The challenges to manufacturing as it evolves into the 21st century are now familiar, and impact how metrology must contribute. Manufacturers face uncertain production volumes with roller-coaster demand, shorter production runs and faster product development cycles. Automation, while alluring as a way to reduce cost, needs to adjust.
When you walk into the Redeye On Demand facility in Eden Prairie, MN, you enter into one version of the factory of the future. There you will see a bank of 100 high-end Fortus fused-deposition modeling (FDM) machines from Stratasys that provide the capacity to build real, functional parts with production-grade thermoplastics directly from CAD data.
To climb the Mastercam learning curve, Ariel Corp. worked with CNC Software to craft a training course for its workforce.
With Lantek MES, the entire manufacturing process can be tracked from planning through execution, allowing operators to group parts according to various criteria, such as machines, materials, thicknesses, customer and delivery date.
Funding round will accelerate Divergent's commercial scale-up across automotive, aerospace, and defense production, the company says.
The best way to solve the skills gap is to ignite the already existing and yet dormant fuel of curiosity inside of young minds.
New partners integrate with the GrabCAD Additive Manufacturing Platform adding manufacturing operating system and new product introduction 3D workflow software options for Stratasys customers
Nikon Metrology is launching its latest version of the software, AutoMeasure version 13.
Aegis Software announces new capabilities in its latest FactoryLogix 2023.1 and 2023.2 releases.
The robotics and machine automation supplier says its new cobots can handle payloads of up to 12 kg.
