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Learn benefits to manufacturing by simulating real-world interactions in a virtual environment

ABB Robotics says Swiss start-up Sevensense’s technology will offer an unprecedented combination of speed, accuracy, and payload for the company's AMR's portfolio.

Building the business case for sustainability efforts in manufacturing

A few not-so-tall tales of how machine shops gain a competitive edge through automation

Four AI trend forecasts from Anders Billesø Beck of Universal Robots A/S.

Composite materials have clear benefits for manufactured parts in aerospace, medical, automotive applications and many other industries. Ensuring the highest part accuracy is critical. Force measurement and material testing are essential processes for product designers and manufacturers to gain insightful data to create high-quality composite components.

Titanium, stainless steel, aluminum and other super-alloys and exotic materials are on the rise for use in component manufacturing in growth industries such as aerospace, medical, and automotive.

Materials science has opened new possibilities for designers of cars, planes and other products. Metal alloys are now as precisely engineered as they are machined. The result is longer lasting, stronger parts. But with a wider selection of materials comes risk—how can you be sure that one piece of gray metal stock is different than another? Careful warehousing procedures and paperwork only go so far.

Glenn Bridgman describes the difference between his shop’s manual grinders and its newest state-of-the-art CNC ID/OD grinder, a Studer CT960 OD/ID from United Grinding (Miamisburg, OH), as “feel vs. facts.” Bridgman, president of Bridge Tool & Die (Buckley, MI), believes that manual grinding is a somewhat personal operation.

Blake Zuidema, director, of automotive technical services at Novelis and technical chair of the Aluminum Association’s Transportation Group, discusses the results of a study.