Manufacturing
Hardinge subsidiary buys lightweighting workholding technology
Soft-Touch chucking systems for die-cast aluminum and thin-walled automotive and aerospace parts hold workpieces without deforming them.
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UAW contracts spur Ford/GM investments
General Motors and Ford Motor Co. agreed to large investments in several U.S. facilities following negotiations with the United Auto Workers (UAW) union. Much of the new money will go into electric vehicles (EVs) and their components. Negotiations with Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (FCA) had not concluded as of mid-November.
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Back to the future
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Industry 4.0 servo presses
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Peugeot Citroën plans to merge with Fiat Chrysler
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Tracking movement with shadows
MIT engineers have developed the ShadowCam, a device that senses subtle changes in shadows to sense if a vehicle is coming around a blind corner.
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Volvo Trucks launches commercial EVs
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Inspecting deep inside jet engines
HAMR-E robots could enable inspection of complex machines without dismantling them.
Industry
Creating better scans
University of Texas at Arlington aerospace engineer receives U.S. Army grant to advance limitations of computed tomography.
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Formula E second-generation cars
The ongoing electric racecar series kicked off with new, longer-range vehicles for the 2018/2019 season.
Industry
5 tips for automotive robotic leak testing
Only 5% of automotive plants currently have robotic leak-detection systems, but that number will climb to 20% or more by 2024.
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Beating the Big 3
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