GTC 2017: The Prospect of Voxel-Based 3D Printing, Optimization, and Simulation
June 8, 2017
NVIDIA and HP Labs demonstrate voxel-based structural optimization and 3D printing at GTC 2017
The Big Picture: Adaptability as King
June 8, 2017
Traditionally, warehouse automation has been about bringing optimal efficiency to specific processes in warehouses. Learn why new technologies like mobile robots and AR glasses promise breakthroughs in adaptability, even as...
Formlabs Makes Play for Production 3D Printing
June 5, 2017
Formlabs' Fuse 1 brings previously expensive and complex selective laser sintering (SLS) technology to the benchtop; Form Cell automates additive manufacturing.
New report examines impact of artificial intelligence on manufacturing
June 1, 2017
Partnership, collaboration, and technology investment crucial for growth opportunities, finds Frost & Sullivan's Industrial Automation and Process Control team.
Streamlining 3D Printing Post-Processing Opens Market Opportunities
June 1, 2017
By streamlining 3D post-processing, Rize's augmented polymer deposition technology enables additive manufacturing to take on short-run, end-use production parts applications and moves the 3D printer onto the engineer's desktop.
The Evolution of the Digital Supply Chain
May 5, 2017
Everyone is talking about terms like digitization, Industry 4.0 and digital supply chain management, but what sort of technologies fall under these broad terms, and how will they change the management...
Make Order Fulfillment More Accurate and Flexible
April 25, 2017
Highly automated solutions and workflow adjustments can bring maximum speed and accuracy to an operation.
Adidas, Carbon Scale 3D Manufacturing
April 18, 2017
In what could eventually be the largest-scale roll out of 3D printing for manufacturing consumer products, California-based 3D print company Carbon has partnered with Adidas to develop both new materials...
3DHEART: 3D Printing Surgical Planning Models for Tiny Patients
April 4, 2017
Phoenix Children's Hospital designs 3D-printed pediatric heart models, supporting Project 3DHEART's goal to gain insurance coverage for surgical planning.
3D Printing Research Now Comes with Southwest Flavor
February 9, 2017
Arizona State University Polytechnic just kicked things up a notch with the launch of the Southwest's largest 3D printing research facility: the ASU Manufacturing Research and Innovation Hub.
Sculpteo Uses 3D Printing to Design Fully Functional Bike
January 23, 2017
The project's designers made the bike ready for a 700-mile trip from Las Vegas to San Francisco.
AGVs Roll into a New Role
January 17, 2017
Equipped with new sensors and smart software, automatic guided vehicles are pursuing and eliminating non-value-added movement of goods in warehouses and DCs.
System Report: Whirlpool puts mobile robots to work
November 8, 2016
In Whirlpool Corp.'s Clyde, Ohio, factory, mobile robots have automated the delivery of parts to the line. The result is a more consistent, efficient and safer operation.
Fast Deliveries to Grow by 40 percent Year-on-Year Until 2025, Says New Study
October 21, 2016
Management consultants at McKinsey & Company, maintain that the parcel market in the U.S. is set to double by 2025, with Same-day delivery and instant delivery to accounting for one-fifth of...
Parcel pricing may be set to surge, says new study
October 21, 2016
Management consultants at McKinsey & Company, maintain that the parcel market in the U.S. is set to double by 2025, with Same-day delivery and instant delivery to accounting for one-fifth of...
Mölnlycke uses new system to transport and palletize SKUs
October 19, 2016
Robotic palletizing improves healthcare manufacturer's efficiency and ergonomics as its production volumes rise.
Mobile robot improves Elos Medtech Pinol’s production flow
October 13, 2016
As the flow of materials through production has become faster and steadier, the company's employee downtime has been eliminated.
Are Fully Automated Supply Chains Almost Here?
September 16, 2016
Automation in the world of supply chain logistics and materials handling will create enormous opportunities when it comes to making the flow of goods safer, more efficient and more environmentally...
The Evolution of Dock Equipment Has Begun
September 1, 2016
Unlike nearly every other aspect of distribution centers and manufacturing plants, loading docks have not been altered—until recently, that is. History of Dock Equipment, Loading Dock evolution, Loading...
Volunteers Assemble 750 3D Printed Prosthetic Hands
August 25, 2016
Autodesk has teamed up with the Enable Community Foundation (ECF) and Voodoo Manufacturing to conduct a global hand drive for 3D printed hands.
