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Industry Week
Plenty of challenges remain on the road to mixing humans and robots on the factory floor. How can you clear some of those hurdles? Robot installations are estimated to increase an average of 12 percent per year from 2015 to 2017. Human-machine collaboration will open up new applications and attract new customers. Visit http://www.industryweek.com/robotics/robots-working-eye-eye-humans to view the full article online. |
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October 21, 2015 | 8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
The demands of low-cost, mass-produced gearing has fueled the advancement of net shape gears using plastic and powder metal materials. This course provides information on how to approach the design of net shaped gears for low-cost volume production. Visit https://www.agma.org/events-training/detail/gear-expo-education-design-of-net-shape-gear-using-plastic-and-powder-metal to view the full article online. |
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Manufacturing.net
Boeing already has the Dreamliner. Now it also has the Starliner. The aerospace giant announced the name of its future space fleet Friday. More than 200 people, including Florida Gov. Rick Scott, NASA and Boeing officials, and a bevy of former astronauts, gathered at NASA's Kennedy Space Center to celebrate the grand opening of Boeing's commercial crew and cargo processing facility. Visit http://www.manufacturing.net/news/2015/09/boeing-names-its-new-apollo-style-spacecraft to view the full article online. |
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Industry Week
Alcoa, a lightweight metals leader, will focus on additive manufacturing – how to improve it and how to move it forward – at its new $60 million center outside Pittsburgh. Visit http://www.industryweek.com/research-development/alcoa-eyes-additive-improvements-rd-expansion to view the full article online. |
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Manufacturing Business Technology
The Netherlands' 1.2 million daily rail passengers will soon commute entirely via wind power. An agreement signed by rail companies and utilities mandates that wind power generate half of the energy needed to run the country's electric railways beginning this year. By 2018, that threshold will gradually climb to 100 percent. Visit http://www.mbtmag.com/news/2015/09/dutch-trains-run-wind-2018 to view the full article online. |
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MIT Technology Review
Toyota is investing $50 million with Stanford and MIT for autonomous-vehicle research that it says will focus on things like learning how to drive from humans, how to anticipate what people or other vehicles will do on the road, and how best to interact with people. Visit http://www.technologyreview.com/news/541046/toyota-investing-50m-with-stanford-mit-for-autonomous-car-research/?utm_campaign=newsletters&utm_source=newsletter-daily-all&utm_medium=email&utm_content=20150908 to view the full article online. |
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Vestas
Danish wind energy giant Vestas has announced seven newly awarded wind turbine contracts to provide a total of 332 MW in five different countries. Visit https://www.vestas.com/en/media/news#! to view the full article online. |
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Industry Week
A planned Nevada factory will allow Tesla to churn out the Model 3, which has a price tag half as much as the Model S. Tesla will begin producing the lower-cost Model 3 in two years, founder and CEO Elon Musk said Wednesday. Visit http://www.industryweek.com/technology/new-gigafactory-tesla-will-produce-more-affordable-cars to view the full article online. |
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Canadian Manufacturing
Canadian exports climbed 2.3 percent in July, with strong growth in motor vehicles and parts and consumer goods as well as aircraft and transportation equipment leading the way. Visit http://www.canadianmanufacturing.com/manufacturing/exports-jump-2-3-per-cent-in-july-with-manufacturers-contributing-lions-share-of-gains-153930/ to view the full article online. |
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Aerospace manufacturing and Design
Liechti Engineering AG, a subsidiary of GF Machining Solutions, is celebrating its 150th anniversary this month. Established in 1865 as a farm equipment manufacturer, Liechti Engineering is now a global leader in the production of airfoil machining solutions for the aerospace and power generation industries. Visit http://www.onlineamd.com/liechti-engineering-celebrates-150-anniversary-090315.aspx#.Ve7gcxHBzRY to view the full article online. |
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Industry Week
Foreign car makers that raced into China to profit from what has become the world’s biggest automobile market by volume have no intention of backing out, despite slowing sales as the Chinese economy shifts down. Visit http://www.industryweek.com/global-economy/foreign-automakers-still-driven-invest-china to view the full article online. |
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Reuters
The future of manufacturing in the U.S. will largely be shaped by the strength of the U.S. dollar, energy costs, and the outcome of trade deals such as the Trans-Pacific Partnership. But companies face a human challenge too – how to recruit young Americans to replace millions of Baby Boom-generation employees retiring over the next decade. Visit http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/09/08/economy-manufacturers-recruiting-idUSL1N1161BH20150908 to view the full article online. |
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The Wall Street Journal
Read up-to-the-minute news, analysis, interviews, and explanatory journalism on logistics, supply-chain management, e-commerce, and more. Visit http://www.wsj.com/articles/todays-top-supply-chain-and-logistics-news-from-wsj-1441709655 to view the full article online. |
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Industry Week
Standby Screw produces more than 1,000 different parts and ships out millions of pieces every week. Not every job can be turned over to robots, but some can, and the company is reaping the related benefits without getting rid of workers. Visit http://www.industryweek.com/robotics/how-robots-helped-76-year-old-screw-factory-modernize-its-floor to view the full article online. |
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Manufacturing Business Technology
It is tough to be in manufacturing today, especially when it comes to gaining a true competitive edge. This is why it is important for manufacturers to increase productivity, control costs, and optimize labor resources and align them to the most important project or goal. Conceptually, all of this sounds good, but, for many manufacturers, the question remains: How? Visit http://www.mbtmag.com/articles/2015/09/lean-labor-manufacturing to view the full article online. |
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Boeing
Boeing and Polska Grupa Zbrojeniowa, one of the largest defense groups in Europe, have signed a broad-based agreement outlining areas where Boeing and PGZ member companies may collaborate in support of the Technical Modernization Plan of the Polish Armed Forces. Visit http://boeing.mediaroom.com/2015-09-02-Boeing-PGZ-to-Pursue-Broad-Aerospace-and-Defense-Collaboration to view the full article online. |
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Industry Week
Automakers posted Tuesday strong U.S. auto sales in August, with sport utility vehicles and pickups continuing to see robust demand amid low gasoline prices and an improving jobs market. Visit http://www.industryweek.com/competitiveness/us-automakers-toyota-honda-down-august-sales to view the full article online. |
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Industry Week
As Manufacturing Day nears, the new head of the Hollings Manufacturing Extension Partnership shares her thoughts on delivering value to the smaller manufacturer and being a champion of manufacturing. Visit http://www.industryweek.com/manufacturing-leader-week/mep-director-carroll-thomas-takes-people-approach-us-manufacturing to view the full article online. |
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Forbes
Over the last ten years, supply chain risk management has certainly grown in importance. Research shows that, in 2014, 22 percent of manufacturers surveyed reported they did not worry about supply chain issues; in 2015, only 9 percent reported this. Visit http://www.forbes.com/sites/stevebanker/2015/09/08/insuring-against-supply-chain-risks/ to view the full article online. |
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Manufacturing Business Technology
The U.S. trade deficit declined by $3.3 billion in July compared to the previous month, but the year-to-date trade gap remained $10.6 billion above 2014 levels. Experts anticipated that foreign trade would continue to hamper U.S. growth due to weak foreign economies and a comparatively strong dollar, which makes American exports more expensive. Visit http://www.mbtmag.com/news/2015/09/us-trade-deficit-slides-july-manufacturing-group-warns-continued-difficulty to view the full article online. |
