Community of Manufacturing Builds Better Outcomes October 27, 2021 Phillips Corp. aims to provide young people with the tools to create meaningful manufacturing careers.
Digitize Your Additive Manufacturing Facility: it’s Not Just About Shiny New Tech October 14, 2021 The most important step in digitizing any manufacturing or supply chain process is analysis of the ROI and business case and being able to demonstrate success to company leaders.
Precision Measuring Tools and Gages: A Primer September 20, 2021 There is a wide range of precision measuring tools and gages that should be considered as basic requirements in a metalworking operation for ensuring good quality control processes.
Discovering the Keys to U.S. Manufacturing Recovery October 5, 2021 The COVID-19 pandemic clearly proved challenging to the manufacturing industry in myriad ways. Now, as nations and industries begin to navigate their way forward as restrictions are lifted, manufacturers have an opportunity to put into practice some lessons learned.
Key Lessons in Basic Metallurgy for Machine Shops August 26, 2021 While it is typically up to the design engineers or the customer to specify the materials needed for a part, sometimes even materials within specs seem just a little more difficult to machine.
LIMS Edge Device Expedites Entry into Industry 4.0 Production, Competitiveness September 30, 2021 LIMS—the Low Investment Manufacturing System—is an unassuming little box consisting of a computer with proprietary Solution Engine software and an I/O hub that plugs into a standard outlet. When wired at the edge of a piece of production equipment, it becomes a simple solution for collecting and sharing complex sensor-derived data.
Try Feature-Based PLE September 29, 2021 Feature-based Product Line Engineering refers to the engineering of a portfolio of related products using a shared set of engineering assets, a managed set of features, and an automated means of production.
Platinum Tooling President Celebrates Four Generations and 100 Years in Metal Cutting December 6, 2021 In a world where machine shops are struggling to stay open and maintain their business and in a day when “going into dad’s business” is not what it once was, Platinum Tooling is an exception to the rule.
Industry 4.0 in a Multi-Protocol Universe November 16, 2021 CESMII Smart Manufacturing Panel explains: Tools exist for old and new tech to mesh in smart manufacturing.
Making work safer, healthier one data point at a time November 23, 2021 As broad-based adoption of wearable tech grows, it is not a stretch to think that in a few years we will have enough predictive data to dramatically reduce workplace injuries and fatalities.