Euractiv The green economy usually brings to mind traditional renewable materials such as wood, biomass, water and earth. Less likely poster children are the big metals that have formed the backbone of the industrial revolution – steel, copper, iron, tin and aluminum. In fact, without many of these, the building blocks of the green economy wouldn’t exist.
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New Atlas With 150 projects from the world’s leading design schools on show, the Global Grad Show in Dubai is an annual celebration for all the creativity student design has to offer. New Atlas was on the ground at this year’s edition to sniff out the brightest ideas.
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Manufacturing.net As manufacturers across a wide variety of industries look to increase operational efficiency through automation, they’ll need to design and implement custom IIoT solutions. The efficiency benefits of automation are clear: automated machines can make more goods at a faster rate, all while minimizing errant operations. By connecting automated devices at the edge of their network, companies can also measure IIoT data in real time to optimize production and keep critical infrastructure running smoothly.
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Press release Emuge Corp., a leading manufacturer of high performance taps, drills, end mills and other rotary tools, has recently broken ground to build a 22,000 sq. ft. expansion project that will double the size of its U.S. headquarters and manufacturing facility in West Boylston, Mass. The expansion will include more manufacturing space and the addition of a PVD coating center.
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New Atlas Commercial supersonic flight has left the drawing board with Lockheed Martin announcing that fabrication of the X-59 Quiet Supersonic Technology (QueSST) aircraft has begun. Milling the first part of the test aircraft has commenced at the company’s famous Skunk Works, setting the project on course for its maiden flight scheduled for 2021.
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Aerospace Manufacturing Professor Phil Webb, the Royal Academy of Engineering Airbus Chair in Aero-Structure Design, Aerospace Integration Research Centre, Cranfield University, looks at the challenges involved in human-robot collaborative manufacturing, the kinds of robots involved and how they work, and the future implications for the industry.
Visit https://www.aero-mag.com/cranfield-university-human-robot-collaborative-manufacturing/ to view the full article online.
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