Manufacturing
#1 Today’s Motor Vehicles’ Best of 2021: Managing material flow
Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) technologies can speed production and ensure the right material shows up at the right place at the right time.
Category: Design Components
Manufacturing
Desktop Metal receives $7.9 million system order from major German car maker for mass production of automotive components
Desktop Metal received a $7.9 million order for the mass production of metal automotive powertrain components at scale.
Manufacturing
Beckwood delivers 50-ton gib-guided bulldozer press for Haven Steel products
Beckwood Press Company recently delivered a 50-ton gib-guided bulldozer press to Haven Steel Products to bend and straighten heated steel to form industrial rotary blades.
Manufacturing
The Aston Martin of Blaser Swisslube
This year, the long-awaited Bond film “No Time to Die” finally arrived in cinemas. Together with the Bond films, the Aston Martin, too, has acquired cult status. Reason enough to produce an Aston Martin in the Blaser Technology Center with minimum quantity lubrication (MQL).
Manufacturing
Optimizing precision fluid dispensing in the assembly of automotive components
Automated fluid dispensing systems have proven to produce the most precise, reliable, and repeatable results for assembly applications of automotive components, while minimizing fluid waste, reducing downtime, and increasing production throughput.
Manufacturing
Kyocera building two new plants for ceramic components for IoT, 5G
Expansion will double production capacity in Kagoshima, Japan, for customers worldwide
Manufacturing
SABIC launches ISCC certified LEXAN polycarbonate film and sheet based on renewable feedstock
The new film and sheet product connects the company’s existing TRUCIRCLE initiative and sustainable material in a more circular plastics economy.
Manufacturing
Driving optimization across the finished vehicles logistics chain
In addition to yard management, transportation management and network planning, optimization software also enhances inventory management, workshop management, real-time damage reporting and visibility, and electronic proof of delivery (ePOD).
Engineering
B&K Precision’s Digital Storage and Mixed Signal Oscilloscopes
Auto sales finally got back above pre-recession levels in 2014 with August sales reaching a seven-year high. After six long years, sales levels have matched 2007’s pace. More importantly, several research groups expect 2015 continue to grow. Today’s Motor Vehicles allows marketers direct access to this healthy industry with continued growth.
Manufacturing
A new standard for NC program optimization to achieve constant chip thickness
CGTech released a white paper titled “True Constant Chip Thickness Machining: The New Standard of NC Program” discussing a method of creating optimized NC programs
Manufacturing
Engineering researchers receive $1 million NSF grant for first networked-AI testbed
FAU Center for Connected Autonomy and AI develop nation’s first platform to connect autonomous robots using millimeter waves to advance team AI learning, operations
Manufacturing
Four benefits of using IIoT in automotive manufacturing
Automotive manufacturers need to be lean, agile, and responsive to a wide variety of consumer demands that seemed impractical decades ago