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By Marcel Spiegel Success and growth depend on constant innovation to stay ahead of the competition. Last May Harvard Business Review found that 10 times more money is spent on R&D than on advertising worldwide. Marcel Spiegel But for many traditional manufacturers, implementing digital technology into their workflows can still be seen as an insurmountable challenge, with major financial implications…
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Not all products can be, nor should be, 3D printed. 3D printing will never rival the economies of scale found in mass-produced commodities, though the technology is becoming more capable and reliable. Jamie Howard According to Gartner, 47% of supply chain managers plan to use 3D printing in the next two years. This creates five unexpected benefits of bringing 3D…
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3D printing is one of the 20th century’s most catalytic inventions. The process empowers engineers to innovate in a revolutionary way, designing and building things we couldn’t have imagined even years ago. As the 3D printing trend continues to mature, what is the next step for this disruptive technology? Filemon Schoffer is co-founder and CCO of 3DHubs. In the early…
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Walk into any manufacturing company and you’ll discover the same set of challenges: Excel spreadsheets containing critical data are stored on the local hard drives of various team members’ systems. CAD/CAM packages whose only integration to the rest of the business is a file share on the corporate server. Enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems that offer visibility to every department…
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Headquartered at the Picatinny Arsenal in New Jersey, The U.S. Army Armament Research, Development and Engineering Center (U.S. Army ARDEC) is the primary research and development group for the US Army’s armament and munitions systems. The ARDEC team works on advanced materials and technologies with a focus on material properties. This effort led ARDEC to expand into additive manufacturing, specifically,…
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Equipment manufacturers; engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) companies; as well as power and process plant owners and operators have the common challenge of keeping their fleet, machinery and other assets working efficiently, while also reducing the cost of maintenance and time-sensitive repairs. Considering the aggressive time to market required for industrial products and services, it is crucial to identify the…
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Software-based GripperAI manages mixed picking through basic geometry
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