Five-Axis CAM Slices Into Food Processing November 2, 2017 Urschel Laboratories has come a long way since its founder William E. Urschel introduced the gooseberry snipper to Michigan canneries in 1910. Today, the company’s innovative machines are used by virtually every food processing manufacturer worldwide to slice, dice, trim, grate, and process foods that are stored in pantries and refrigerator shelves. For the record, Urschel’s gooseberry snipper machine handled the removal of a stem and thick bud appendage from the berry.
A New World for Energy Parts Manufacturing November 30, 2021 Solar, wind and hydro are striving for dominance in the energy sector while oil and gas continues to hang on tight. What does it mean for suppliers?
Legacy machinery can be data mined for modern operations November 22, 2021 Whether transmitted through wires or the air, data collected from older factory devices can help a shop owner make smarter business decisions.
With physics-informed AI, machine operators can trust and verify November 26, 2021 Physics-informed AI simulations are beginning to replace artificial neural network models, yielding more accurate and more trustworthy predictions than ANN simulations.
NASA seeks to improve fuel lines using SensePipe November 25, 2021 By embedding fiber optic sensors, Luna Innovations and Fabrisonic are pushing to develop new and improved methods of structural health monitoring and data acquisition in extreme environments.
Mastercam Announces Competition Winners November 22, 2021 Mastercam has announced the 2021 Wildest Parts Competition winners. The Wildest Parts Competition is held each year to encourage student interest and participation in manufacturing.
Demand for Serial IDs Drives Laser Marking October 1, 2021 The need to permanently laser mark parts for tracking and tracing continues to grow.
IMA Active awash in data needed for continuous growth October 6, 2021 In the pharmaceutical and life sciences industries—and in general in regulated environments—data integrity is essential. Software solutions used by IMA Active provide 100 percent data integrity and easy customization for its global customer base.
ITPort out to simplify IoT, lower the cost of implementation October 14, 2021 The Internet of Things (IoT) is growing up. But keeping up with it can be a challenge, especially for small and medium-size enterprises. And that’s what motivated ITPort to develop a complexity-busting app called Weeot.
You Can Take it With You: Hybrid Work Methods Shift Some Tasks Anywhere February 7, 2022 The pandemic has accelerated the visibility and viability of hybrid workforce solutions—but experts say proceed carefully