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Berkshire Grey, a robotics and AI company delivering retail, e-commerce, and logistics fulfillment automation to global companies, is now offering Robots as a Service (RaaS) implementation options for its solutions. Many retailers are understandably freezing CapEx due to circumstances beyond their control, and RaaS implementation models allow them to continue to lean forward with innovative technology that will serve their…
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In some ways, 2020’s “Annual Warehouse and Distribution Center (DC) Equipment Survey” points to a bit of a plateau in spending on equipment and systems. However, that plateau comes after years of healthy investments in DCs. Budgets aren’t skyrocketing, but respondents are well aware of the need to continue to invest to be able to address pressures like tighter cycle…
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Razorleaf Corporation, a product lifecycle management (PLM) software and service provider, has released its Manufacturing Suite for the Aras Innovator platform. The suite offers Aras’ users standalone business applications to extend PLM capabilities and automate critical business processes and workflows common to manufacturers. These modules accelerate manufacturers’ time to market with functionality designed to improve the management of engineering, training,…
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Hospitals are in need of mechanical ventilators to treat COVID-19 patients. In response to this shortage, Materialise has developed the Materialise NIP Connector, a device to convert standard equipment available in most hospitals, into a mask to facilitate breathing for patients by creating positive pressure in the lungs. These assembled masks allow clinicians to reduce the time patients need access…
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Manufacturing ecosystem Fictiv announced that hospitals and healthcare providers can begin ordering the protective face shields in batches of up to 10,000 per order at cost for shipment as fast as one day. The company is leveraging its global manufacturing network and a newly designed tool to produce millions of face shields available in the fight against COVID-19. Fictiv has…
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ArcelorMittal and Additive Industries joined forces to focus on 3D metal printing for the steel industry using a large 4-laser 3D metal printing system: the MetalFAB1. 3D printing of spare parts ioffers on-demand, on-location production; it also shortens the production cycle and enables flexibility to ArcelorMittal plants. Since the installation of the first metal 3D printer in ArcelorMittal R&D facilities,…
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In collaboration with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the Department of Veterans’ Affairs and the National Institutes of Health (NIH), America Makes launched the next phase of the COVID-19 Health Care Needs and Additive Manufacturing (AM) Capabilities Repository, where additive manufacturers can upload 3D print designs to be reviewed and placed on the NIH 3D Print Exchange. Designs…
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Massivit 3D Printing Technologies has announced its global contribution to the combat against the COVID-19 pandemic. By dedicating its resources and mobilizing its network of over 100 customers and distributors worldwide, ergonomic PPE Face Shields have been conceived and produced to address the demand by medical teams caring for the victims of the pandemic. Massivit 3D’s high-speed additive manufacturing technology…
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The Disruption of the Traditional Business Model The transport and logistics industry has a lot of suppliers who have had to change the model of their business in the last few years. Many of them have had to adapt and deploy innovative technologies, so, that shipping cab becomes more sustainable flexible and efficient as the growth of the industry continues.…
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During the 8th edition of the Additive World Conference, chairman of the Jury, Ultimaker’s Steven van de Staak, announced K3D and Younes Chahid as winners of the Additive World Design for Additive Manufacturing Challenge 2020. All finalists, three in the student category and three professionals, pitched their designs in a video for the six-member jury. After deliberation they made a…
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Dealing With The Impacts of COVID-19 When the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) responded to an outbreak of respiratory disease caused by a novel coronavirus in late-2019, the outbreak’s far-reaching consequences couldn’t have been predicted. Now here we are, dealing with the impacts of COVID-19 around the world. Whether they’ve sent their workforces home to work remotely, scaled back their…
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In response to the shortage of personal protective equipment (PPE) for health workers treating patients during the coronavirus pandemic, Florida International University (FIU) and Baptist Health South Florida are partnering to 3D-print reusable face shields. Face shields are part of the personal protective equipment that healthcare workers at Baptist Health wear when caring for patients who have or are suspected…
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Sigma Labs, Inc., a developer of quality assurance software for the commercial 3D printing industry, has launched Printrite3D Production Series that introduces the Production Dashboard and provides production managers with metrics, insight and actionable information during the production process. This launch comes at a time when many predict that the use of 3D printing of metal parts will increase in…
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Safety science company UL has published research findings detailing the effects of 3D printing on safety-critical polymer performance properties. The findings have been used to develop a framework for evaluating and qualifying materials, which UL says will help stakeholders across the additive manufacturing (AM) supply chain “to mitigate risk and deliver quality and performance.” UL investigated the flammability, ignition and…
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Optimize Workflow with Automation Accidents involving material-handling equipment are significantly reduced, sometimes eliminated entirely, when equipment and processes are automated. Whether you’re using autonomous mobile robots (AMRs), automated guided vehicles (AGVs), visually guided vehicles (VGVs), or a robot by any other name, you can reduce risk of workplace injury. In addition, you can greatly increase equipment life with the use…
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