Where is Aerospace AM Flying to Next? March 16, 2021 If you’re following the additive manufacturing of aerospace components, you’re probably tired of hearing about printing fuel nozzles for GE’s LEAP engine, or sensor tubes for the GE 9X—two key metal applications.
Automation in the Age of COVID-19 February 16, 2021 The longstanding trend toward manufacturing automation has understandably been accelerated by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Metrology Software Plugs Into Smart Manufacturing February 4, 2022 Measurement data is an important element of the emerging smart factory. How software provides that data is the key.
Breaking down data silos at Tidel February 9, 2022 Cloud-based product management software enabled sharing data across the entire company and streamlining processes previously developed manually.
Realities of the Virtual Kind in Manufacturing February 2, 2022 A key enabler of virtual reality/augmented reality will be bandwidth — and the imminent adoption of 5G could make it good enough in applications where it isn’t now.
Robot sales in North America have strongest year ever in 2021 February 2, 2022 New Association for Advancing Automation (A3) report shows $2 billion in sales (39,708 units) in 2021 – up 28% over 2020 and 14% ahead of previous high in 2017
Custom Products, Standard Training January 18, 2022 Tooling U-SME proves the most helpful training to Iowa’s Rosenboom because employees learn things online that are immediately applicable.
HP Sees Additive Manufacturing as a Shining Light January 25, 2022 The 3D printing industry has proved itself during the pandemic as a solution to disrupted supply chains.
Robots Grab New Capabilities August 18, 2021 As cobots work their way into machine shops, users are finding many new jobs for them.
3D Printer ‘Fingerprint’ Fights Counterfeiters July 19, 2021 The thermodynamics of the extruder head, or “ThermoTag puts, a stamp undetectable to the naked eye on the physical properties of 3D printed parts. If proven and accepted through additional research, the phenomenon has implications for thwarting counterfeiting of parts and products, protecting intellectual property (IP) and tracing illegal manufacturing of weapons.