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
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
READY Robotics partners with Futura Automation to bring intuitive automation to western US manufacturers
Futura Automation will help manufacturers across 16 western states design and deploy Forge/OS-powered automation solutions.
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.
Engineering
Renishaw expands CMM software with new Verisurf agreement
Agreement enables companies to benefit from Renishaw’s advanced inspection technologies, including the REVO 5 axis measuring system and the Equator flexible gauging system, and the support networks of both organizations
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).
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
Manufacturing
Lincoln Electric and SES combine additive manufacturing expertise to grow market
Lincoln Electric and Stress Engineering Services, Inc. are collaborating in large-format metal additive manufacturing (AM).
Manufacturing
Comparison of leak testing methods with Witt Gas
Many industrial products must be leak-tight. Food, cosmetics, or pharmaceutical packaging, but also products such as lights in the automotive industry, electronics, or plastic components. But how can manufacturers test the leak-tightness of their products?