Automation World

JANUARY 8, 2024

To navigate Interroll’s multi-level production facility in Switzerland, the company developed a light conveyor platform for MiR’s mobile robots.

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Design World

JANUARY 8, 2024

By Shannon VanDeren, AMUG President, and Ed Graham, AMUG Director, Education and Conference The 2024 AMUG Conference is rapidly approaching. The five-day event opens on March 10, 2024, in Chicago, Illinois, to host additive manufacturing (AM) users in ways that advance their skills, broaden their horizons and ignite new collaborations. On the surface, the AMUG… The post AMUG Conference: AM Users Sharing Experiences and Initiating Collaborations appeared first on Design World.

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Gary Mintchell

JANUARY 8, 2024

WePower introduced itself to me (and the world) at CES 2023. Way back when process instrumentation companies were developing wireless sensors (remember the “wireless wars”?) the big question was battery life. I was just searching for the first energy harvesting company I interviewed. I guess it was published at Automation World rather than my blog. Technology progresses.

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Robotics Business Review

JANUARY 8, 2024

The Open Source Robotics Foundation (OSRF) has released a new version of Open-RMF that is available on Iron Irwini, the ninth release of ROS 2, and ROS 2 Rolling Ridley. The Open Robotics Middleware Framework (Open-RMF) is a free, open-source, modular software system that enables interoperability between multiple fleets of robots and physical infrastructure.

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In 2025, the Supply Chain continues its evolution toward “Logistics 4.0,” inspired by Industry 4.0. Two major characteristics define this transformation: automation, driven by robotic solutions, and prediction, paving the way for an era of planning and simulation powered by Artificial Intelligence (AI).

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Gary Mintchell

JANUARY 8, 2024

I’m catching up on December press releases. Many go a little afield of my normal topics, but with the changing market I tend to go where tech trends take me. This relates to a deeper use of data and data analysis for materials development. MaterialsZone and Kafrit Group, a global masterbatches and compounds producer, announced their long-term commercial agreement enabling Kafrit Group to better utilize their data to develop improved products and provide an unparalleled customer experience to its

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Design World

JANUARY 8, 2024

A new design ensures high contact reliability with lower insertion force Connectivity is an intrinsic part of today’s industrial automation and robotic applications. An ever-increasing number of devices and peripherals depend on stable connections to transmit power and signals to the printed circuit board (PCB). Managing these connections is labor-intensive, leading many OEMs away from… The post Omron’s systematic approach to a better PCB connector appeared first on Design Worl

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Design World

JANUARY 8, 2024

Growth in the IIoT mobile electronics segment is set to further boost demand for OKW’s BODY-CASE (IP 65) wearable plastic enclosures. Ergonomic BODY-CASE is ideal for IoT/IIoT, automation, measuring and control, data recording/transmission, geo-location, emergency call/notification, safety technology, mobile stock/sales logging, digital communications, medical, sports, and wellness electronics.

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Plastics Today

JANUARY 8, 2024

The most efficient manufacturing technologies ever imagined are at our fingertips. So, what can we learn from the past that got us here?

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Robotics Business Review

JANUARY 8, 2024

Noah Medical’s Galaxy is a fully integrated surgical robotics system for navigated bronchoscopy. | Credit: Noah Medical Medical robotics continues its impressive march forward within mainstream medicine. From new applications to new technologies, the field demonstrated impressive growth over the last year. But there’s still incredible room to grow, and looking ahead to 2024, there are a few clear areas of opportunity.

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The Fabricator

JANUARY 8, 2024

OSH CEO Caleb Chamberlain recalls his experience, and ultimate success, in writing production, inventory, and shipping software for his metal fabrication business.

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Speaker: Chris Townsend, VP of Product Marketing, Wellspring

Over the past decade, companies have embraced innovation with enthusiasm—Chief Innovation Officers have been hired, and in-house incubators, accelerators, and co-creation labs have been launched. CEOs have spoken with passion about “making everyone an innovator” and the need “to disrupt our own business.” But after years of experimentation, senior leaders are asking: Is this still just an experiment, or are we in it for the long haul?

Robotics Business Review

JANUARY 8, 2024

Generative AI can help build warehouse scenes such as this one created in NVIDIA Omniverse and Isaac Sim. Credit: NVIDIA Last year, generative AI received a lot of attention, but the challenge in 2024 is to apply it to industrial technologies and commercial use cases. NVIDIA Corp. and its partners are working with generative AI to make robots more capable, said Deepu Talla, vice president of robotics and edge computing at NVIDIA.

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Canadian Manufacturing

JANUARY 8, 2024

WALTER Surface Technologies acquires Greenfield Industries to expand line products MONTREAL — WALTER Surface Technologies announces the acquisition of Greenfield Industries, a USA based manufacturer of branded and private label cutting tools. WALTER and Greenfield Industries share a strong focus to provide solutions answering the needs and challenges facing industrial end-users.

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Robotics Business Review

JANUARY 8, 2024

Valiant TMS is integrating robot motion optimization as a service. Source: Realtime Robotics Realtime Robotics today announced that Valiant TMS will integrate its Optimization-as-a-Service offering with customers’ manufacturing operations. The companies said the combination of Realtime’s proprietary software and engineering expertise with Valiant TMS’s manufacturing industry experience will improve the efficiency and productivity of automated operations.

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Control.com

JANUARY 8, 2024

In a step toward ecological resilience, Bosch Rexroth has announced a partnership with TotalEnergies to develop a water-based, biodegradable hydraulic fluid with similar properties to traditional oil.

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Canadian Manufacturing

JANUARY 8, 2024

LAS VEGAS — BlackBerry Limited announced general availability of its new QNX® Software Development Platform (SDP) 8.0. Combined with the next generation QNX® OS 8.0, the platform delivers a an operating system available for today’s embedded computing industry. BlackBerry also announced the launch of QNX® Sound, a development platform that decouples audio and acoustics software from the vehicle hardware to give audio designers and engineers complete creative freedom to deliver sound e

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Control.com

JANUARY 8, 2024

Through its Community Defense Program, Dragos is offering small utility providers free access to Neighborhood Keeper, Dragos Platform, Dragos Academy, and membership in OT-CERT.

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Automation World

JANUARY 8, 2024

Powered by Siemens’ PartQuest software, the RS DesignSpark Circuit Simulator is a cloud native environment for designing, modeling, simulating and analyzing circuits and systems.

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Manufacturer's Monthly

JANUARY 8, 2024

Researchers from UNSW have developed a cutting-edge and scalable solution to overcome the rechargeability challenges of aqueous rechargeable zinc battery (AZB) technology. The innovation can potentially redefine energy storage for homes and grids, emphasising safety, cost-effectiveness, extended life cycle, and robust power capability. The team of researchers from the School of Chemical Engineering, Yuan Shang, Dr.

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Automation World

JANUARY 8, 2024

Intelligent instruments, along with digital networking technology optimized for typical machine applications, are bringing front-line features to discrete manufacturing applications.

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Dinesh Mishra

JANUARY 8, 2024

Pune, 9 th January 2024 : Smartsters, the premium children’s furniture and home décor brand is all set to debut at Kopa Mall Pune as a standalone store. This exciting venture follows years of unprecedented success in the online marketplace. The new Smartsters store at KOPA Mall promises to redefine the shopping experience for parents seeking innovation and give them a comprehensive awareness of the needs of developing children.

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Automation World

JANUARY 8, 2024

With insights into the key differences between cobots and robots as well as the tasks where cobots tend to excel, Tim Paton of ABB Robotics provides an update on collaborative robotics for industrial use.

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Manufacturer's Monthly

JANUARY 8, 2024

University of Adelaide researchers have confirmed that a new product manufactured for the company SilkSurface is a true and silica free alternative to engineered stone. SilkSurface began investigating quality kitchen stone benchtop alternatives which are safe to manufacture as the future of engineered stone became unclear. “Today we can confirm that this product has been proven 100 per cent silica free through independent testing undertaken by the University of Adelaide’s School of Public Health

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E&T

JANUARY 8, 2024

The government has confirmed it will invest £300m into a new programme to produce advanced nuclear fuel suitable for next-generation reactors.

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Manufacturer's Monthly

JANUARY 8, 2024

The Australian Government is investing almost $22 million in three key research projects which will support the growth of Australia’s critical minerals industry and help supply materials which will be crucial to lowering carbon emissions. Minister for Resources and Northern Australia Madeleine King said funding has been awarded to innovative research projects to members of the Critical Minerals Research and Development Hub – the Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation (ANSTO), CSI

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MRPEasy

JANUARY 8, 2024

In the last quarter of 2023, we conducted a short survey among MRPeasy users about their experience with MRPeasy. Now, the responses have been analyzed and the results are in. What we asked As part of our yearly customer survey, we reached out to our users with a set of essential questions designed to assess […] The post MRPeasy Users Report a 54% Average Improvement in Operational Efficiency appeared first on Blog for Manufacturers and Distributors.

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Manufacturing Management

JANUARY 8, 2024

Yunex Built is Yunex Traffic's new brand for manufacturing services, extending beyond the company's established focus on traffic and transport.

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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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The Guardian Manufacturing

JANUARY 8, 2024

Support aims to stop production being lured overseas with promise of bigger foreign subsidies The EU has announced €4bn (£3.4bn) of state aid investments in new factories producing electric batteries for cars, heat pumps and solar panels as it looks to accelerate production and the uptake of green technologies and combat cheap Chinese imports. The Swedish battery producer Northvolt will receive €902m in state aid to build a new factory in Heide in Germany, while a wide range of clean tech factor

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Canadian Manufacturing

JANUARY 8, 2024

MILPITAS — Electronic System Design (ESD) industry revenue increased 25.2% to $4,702.4 million in the third quarter of 2023 from the $3,756.3 million logged in the third quarter of 2022, the ESD Alliance, a SEMI Technology Community, announced in its latest Electronic Design Market Data (EDMD) report. The four-quarter moving average, which compares the most recent four quarters to the prior four, rose 13.8%. “Electronic design automation (EDA) reported record revenue growth in Q3 23,”

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E&T

JANUARY 8, 2024

Investigators looking into the recent incident involving an Alaska Airlines 737 MAX 9 have said that design flaws are not currently suspected as the reason why a door panel blew out of the plane shortly after take-off.

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Drives & Controls

JANUARY 8, 2024

The Japanese bearings-maker NSK claims that it can revise the basic dynamic load rating of many of its rolling bearings to double their rolling contact fatigue life without any changes to their design or materials, following a “breakthrough” in the way bearing lives are calculated – the first significant change to these calculations in more than 60 years.

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