Manufacturing.net While many businesses view a fully digital supply chain as a pipe dream, they can start their journey through a small and non-intimidating step: implementing workflow automation. Starting small with workflow automation allows organizations to streamline simple manual process like contract signatures and work all the way up to more complex tasks, such as supplier performance management.
Visit https://www.manufacturing.net/article/2018/09/how-automation-transforming-supply-chain-process to view the full article online.
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AGMA For over 30 years, AGMA has been hosting a technical conference to highlight the newest emerging technology in the gear industry. The Fall Technical Meeting (FTM) is the top place to learn about the latest research in the gear industry from the researchers directly. Each year, the FTM provides an outstanding opportunity to share ideas with others in the gear industry on design, analysis, manufacturing and application of gears, gear drives and related products, as well as associated processes and procedures. Attendees get a chance to be on the cutting edge of gear research and network with other engineers.
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Manufacturing.net The pace of hiring in the United States quickened in August, and wages grew at their fastest pace in nine years — evidence that employers remain confident despite the Trump administration's ongoing conflicts with its trading partners. The economy added a strong 201,000 jobs, and the unemployment rate stayed at 3.9 percent, near an 18-year low, the government said in the August monthly jobs report.
Visit https://www.manufacturing.net/news/2018/09/us-hiring-picked-august-pay-surged-most-9-years to view the full article online.
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CNET A number of companies offer metal 3D printing, which creates products and components layer by layer with a computer-controlled system tracing its lineage to ordinary inkjet printers. But on Monday, print giant HP announced it’s entered the market with the ambition to dramatically lower prices, courtesy of a $400,000 product called Metal Jet.
Visit https://www.cnet.com/news/hp-metal-jet-3d-printer-may-build-next-cars-parts/ to view the full article online.
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EurekAlert – Clemson University press release A skills gap that could leave as many as 2 million manufacturing jobs unfilled by 2025 is one of the driving forces behind a new Clemson University program that matches graduate students with technical college students on an assembly line built for research.
Visit https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-09/cu-np091018.php to view the full article online.
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Manufacturing Global Siemens, alongside its development partner Verkehrsbetrieb Potsdam (ViP), will present their findings at InnoTrans 2018 to show how a tram will drive autonomously in real traffic. It is anticipated that the project will reveal the technological challenges of autonomous driving under everyday conditions, which can then be developed and tested to accelerate research.
Visit https://www.manufacturingglobal.com/technology/siemens-set-unveil-worlds-first-autonomous-tram to view the full article online.
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Engineering.com 3D printing simulation is a fairly broad term that covers any simulation aspect of the 3D printing process, ranging from the melting of particles in a feedstock to the actual toolpath simulation required to build a part. There is a range of different companies offering simulation solutions for each and every aspect of the process and the target demographics of each of these software packages are as wide and varied as the software products themselves.
Visit https://www.engineering.com/DesignSoftware/DesignSoftwareArticles/ArticleID/17591/3D-Printing-Simulation-Where-Are-We-Now.aspx to view the full article online.
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AGMA The 2018 SRN Meeting is the perfect place for members to gain knowledge on leadership, best business practices, AGMA resources, technology and professional development. The two-day conference is packed this year with industry experts covering topics on the latest drivetrain technology, workforce acquisition, automation in manufacturing and much more. Plus tour FANUC America and LIFT – Lightweight Innovations for Tomorrow.
Visit https://www.agma.org/events/srn-detroit-mi/ to view the full article online.
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Aerospace Manufacturing Magazine JETcopter, a VTOL (vertical take-off and landing) aviation start-up, has launched tests of a new type propulsion system for VTOL aircraft. This new propulsion system consists of two centrifugal air turbines in enclosed housings, each 200cm in diameter, that will rotate in opposite directions at a high RPM to create thrust similar to 11m diameter helicopters rotors.
Visit https://www.aero-mag.com/aviation-start-up-to-test-new-vtol-propulsion-system/ to view the full article online.
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Hartford Business Pratt & Whitney, for generations an innovator in piston and jet-turbine airplane engines, is applying its innovation mien to recruiting, developing and retaining workers — and future leaders — at its engineering and assembly facilities in Connecticut, the U.S. and abroad.
Visit http://www.hartfordbusiness.com/article/20180910/PRINTEDITION/309069943/1002 to view the full article online.
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MachineDesign The use of a dedicated 3D input device, most commonly referred to as a 3D mouse, is key to adopting a two-handed workflow. The 3D mouse provides users with the ability to simultaneously pan, zoom, and rotate models while the traditional mouse stays in its regular place. More advanced models provide a built-in wrist rest for greater comfort and an array of buttons for fingertip access to a users’ most commonly accessed application commands.
Visit https://www.machinedesign.com/3d-printing/two-handed-work-flow-improves-efficiency-cad-professionals to view the full article online.
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