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Guest commentary by Philipp Wallner, Industry Manager, MathWorks Predictive maintenance has become a growing requirement for industrial equipment operators responsible for preventing catastrophic system failures. Their ability to anticipate, and respond to, potential equipment malfunctions can enable them to preemptively schedule repairs and minimize overall disruptions to factory operation—ultimately benefiting the company’s bottom line. Yet skepticism still exists at times…
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The Association for Advancing Automation (A3) has announced a lineup of five new virtual events taking place in the fall of 2020. As COVID-19 continues to make it difficult or impossible to hold large gatherings, A3 is transitioning the following 2020 in-person conferences to virtual events as well as adding two new events: RIA Robotics Week: September 8-11 (new) International…
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Distributors have to deal with trade-offs due to resource limitations, leading to under performance in key functional areas. Warehouse managers face the challenge of maximizing performance while balancing trade-offs under uncertain conditions. This article examines the top five warehouse management problems and their solutions. Redundant Processes Traditionally, warehouse employees have been likely to handle a product several times due to…
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DrivenData is an organization that has hosted online challenges since 2014, allowing people from around the world to come together to solve social challenges. The platform’s competitions, like its Open AI Caribbean Challenge, combine the latest technologies in data science and crowdsourcing to help solve critical problems in areas such as health care, education and public services. In partnership with…
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It is fair to say that the COVID-19 pandemic has had a jarring impact on retail supply chains in myriad ways, in terms of how retailers had to respond and react to a new way of handling their supply chain operations. That was made clear in the findings of a recent study published by Blue Yonder (formerly JDA), a provider…
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Xometry, the U.S.' largest manufacturing marketplace, has launched the Xometry U.S. Manufacturing Stimulus Plan. The plan will provide $50 credits in the accounts of each of Xometry's existing U.S. customers to use to make parts with Xometry's thousands of manufacturing partners through August 31, 2020. The stimulus credits can be used to make custom parts using any processes Xometry offers,…
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PTC and Rockwell Automation, Inc. releases Factory Insights as a Service, a turnkey cloud solution that enables manufacturers to achieve impact, speed, and scale with their digital transformation initiatives, the company says. The new offering, unveiled during PTC’s Global Partner Summit event at the LiveWorx 2020 digital transformation event, marks an advancement to the collaboration among Rockwell Automation, Microsoft and…
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FANUC America, an automation solutions provider, is expanding its CNC training offerings to include 5-axis simulation. FANUC’s Machining Simulation for Workforce Development provides training for controls operation and part programming in a virtual environment. The Complex Milling Extension option combines FANUC’s CNC Guide and simulation software that can now operate as one of the three main five-axis mill kinematics. The…
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If your only connection to the exoskeleton is Tony Stark and Iron Man, you may think of a technology that gives you the strength to safely lift and move heavy items over and over again as the stuff of comic books and Hollywood. But exoskeletons are coming to market to protect warehouse and manufacturing workers from bad backs, shoulders and…
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Crown Equipment Corporation, one of the world’s largest material handling companies, is using this month’s National Forklift Safety Day, sponsored by the Industrial Truck Association (ITA), to emphasize the importance of taking a holistic approach to safety that brings a consistent focus on safety management and stresses the important role everyone plays in a safer work environment. To help inform…
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As part of the Engineering Rising to the Challenge initiative, the College of Engineering at Purdue University will join industry and government partners to host a free webinar on “Advancing Driver-Centric Automation to Enhance Safety and Efficiency in Freight Trucking” on June 16 from 2:30-3:45 p.m. The webinar will feature experts from the Purdue Engineering Initiative in Autonomous and Connected…
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HP announced new alliances with both BASF and Oechsler to expand the advancement of industrial 3D printing and digital manufacturing. The expanded alliance with BASF centers around HP’s newly announced polypropylene material for additive manufacturing. The HP 3D High Reusability PP enabled by BASF was developed and qualified for HP’s Jet Fusion 5200 Series 3D printing solution to enable companies…
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In the spring of 2016, I drove to Devens, Mass., to see something truly new in the post-Kiva era: Autonomous mobile robots in a production setting at a Quiet Logistics e-fulfillment distribution center. Locus Robotics, the startup company founded by Bruce Welty and Mike Johnson, was still more concept than commercial product, but even then, Welty envisioned a multi-billion-dollar business…
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The Xaar 1003 printhead is proving instrumental for industrial 3D printing manufacturer dp polar GmbH, enabling its AMpolar i2 to print additive manufacturing parts on an industrial scale, the companies report. Based in Germany, dp polar designs, develops and delivers industrial 3D printing systems for the automotive, aerospace, mechanical engineering and consumer industries. The AMpolar i2’s Additive Manufacturing process uses…
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Take 3D printing to a new level with the latest release of Autodesk Netfabb. This 3D printing software is designed to help users accomplish more work in less time with fewer build errors, according to Autodesk. Improved Printer Integrations The Netfabb 2021 release adds four new 3D printers to the built-in integration list: Origin One (programmable photopolymerization for mass production)…
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Cybernetix Ventures’ event kicks off Robotics Tech Week 2026 slate of events
Preview the manufacturing and warehouse components that will be on the…
Preview the manufacturing and warehouse robots and software that will be on…
