Intelligent Assembly Helps Auto Part Remanufacturer Compete March 24, 2021 When an automotive starter needs to be replaced, it’s very likely that the most expensive components—the armature, commutator or gears—are still functional, or can be restored economically.
Customer Testimonial: Global-Tek Manufacturing March 5, 2021 Setting up a new machine shop is challenging. Successful owners conduct rigorous research, meticulously inspect every detail, and carefully evaluate every option. So when Kevin Curtis began the search to equip his new venture in 2009, he did his homework.
MxD Secures $8.5 Million in 2021 Defense Appropriations Legislation March 1, 2021 With the passage of the fiscal year 2021 Consolidated Appropriations Act at the end of 2020, MxD, the national digital manufacturing institute, secured $8.5 million in funding from the U.S. Department of Defense for 5G for manufacturing and cybersecurity for arsenal supply chains.
SME Smart Shop Webinar Targets Using Operating Data for Machine Tool Monitoring and Maintenance March 9, 2021 SME Media will present a webinar, “Implementation of the IoT for Machine Tool Monitoring and Maintenance,” as part of the IMTS Spark series on Thursday, March 11 from 10:00 AM to 11:00 AM Central Time.
To program robots is human, to problem-solve is divine December 17, 2020 The COVID-19 black swan event disrupted the global economy and forced companies to rapidly rethink their processes, operations and supply networks.
Lanxess prospers as it lets analytics do the driving December 15, 2020 Many process manufacturing companies are on the path to digitization and have piloted analytics to improve operational performance and improve their competitive edge.
Five Steps to Maximizing ROI from Smart Manufacturing December 11, 2020 Smart manufacturing is now being rapidly adopted by a much wider range of business sectors.
Promess Adds Manufacturing Space to Meet Growing Product Demand December 16, 2020 Promess Inc. has implemented a significant expansion of its manufacturing capabilities with the acquisition of a fully-equipped, 45,000 square foot facility in Brighton, Mich.
SME Smart Shop Roundtable Targets Job Shop Implementation of Industry 4.0 December 3, 2020 Industry 4.0 is often presented as a complex, somewhat overwhelming topic that involves large companies only. However, the data collection and transfer at the heart of Industry 4.0 can be as relevant to job shops and other small to medium sized enterprises as large companies.
AMRs strut their stuff during pandemic, beyond December 8, 2020 In August, Rob Sullivan had an installation scheduled for two of his autonomous mobile robots at the Deutsche Post DHL Group’s Innovation Center in Troisdorf, Germany.