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Additive Industries North America, Inc. announces the purchase of six MetalFAB1 systems by an aerospace company located in California. This firm order validates the Additive Industries’ concept of production-based metal powder bed fusion systems for overall equipment efficiency. When the order for six machines arrives at the customer site later this year, it will bring the installed base of MetalFAB1…
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Honeywell Intelligrated & The Apparel Logistics Group Honeywell Intelligrated has partnered with The Apparel Logistics Group – a leading provider of third-party logistics (3PL) and order fulfillment services for apparel, footwear, and accessories – to more than triple its daily e-commerce order output by installing new automated material handling solutions. Honeywell’s technology and support services will help to: Increase productivity…
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Ranked as the top manufacturing simulation software vendor, Siemens scored highest in implementation and topped four of the 10 scoring criteria, states global tech market advisory firm, ABI Research. Dassault Systèmes came in a close second, having scored the highest in innovation and topped three of the 10 criteria. The Manufacturing Simulation Software Competitive Assessment analyzed and ranked seven major…
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In today’s global marketplace of food logistics, it’s vital to recognize that refrigeration, food safety, and food waste are intimately linked. Perishable food, including fruits, vegetables, dairy products, meats and fish products, needs to be kept in a chilled or frozen state along the entire supply chain. When the safety risk is unknown or not reported, the food may be…
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Renishaw, a precision engineering and manufacturing technologies company, worked with Michigan-based Cobra Aeroto to improve the engine manufacturer’s design processes for aircraft and motorcycle engines. After completing the project with Renishaw, Cobra Aero invested in an AM 400 system to increase its in-house additive manufacturing (AM) capabilities. To optimize the design of its engine cylinders and to gain expertise in…
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With its Fiber Patch Placement system, SAMBA, Cevotec enables aerospace manufacturers to automate the multi-material layup of geometrically complex components in one integrated production system, monitored and guided by self-corrective process control. Cevotec offers production systems based on the Fiber Patch Placement (FPP) technology: SAMBA Multi features parallel feeding units for processing up to four different materials and placing them…
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CONTACT Software is a new member of Mitsubishi Electric's e-F@ctory Alliance. This partner network supports Mitsubishi Electric's Factory Automation division in providing its customers with solutions for smart connected manufacturing. Mitsubishi Electric is a supplier in the field of factory automation. Headquartered in Tokyo, the company supplies its customers with control and drive technology, robots and more, but also accompanies…
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Boosted by new, easier to use tools and more readily available compute resources, simulation technology is increasingly used more frequently and earlier in the design process, and by a wider array of professionals. On the CAASE The Conference on Advancing Analysis and Simulation (CAASE), presented by NAFEMS and Digital Engineering, is a great way to learn more about simulation. CAASE…
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In today’s e-commerce world, fulfillment has as much to do with the design of the network as it does with what happens inside the facilities located along that network. In the best of circumstances, the two work hand-in-hand. What’s more, in a fast-changing industry, what you’re doing today is not nearly as important as positioning your company for where you…
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Manufacturing is changing. Never mind the remarkable utility of 3D scanning, the customization capability of additive manufacturing, or the facile methods of rapid prototyping—there’s a whole new way of using cloud computing to disseminate design information instantly. Potentially, it provides a new chapter in the way we manufacture everything. Welcome to contract manufacturing—also known as manufacturing as a service (MaaS).…
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RSL is in the process of building out a different kind of network, with a different style of fulfillment center. Receiving: RSL receives an advanced ship notification (ASN) for all incoming product. When it’s received (1) at the facility, it is counted twice and then scanned into RSL’s proprietary warehouse management system 〈WMS〉. Product is placed into the storage bins…
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The International Robotic Sailing Regatta (SailBot) is a robotic sailing competition held in North America in which teams of university, college and high school students compete. The first event, in 2006, was hosted by Queen’s University in Kingston, Ontario, and took inspiration from a successful senior project at the University of British Columbia that built a robotic sailboat. Since 2008…
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3D Systems and TOYOTA Motorsport GmbH (TMG), a wholly owned subsidiary of TOYOTA Motor Corporation, announce they have entered a partnership to change automotive engineering. Through this partnership, the companies intend to develop manufacturing solutions, including 3D printers, materials and software—to change automotive design and production. “TMG has chosen 3D Systems for this partnership because they share our pioneering spirit—exhibited…
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Robotics are making their way into warehouses and DCs around the world, but it’s not an end-all. It takes a complete end-to-end solution, which means investing in the right type of robotics combined with a holistic approach to integration into your operations. Focused on developing fast, efficient fulfillment operations that meet the needs of today’s e-commerce customer, more companies are…
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A new generation of transport providers may be making some forms of temperature control system irrelevant, says the upstart drone company, Flytrex. Along with the drone services firm, Causey Aviation Unmanned, it has received approval from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to begin food deliveries by drone in Holly Springs, North Carolina. Flytrex will soon begin its on-demand, unmanned food…
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Ultrasonic sensing enhances robotics perception
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