be jammed or spoofed by hostile actors have successfully flown for the first time in commercial flight trials.

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Databricks and ARM Hub sign partnership to boost manufacturing

Manufacturer's Monthly

Image: PaulShlykov/stock.adobe.com ARM Hub, Australia’s leading artificial intelligence (AI), robotics and design-for-manufacture industry hub is partnering with world-leading data and AI platform, Databricks. This international alliance is set to transform Australia’s manufacturing landscape by enabling smarter decision-making through affordable, safe, relevant and up-to-date data and AI solutions.

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Autonomous Mobile Robots: Pioneering Maintenance in Manufacturing

ATS

Share The usefulness of industrial robots has always been limited by the size of their work envelope. Integrators and manufacturers have tried to address this by mounting them overhead or on rails, and while that increases their versatility, they still aren’t free to roam around the factory where they’re needed. That paradigm changed when autonomous mobile robots (AMRs) emerged.

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Exploring Retrieval Augmented Generation for Business Growth

Robotics Automation News

Today’s corporations have no other option but to look for new and creative ways of optimizing their workflows and increasing their earnings. The recent emergence of next-generation AI technologies like RAG have enabled the organizations to leverage highly powerful tools.

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The Secrets to Zero-Waste Manufacturing: A ex-SpaceX Start-up Case Study

Sit down with Karan Talati, CEO of First Resonance, to explore the significant contributors to waste in the manufacturing industry. Karan delves into two critical areas: material waste and data waste. He discusses how material waste impacts costs and efficiency, and the often-overlooked issue of data waste—where valuable data is not captured, leading to inefficiencies in managing inventory and operations.

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Packaging Reuse Drives US Foodservice Growth Strategy

Plastics Today

Eco-Products and Ozzi team to expand a reusable plastic container program in the US that reduces foodservice costs and waste.

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U.S. First Quarter Manufacturing Technology Orders Decline 18.6% Over 2023

Metrology

Orders of manufacturing technology, measured by the U.S. Manufacturing Technology Orders Report published by The Association For Manufacturing Technology(AMT) , reached $435.7 million in March 2024. The post U.S. First Quarter Manufacturing Technology Orders Decline 18.6% Over 2023 appeared first on Metrology and Quality News - Online Magazine.

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The Metals Company’s subsidiary submits dee-sea environmental data set to be analyzed for mfg. applications

Canadian Manufacturing

The Metals Company’s subsidiary submits dee-sea environmental data set to be analyzed for mfg. applications (GlobeNewswire) NEW YORK — TMC the metals company Inc., an explorer undeveloped sources of critical battery metals, announced that its subsidiary NORI has made a second submission of key environmental data from all prior environmental baseline campaigns conducted in the NORI-D exploration area up to January 2022 to DeepData, an open database of contractor data managed by the Internat

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ModuleWorks Announces Successful Closing of Strategic Partnership Investment Round

Metrology

ModuleWorks, a leading innovator in toolpath generation and simulation technology for digital manufacturing, has announced the successful closure of its Strategic Partner Program (SPP) investment round. This marks a significant milestone in the company's history, with industry leaders in the areas of CAD/CAM, CNC controls, machine tools and cutting tools joining the program as minority shareholders in ModuleWorks.

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How to Master Product Portfolio Management

Pursuing product portfolio management excellence empowers organizations to unlock the full potential of their offerings. This comprehensive guide unveils 10 essential keys that serve as the building blocks for success.