Fab Cutting Update: Laser and Waterjet September 23, 2020 What doesn’t happen in Vegas stays in our magazine. So, we bring you some highlights of the exciting advances in cutting you would have seen at FABTECH 2020 this year in Las Vegas, which has been canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
SPR Machine Discovers New Productivity in Brass October 9, 2020 Three partners contributed their diverse manufacturing and machining experience—and their last initials—to found SPR Machine in 2002.
AR Brings Extreme ROI October 13, 2020 It is not surprising that the aerospace and defense industry exists at a higher plane of manufacturing. The components and end products being assembled must endure intense forces and pressures, are expected to perform without failure, and even the slightest mistake comes with extreme safety risks.
Automate the Process, Recover the Profits October 8, 2020 Aerospace OEMs and their supply chains are evolving plans to manage the economic impact caused by the health-related shutdown last spring.
Deloitte, Wichita State Launch New Smart Factory September 16, 2020 Deloitte and Wichita State University announced the launch of The Smart Factory @ Wichita,
Rush job? No prob! September 24, 2020 Improvements in manufacturing management software, robotics, additive manufacturing and thermal controls are making small batch sizes more cost effective—even for smaller shops. Manufacturing plants are able to reduce inventory, improve throughput and reduce demands on human operators.
ALPLA took to data planning, and its IIoT project worked September 30, 2020 It has become far too rare for manufacturers’ visions of an IIoT-fueled utopia to survive contact with reality. A Cisco survey finds that nearly 75 percent of Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) projects are failing.
Flanders’ digital move brings greater operational efficiency September 29, 2020 If you were to rebuild your manufacturing business today, would you build it in the same way, or would you shape it differently to address new challenges and future innovations?
Welcome to drugmaking in era of AI, synthetic biology September 22, 2020 We no longer need to accept that it takes a decade to create and make a safe and effective vaccine—thanks in part to smart manufacturing.
The Connected Machine Shop August 24, 2020 Part 1 of this three-part series on the Connected Machine Shop ran in the July issue of Manufacturing Engineering.