May 2016
As automation and IT enter more prominently into plant operations, the education that the manufacturing segment of our society provides for our current and future workforce will impact the viability of industry in America for generations to come.
Is your shop still stuck reacting to customer problems that have already happened? The power of smart manufacturing can make you more competitive by unleashing actionable CMM measurement data that alerts you and your customer at the same time that something has happened – so that you can respond proactively.
Aluminum car body parts made from old cars. Laptops made of plastic from old laptops. Chemicals leased out, recovered, and leased again. Don’t miss the new business opportunities for manufacturers that lie hidden inside the circular economics being created by connecting automation with the technology of the Internet of Things.
Aluminum car body parts made from old cars. Laptops made of plastic from old laptops. Chemicals leased out, recovered, and leased again. Don’t miss the new business opportunities for manufacturers that lie hidden inside the circular economics being created by connecting automation with the technology of the Internet of Things.
ProNest 2017 from Hypertherm contains more embedded cut process expertise in the NC code than any other software, allowing shops to leverage other cutting technologies.
Burrs cannot be part of the equation in mission-critical part applications. Here are some ways to switch from manual to automated deburring to improve part-to-part consistency and quality, produce more parts per shifts and increase uptime, and reduce labor costs and time lost to operator injuries.
Demand is growing for defined finishing of single, high value parts with complex or freeform surfaces that cannot touch each other during the process. Here are some fully automated systems that perform all-around surface treatment of parts, target specific surface areas for finishing, and guarantee absolute repeatable finishing results for each part.
A new IT services platform supports the entire production value chain – regardless of the manufacturer – with modular solutions that allow shops to transition into Industry 4.0 at their own speed, step by step.
What is the appropriate size of a mobile device to use on the factory floor?
Although power ramping has proven to be highly beneficial, it is often underutilized on the shop floor because fabricators either do not understand its benefits or they just don’t know how to use it. By simply applying the given values and principles presented here, they will see a visible improvement in corner and radii cut quality.
A new e-book from Roll-Kraft identifies common areas of concern for those involved in the tube and pipe and roll forming industry, to address and enhance their productivity.
The new lease accounting standard by the Financial Accounting Standards Board will not impact shops wanting to acquire advanced manufacturing equipment to grow their business. Here are some of the changes on operating leases for capital equipment that your shop should be aware of and prepare for.
This modular integration of machine technology and plant architecture is an Internet 4.0 promise of new levels of quality, flexibility and increased performance in additive manufacturing, as well as a radical new approach to the design of process components that could ultimately create faster and more economic industrial production solutions.
With 3D printers available commercially and becoming less expensive every year, the development of additive manufactured drones for both commercial and military capabilities is growing in importance. Welcome to the Age of the Jetsons.
In automotive applications, AHSS now makes up approximately 254 lb per vehicle.
For the documentation of the environmental impact and performance of extrusions in the U.S. and Canada.
The U.S. aluminum industry now supports nearly 713,000 jobs and $186 billion in economic output, more than one percent of GDP.
Partnerships are developing dedicated curricula and tools to deliver real-world industrial experiences in a classroom environment.
Capable of machining both short and long components with equal excellence, the SPRINT 32|5 and expanded SPRINT 32|8 Swiss-type automatic lathes from DMG MORI minimize unit costs when machining bar material lengths up to 23.6 in.
At their recent Chicago Innovation Days 2016 event, DMG MORI wowed guests with high technology machine tools and a quick-response sales and service program of custom solutions to meet local customer demands.
A collaboration among Mazak, Memex and Cisco, utilizing the MTConnect standard, makes groundbreaking progress toward the total digital integration of factories, where access to real-time manufacturing data is used to improve overall productivity efficiency and responsiveness to customer and market changes.
As automation and IT enter more prominently into plant operations, the education that the manufacturing segment of our society provides for our current and future workforce will impact the viability of industry in America for generations to come.
What is the appropriate size of a mobile device to use on the factory floor?
The new lease accounting standard by the Financial Accounting Standards Board will not impact shops wanting to acquire advanced manufacturing equipment to grow their business. Here are some of the changes on operating leases for capital equipment that your shop should be aware of and prepare for.
The U.S. aluminum industry now supports nearly 713,000 jobs and $186 billion in economic output, more than one percent of GDP.
Partnerships are developing dedicated curricula and tools to deliver real-world industrial experiences in a classroom environment.
Increased speed. Higher quality welds. Reduced errors. These are only a few of the many reasons why more shops want to automate work throughout the welding process. Here are some of the latest systems they should consider.
Through-arm robotic MIG guns don’t require a mounting arm like conventional robotic MIG guns do. They provide a smaller work envelope that is ideal for working in tight spaces. Here are the top factors in selecting, installing and maintaining a through-arm robotic MIG gun.
We can now measure, store and analyze up to 7.5 million weld sessions per day. By automating functions that were once done manually, a shop can save countless hours and provide real transparency into their drivers of productivity, quality and cost control.
By providing archived data that can be used to lower costs, a welding information management system helps improve the productivity and quality gains offered by automation. This technology helps shops make the most out of their investment in welding automation, increase their competitiveness in the marketplace, and improve their profitability.
What is the appropriate size of a mobile device to use on the factory floor?
Weathering steel offers excellent resistance to atmospheric corrosion caused by rain, snow or humidity. During the welding process, the filler metal type and the manner in which it is applied determines whether the resulting weld will match corrosion resistance or have the same reddish appearance, more commonly known as color match.
The new lease accounting standard by the Financial Accounting Standards Board will not impact shops wanting to acquire advanced manufacturing equipment to grow their business. Here are some of the changes on operating leases for capital equipment that your shop should be aware of and prepare for.
Partnerships are developing dedicated curricula and tools to deliver real-world industrial experiences in a classroom environment.
By selecting, removing, and returning bits at the touch of a button, the LiftUp 26one from Wiha holds 26 bits in one tool to save space, weight, and time.
Imagine whole-plant environmental automation data feeding smart control systems in your shop that respond in real time and learn over time to anticipate and respond to the needs of the humans in your shop – perhaps even better than the humans can. It’s time to start thinking about your environmental systems in a whole new way – or maybe stop thinking about them at all. After all, they’ll soon be able to take care of themselves.
New efforts to fill the 53,000 industrial technology maintenance jobs posted in the Midwest region.
The new Wilgard XT, MT and LT guard rail systems from Wildeck allow shops to choose the level of impact protection they may need for different areas in their facility.
By targeting the coolant stream as close to right place in the cutting zone as possible, coolant-through tooling systems can bring improvements that range from higher cutting speeds to better surface finish by effectively controlling chips and helping to optimize tool life and increase production. Here are some of the latest systems to consider.
In a major step toward the smart factory of the future, the Tool-ID system from Walter controls tooling plant-wide, saving time, boosting productivity and increasing process reliability.
The limitations of using milling tools to prepare holes for finishing become apparent as hole depth and volume increase. Enter the relatively simple and affordable twin cutter, which can solve this and virtually any other holemaking problem.
Taking measurements at ground zero on the machine or the shop floor is the name of the game, and here are some of the latest portable metrology systems that can provide those competitive capabilities.
Is your shop still stuck reacting to customer problems that have already happened? The power of smart manufacturing can make you more competitive by unleashing actionable CMM measurement data that alerts you and your customer at the same time that something has happened – so that you can respond proactively.
As the Factory of the Future learns how to manufacture parts as seamlessly as possible, portable metrology is making major inroads for machine control in large robots used for assembly operations that previously involved very expensive fixed tooling, multiple operators, and many days to accomplish these tasks.
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