Automating NC Programming Helps Speed Machining Processes, Improves Part Quality May 9, 2017 Q&A with David Klotz, president and CEO of Tebis America Inc. in Troy, Michigan
Real-Time Mobile Messaging Keeps Factory Floors Humming April 18, 2017 Launched in November 2016 at FABTECH, Squeaks is a mobile-first Industrial Internet of Things [IIoT] messaging app that facilitates quicker, better decision-making and closed-loop collaboration, with machines as part of the conversation.
PLM’s Digital Twins Offer Virtual View of Manufacturing April 18, 2017 With the latest product lifecycle management (PLM) tools, manufacturers take aim at speeding developments using the Digital Thread, an integrated set of CAD/CAM/CAE and cPDM (collaborative Product Data Management) solutions that weave together new Digital Twins of manufacturing processes.
TM Robotics Launches New Toshiba Machine 6-Axis TVM Series April 4, 2017 Today TM Robotics, in partnership with Toshiba Machine, announced the launch of Toshiba Machine’s newest TVM 6-axis line from the biggest robotics show in the world, Automate.
Securing Industrial Controls from Cyber Threats April 18, 2017 A team of researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology (Atlanta) have developed a new type of ransomware that was able to take over control of a simulated water treatment plant in a recently conducted test.
Arconic to Supply Aluminum to Toyota for Lexus RX March 20, 2017 Global technology, engineering and advanced manufacturing leader Arconic (NYSE:ARNC) today announced a multi-year supply deal with Toyota North America.
Sense and Sensibilities: The Evolution of Automation March 16, 2017 The latest trends in automation are wide-ranging. They include the integration of the cloud, Big Data and the Internet of Things; protecting the software that runs a plant from hackers; manufacturing execution system (MES) apps that can be deployed a la carte; collaborative cobots that can safely do the heavy lifting side-by-side with humans; and robots that can do more than ever before—both on the production line and well away from it.
Simplified CMM Inspection Provides A Flexible Approach to More Productive Quality Control December 31, 2021 Two coordinate measuring machines manufactured by LK Metrology have largely superseded the use of a pair of smaller capacity, 15-year-old machines in the inspection room at contract machining specialists WLR Precision Engineering.
RAPID + TCT emphasizes how additive manufacturing will expand November 18, 2021 This year’s RAPID + TCT show signaled a new wave of users, with 35 percent of the audience being new to adopting additive manufacturing technologies.
Legacy machinery can be data mined for modern operations November 22, 2021 Whether transmitted through wires or the air, data collected from older factory devices can help a shop owner make smarter business decisions.
