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Manufacturers are featuring some of the latest equipment and software for metrology, quality assurance, and collecting information for process control.

More and more manufacturers are seeing productivity as a crucial factor to their business success. In the meantime, business models are changing from the large quantities and few variants to small quantities with frequently changed variants. This change requires high flexibility during production.

Manufacturing got smart when companies figured out how to make products in one market and sell them in another. Today, we call this supply chain logistics. But somewhere along the way, the innovation chain connecting supply (manufacturing) and logistics (the supporting infrastructure) started to diverge.

As more original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) and job shops “warm up” to the idea of laser welding, many have turned their attention to four specific technologies.

When a contract manufacturer sees an opportunity in the competitive aerospace market, it sets priorities aimed at providing the right combination of processes required to meet the industry’s exacting demands. Precision machining and finishing, parts inspection, and, of course, certifications from OEMs and industry alliances are at the top of the list. Increasingly, aerospace suppliers like Volvo Aero Connecticut (Newington, CT) are benefiting from five-axis machining, advanced CNC controls, motors and drives, robotic deburring, and on-machine inspection for a competitive advantage.

Can’t we all just get along? We can, thanks to smarter, more human-aware robotics.

Unlocking the Future of Manufacturing: Key Insights from FABTECH 2023

3 Simple Steps to Incorporate Cobots

A case study of how collaborative robots improved operations of a manufacturing company.

Whether transmitted through wires or the air, data collected from older factory devices can help a shop owner make smarter business decisions.