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Want confirmation that additive manufacturing (AM) is fast evolving from an effective way of creating prototypes to a serious alternative for full-scale production? Essentium claims to have goods, touting the results of a recent independent study that shows use of large-scale AM more than doubling over the last year for 70 percent of participating companies. Highlights of the companies’ third…
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Additive manufacturing (AM) software and services vendor Materialise says two data points tell the story of 3D printing for manufacturing. The first is 80%, the percentage of manufacturers using 3D printing in some fashion, primarily prototyping. The second is 50%, the amount of waste typically generated by laser sintering, the most popular process for prototyping. Both percentages come from Materialize…
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It’s time to show Industry 4.0 is more than a concept. It’s time to show how machine-to-machine communication and the internet of things are making a difference in the real world for real companies. And not only are we going to present how Industry 4.0 is bringing positive change to the way distribution centers operate, but also the long-promised increases…
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Renowned as the company behind the leading direct-to-consumer brand for premium adult incontinence supplies, NorthShore Care Supply has evolved from a catalog Internet retailer to a direct-to-consumer brand of high-absorbency adult diapers and incontinence supplies in the United States. In doing so, NorthShore’s brand has undergone significant expansion, as the company has grown by more than 30% annually during the…
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Locus Robotics, a leader in autonomous mobile robots (AMR) for fulfillment warehouses, today announced that it has passed the quarter-billion (250,000,000) units picked volume level heading into the 2020 holiday peak season. Locus robots now pick more than ten-thousand units every 15 minutes, a 263% increase in units picked vs. the same period last year. Locus’s 250 million pick milestone…
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I live in a state whose motto is “Live Free or Die.” If the third-party logistics (3PL) industry had a motto these days, it might be “Innovate or Die.” “At NFI, we have followed the guidance ‘if you’re not growing, you’re dying,’” says Sid Brown, CEO. “Throughout each generation since our founding in 1932, we have been strategic and creative…
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The new SynDaver Axi 3D printer went on sale beginning today for more than $1,000 off the manufacturer’s suggested retail price, the company announced in late November. The Axi, which is used byprofessionals and general consumers, normally retails for $3,250, but went on sale for $2,195 beginning now in honor of Black Friday and Cyber Monday. The SynDaver Axi is…
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PTC and Ansys have announced a CAD joint offering hat combines the PTC Creo platform with the Ansys set of high-fidelity solvers. Creo Ansys Simulation adds simulation to the modeling environment and, according to the companies, democratizes technology in a way that can help improve quality and reduce costs. “Ansys and PTC are rapidly delivering on our common goal to…
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Non-profit food rescue organizations City Harvest and The Greater Boston Food Bank (GBFB) have joined forces with industrial automation pioneer Berkshire Grey to bring much-needed food to thousands of families this Thanksgiving. The partnership will help feed thousands of New York and New England families through special packages of Thanksgiving foods such as potatoes, beans and stuffing that are in…
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In early 2000, Dr. Karthik Ramani experimented with a shape-based search system that allows engineers to use visual references to identify and search for mechanical objects, but it soon became clear to him the computing power was insufficient. Twenty years later, with far more computing power at his disposal, he revived the project, applying machine learning (ML) to crawl through…
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Siemens Digital Industries Software has filled in another piece in its Simcenter simulation portfolio, this time adding an Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS) data collection capability aimed at accelerating the development of autonomous vehicles. Through a partnership with b-plus, a maker of ADAR technology, the new Simcenter SCAPTOR offering combines hardware and software to record, visualize, and replay high-fidelity raw…
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Earlier this year, MachiningCloud, an independent provider of 3D cutting tool, toolholder, machines and workholding data, announced a new purchasing option for its online service. Now, customers will have the ability to order products directly from the website, closing the loop with features to download tooling geometry and application information. The new shopping cart functionality streamlines the tool selection and…
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CoreTechnologie debuts new additive manufacturing software. With the new Advanced Lattice module, components can be filled with honeycomb, gyroid, star and many other lattice patterns. With the new 4D_Additive 3D-Printing software, CAD data is prepared as intelligent, exact B-Rep geometry for 3D printing processes and can be saved in common 3D printing formats as well as STEP. With the new…
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Titan Robotics is launching its largest industrial large-format 3D printing system, the Atlas 3.6. With a build volume of 50x50x72-in., the Atlas 3.6 is one of the largest production additive manufacturing systems on the market with sextrusion technology and an actively heated enclosure, enabling customers to print large parts out of high-performance materials including CF-PEI, GF-PEKK, nylons, ABS and more.…
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A new record for Weerg, which, exactly one year after the installation of 6 HP Jet Fusion 5210 3D industrial printers, doubles the production capacity in a single operation by purchasing six more printers from the same series. Now Italian e-commerce offering CNC and 3D online machining is reaching the European record for the number of systems installed. Weerg is…
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