Fastener News Desk

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

Oct 25, 2024 Genesys Industries Acquires F3 Aerospace, An Advanced Aerospace Products Manufacturer. Decatur, IL based F3 Aerospace (F3) www.f3aerospace.com was founded in 1998 and is a leading manufacturer of structural aircraft components and assemblies for the aerospace sector.

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i4.0 today

MARCH 10, 2025

Mitsubishi Electric has launched its MELFA RH-10CRH and RH-20CRH SCARA robots, providing manufacturers with greater flexibility in adopting digital manufacturing while addressing skilled workforce shortages. These robots alone demonstrate our commitment to innovation by helping manufacturers enhance productivity and efficiency.

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Robotics Business Review

APRIL 2, 2025

Mytra was founded by Chris Walti and Ahmad Baitalmal, former leaders in robotics and manufacturing at Tesla and Rivian, respectively. With open-source software and continued development, Stretch 3 is accelerating the future of at-home assistive robots. million lbs. million lbs. million lbs.

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Manufacturer's Monthly

MARCH 17, 2025

City Coast Service has been in business for nearly 25 years, and according to Director Darryl Smith has established itself as a one-stop-shop, offering everything from truck body manufacturing to civil engineering and contracting. Thats how we started fabricating and manufacturing. We look for areas where theres an undersupply.

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Modern Machine Shop

FEBRUARY 16, 2025

Source: Haimer USA Haimer USA showcases its latest high-performance solutions for turning applications, including toolholding, presetting, balancing and shrinking technology. One of the key highlights at Haimer’s booth is its shrink-fit toolholders specifically designed for turning applications.

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Additive Manufacturing

OCTOBER 26, 2022

Certain devices on the market or in use with patients now would not have been able to have been manufactured previously. No One is One-Size-Fits-All. If one-size-fits-most souvenir shirts don’t really fit everybody, why on earth would medical device manufacturers assume that their devices might fit every body?

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Robotics Business Review

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

Source: CynLr CynLr, or Cybernetics Laboratory, today said it has raised $10 million in Series A funding. CynLr CLX-01 stack provides real-time, versatile vision CynLr said its mission is to simplify automation and optimize manufacturing processes for universal factories. The CLX robotic vision stack was inspired by human eyesight.

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Robotics Business Review

APRIL 18, 2025

Fictiv said its CNC parts enable manufacturers to scale without the typical barriers of cost, complexity, and risk. Source: Fictiv MISUMI Group Inc., a supplier of mechanical components for the manufacturing industry, yesterday announced that it is acquiring Fictiv for $350 million.

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Mold Making Technology

FEBRUARY 2, 2025

Source | Stock, Copilot Sales function as a vital role in driving business success in mold manufacturing. Tailoring the Onboarding Journey One-size-fits-all onboarding simply won't cut it in today's sales landscape. Build a sales playbook around knowledge, actions, communication and effective presentations.

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Robotics Business Review

FEBRUARY 23, 2025

Source: Agility Robotics As an early investor in Agility Robotics, now one of the world’s leading manufacturers of humanoid robots, I’ve watched as humanoids have evolved from a fascinating concept to reality over the past five years. Think about how humans work in manufacturing environments today.

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Robotics Business Review

MAY 1, 2024

Recently, Tormach introduced its new 1500MX CNC mill that can be operated with the ZA6 industrial robot via the company’s free and open source PathPilot ® control software. What is lights-out manufacturing and who are the Tormach customers who would use it? How can it take your customers’ operations to the next level?

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Robotics Business Review

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

Source: ANELLO Photonics Self-driving vehicles, mobile robots, and drones need multiple sensors for safe and reliable operation, but the cost and bulk of those sensors have posed challenges for developers and manufacturers. ANELLO offers an evaluation kit for its navigation and positioning system. ANELLO Photonics Inc.

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Gary Mintchell

JULY 12, 2023

Individual engineers will choose the solution that best fits their needs at the time. From Data to Data Sources Stacey Higginbotham writing in Stacey on IoT Bringing AI to the farthest edge requires new computing. She does follow the IoT trail into manufacturing at times. It was much like being in the midst of a religious war.

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Robotics Business Review

JANUARY 19, 2025

Source: Robotics Factory The Robotics Factory has opened the application window for its Accelerate program. Accelerate Program helps engineers with business side of running a startup The Accelerate Program’s core curriculum includes topics such as identifying customer and market fit, managing finances, and scaling a hardware business.

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Manufacturer's Monthly

APRIL 3, 2023

Australia’s small to medium enterprises (SMEs) are feeling upbeat about the future and reporting revenue growth despite the pressures of the current economic climate and fears of recession, with staffing demands being led by manufacturing, healthcare, and hospitality. The concern is also higher for metro-based businesses.

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Robotics Business Review

JANUARY 30, 2025

Source: Stereotaxis Stereotaxis Inc. This cabinet is 80% smaller than previous cabinets and can fit under a table in the operating room. The company will also prepare supply chain, manufacturing, installation, and commercial processes for a full launch. Stereotaxis said GenesisX is its most accessible robotic system to date.

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Mold Making Technology

MARCH 19, 2025

Blum-Novotes t probes are also part of Cavalier Tool & Manufacturing’s toolkit. Source | Cavalier Tool & Manufacturing The decision to eliminate CMM from the shop floor might seem risky, but it can drive significant improvements. Renishaw RMP60 probes in action on the Huron KXG 4523 during setup verification.

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Mold Making Technology

JANUARY 22, 2025

However, they are much more difficult to grind and polish, increasing the manufacturing cost. Most tool shops will outsource them to manufacturers that specialize in these materials. They function most efficiently when positioned vertically, with the heat source (hot plastic) at the bottom and cooling at the top.

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Mold Making Technology

APRIL 6, 2025

Source: Stock Image This news caught my attention because of recent conversations with mold builders who also do defense work, as well as those interested in entering the defense sector. With big changes like new tariffs and a push to bring manufacturing back to the U.S., Imagine a big online catalog where the U.S.

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Robotics Business Review

JULY 10, 2024

The electric 1200CX robot for drywall finishing is designed to fit into smaller spaces. Source: Canvas Canvas Construction Inc. Europe, and China said they use robotics, compared with 84% of automotive companies and 79% of manufacturing companies. Source: Canvas What comes next for Canvas?

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Robotics Business Review

JANUARY 21, 2025

Watch Out visualizes a highly automated workcell that can fit into a container. Source: Watch Out Manufacturers face widespread shortages of skilled labor, but more intelligent automation could alleviate the problem, according to Watch Out. Nearly 2 million U.S. Nearly 2 million U.S.

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Manufacturer's Monthly

DECEMBER 6, 2022

Manufacturers’ Monthly sits down with David Green, Sevaan Group CEO, about current trends in component manufacturing in a hectic and dynamic marketplace, challenges and how Sevaan Group is preparing to meet the highs and lows of tomorrow. Current component manufacturing trends. Challenges in component and product manufacturing.

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E&T

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

This line dates back to the 19th century, and so its tracks have track gauges narrower than the standard 1,435mm (4ft 8.5in), something that the manufacturer failed to notice in the designs. CAF, the Basque manufacturer in charge of the construction of the trains, first raised concerns about the sizing in March 2021. “The

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MEM

MAY 9, 2023

Supercharging Additive Manufacturing with Software By Doug Kenik, director of software manufacturing, Markforged As the additive manufacturing industry matures, the pace of software innovation has sped up to a sprint. And these, in turn, give manufacturers the ability to scale using digital inventory.

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Robotics Business Review

FEBRUARY 12, 2025

Source: Vention Vention launched its first turnkey robot for sanding. ” Vention partners with 3M on new robot sander 3M, a user of Vention’s technology in its own manufacturing facilities, collaborated with Vention on the development of the new sanding robot. Vention said it can fit in most shops.

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Manufacturer's Monthly

AUGUST 12, 2024

Image: MT.PHOTOSTOCK/stock.adobe.com Epicor guides readers through five trends to watch in manufacturing ERP: Artificial Intelligence, Big Data, Internet of Things (IoT), Cloud computing and Better UX. Manufacturing has long been recognised as a data-rich sector, producing vast amounts of data at every stage of production.

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Robotics Business Review

FEBRUARY 6, 2025

Source: Adobe Stock The agriculture industry is faced with tremendous changes driven by climate change, a growing global population, and the increasing scarcity of resources such as water and farmable land. Agricultural machines and devices are increasingly fitted with sensors, controls, and software.

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Robotics Business Review

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

As a contract manufacturer, Kal Plastics produces a wide range of parts with varying complexity and tolerances. Once she could prove the cobot worked, she knew there were other jobs that fit those criteria. “I When Kal Plastics needed to replace a CNC machine that was nearing the end of its life, Goff was presented with an opportunity.

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Modern Machine Shop

JANUARY 26, 2025

Source: LK Metrology LK Metrology ’s EcoAir system is designed to lower the carbon footprint of its CMM products. Any make of CMM may be upgraded, provided that it is fitted with an LK NMC300 controller, which is also available from the manufacturer as a retrofit.

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Manufacturer's Monthly

APRIL 22, 2024

Combi Connect’s benefits in predictive maintenance allow businesses to avoid the economic and environmental costs that come with sourcing new parts. For example, if somebody needs to look at the vibration of the engine, then we fit the sensor. But we don’t fit this to any of our machines by default,” he says. “If

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Robotics Business Review

OCTOBER 21, 2024

Source: Bota Systems Bota Systems AG, a developer of multi-axis, force-torque sensors, last week launched the SensONE T80. Source: Bota Systems A lighter sensor means more payload capacity, says Bota Systems A robotic force-torque sensor measures force and torque applied to its surface.

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Manufacturer's Monthly

JUNE 13, 2024

Image: ECI Solutions The world of electronics manufacturing is in flux. While demand for smaller, faster, and more powerful devices continues to soar, manufacturers face complex disruptions. The global electronics manufacturing market is expected to reach $1.16 The electronics manufacturing landscape is rife with challenges.

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Robotics Business Review

JANUARY 17, 2025

Source: ABB Robotics ABB Robotics yesterday launched AppStudio, a “no-code” software tool that it said can reduce startup time by up to 80%. Alternatively, ABB said users can create customized interfaces to fit any device and application. Users can select options in 20 languages.

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Fabricating & Metal Work

MARCH 17, 2025

The new line includes a range of products, including gloves and welding jackets, all designed with a focus on fit, function, and style. Airgas has collaborated with leading manufacturers to source materials and designs that prioritize both safety and comfort, addressing the unique needs of women in the welding industry.

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Robotics Business Review

MAY 9, 2024

Source: Techman Robotics Techman Robot launched its TM30S collaborative robot arm for palletizing this week. Additionally, the TM30S can handle complex scenarios like tilting, fitting, and tape wrapping, achieving efficient AI mixed case palletizing. Techman’s new TM30S cobot is designed for various industrial tasks.

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Gary Mintchell

JUNE 19, 2024

I thought about the market I principally write about and how Ignition fit. Based on the open source Java platform and modern technology languages like HTML5 and CSS to keep implementation dependencies to a minimum. The post Technology That’s Easy To Support and Implement appeared first on The Manufacturing Connection.

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Manufacturer's Monthly

AUGUST 9, 2023

Markforged has been at the forefront of additive manufacturing for the past 10 years, helping manufacturers revolutionise the industrial production landscape by bringing 3D printing right to the factory floor. This advancement opened new possibilities for manufacturing stronger and more resilient parts.

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