IndustryWeek A new generation of artificial intelligence solutions will prove themselves in the near future. They’ll build new trust, urgency and understanding of what AI actually is and just how much it can deliver. Voice-driven solutions will lead the charge and we’ll see pick-and-place robots in smart warehouses delivering a major competitive edge, as companies advance their use of Robotic Process Automation.
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Manufacturing.net Executives in the manufacturing industry know that engaging employees is crucial. In fact, across all trades, organizations are investing $18 billion on tools to bolster employee engagement, yet the return on these investments is unclear. According to Gallup’s State of the Workplace report, only 25% of manufacturing workers are engaged at work.
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CNet.com You can’t print a new lung or Stradivarius violin yet, but a new HP 3D printer takes a big step toward making the technology more useful. The Jet Fusion 5200 is designed for high-volume manufacturing. That’s a market with more potential for profound change than the more common 3D printers used to build prototypes or, like HP’s earlier Jet Fusion 4200, for small-scale production.
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AGMA AGMA and NFPA announce a two-track seminar series, MPT Conference, focusing on business topics and emerging technologies: blockchain, cybersecurity, supply chain, workforce, 3D printed metal, electric drive technology, IoT and robotics.
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Machine Design Check out the latest launch and landing systems for drones on display at this year’s AUVSI Xponential show.
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AGMA Explore gear failure analysis in this hands-on seminar where students not only see slides of failed gears but can hold and examine those same field samples close-up. Experience the use of microscope and take your own contact pattern from field samples.
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3D Printing Industry Multi award winning 3D printer OEM Markforged and Carahsoft Technology Corp, a government IT solutions provider, have announced a partnership to provide Markforged’s industrial additive manufacturing technologies to the U.S. Government.
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Engineering.com VL 1 Twin Line is a new gear hobbing solution released by EMAG, which features a twin spindle design, allowing it to work on two transmission components at a time, including production of planetary and sun gears, cams and more. The technology aims to reduce cycle times while maintaining performance quality amid rising market demands.
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Machine Design For the past 15 years, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, better known as DARPA, has been challenging the entire engineering community to do something incredibly difficult. It also offers a cash prize to the team or individual that was best at completing the task; if no one completes the task, DARPA keeps its prize money.
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3D Printing Media Network Industrial gas expert Linde announced progress in its joint project with aerospace company Liebherr-Aerospace Toulouse SAS to optimize the metal additive manufacturing process. The companies teamed up to improve aluminum AM production for aircraft components by tweaking oxygen levels in the print chamber.
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Plant Services Process instruments have been digital (smart) for many years. In fact, microprocessor-based measuring devices for flow, level, pressure, temperature, etc., have been available since the 1980s. However, a vast majority of units purchased and installed still rely on the 4-20 mA analog output of the process variable, with the digital interface completely ignored.
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Automation World Every day, we enter further into the age of the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT), in which data is king and connectivity is key. At this point, it’s well understood that, to increase efficiency in any process, one must first obtain accurate data from within the process to ensure it is functioning as well as it can.
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Robotics Business Review Mitsubishi Electric Corp. announced that it has taken an equity stake in Boston-based Realtime Robotics, which develops and commercializes motion-planning technologies for industrial robots and autonomous vehicles.
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3D Printing Industry Fabrisonic, an Ohio-based company specializing in metal 3D printing, will debut its latest system using Ultrasonic Additive Manufacturing (UAM) technology, the SonicLayer 1200 machine at RAPID+TCT 2019 in Detroit this month.
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DC INNO Six-year-old Xometry is fast becoming one of the key players in the $80 billion manufacturing industry. The custom manufacturing platform has raised $50 million of funding, earmarked for accelerating sales and marketing efforts, product development and eventual expansion outside the U.S.
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Forbes The advent of 3D printing has kickstarted another powerful transformation: the rise of Manufacturing as a Service (MaaS) platforms. Netherlands-based 3D Hubs and US-based Xometry spotted the opportunity and developed a new business model that will have a profound effect on the global manufacturing sector.
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3D Printing Industry Chicago-based advanced digital manufacturing company Fast Radius and Bastian Solutions, the material handling division of Toyota Advanced Logistics, recently debuted the Bastian Solutions Shuttle System, a robotic material handler with 3D printed parts.
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Fast Company Work is hard. But we don’t always realize how hard it is or, indeed, that some forms of labor are work at all. If you stand on your feet or stare at a screen all day, you can point to bodily strain. But if a task is something more mental, the difficulty is often invisible – which can make it hard to evaluate or celebrate those who perform such tasks.
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