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(In-Place Machining Co.: Milwaukee) -- In-Place Machine Co. LLC (IPM) has announced the acquisition of Western Machine Works LLC (WMW) as part of a long-term growth strategy to expand reach and service offerings to customers and prospects across the United States and Canada.
Globally recognized as…
(SprutCAM Tech: Limassol, Cyprus) -- SprutCAM Tech’s robot calibration mobile app is designed to accurately calibrate the tool center point (TCP) and automatically transfer the data to SprutCAM X Robot via a smartphone.
TCP calibration is used in robotics to determine the position of a tool…
(Leela AI: Newton, MA)– Leela AI announces the commercial release of Leela Platform, the first “commonsense” visual AI solution designed to improve manufacturing productivity. Leela Platform is a visual sensor analytics platform that offers manufacturers insights into production processes that are…
Megan Wallin-Kerth
‘You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means,” Inigo Montoya says to his ringleader, Vizzini, who continually shrieks that an action or idea is “inconceivable!” Anyone who has watched the movie The Princess Bride will immediately recognize the quote.
Likewise, I would…
ISO
Economic practices need to change. The environmental and social consequences of unsustainable growth strategies are becoming increasingly obvious. A circular economy offers a way to counteract the climate crisis, strengthen our adaptive capacity, and make society more sustainable and resilient.…
(Waygate: Huerth, Germany) -- Waygate Technologies, a Baker Hughes business and market leader in nondestructive testing (NDT) for industrial inspection, has developed a new upgrade for its flagship portable ultrasonic flaw detector Krautkrämer USM 100. It’s designed for the energy, petrochemical,…
(ZEISS: Oberkochen, Germany) -- ZEISS has acquired the shares of the joint venture tooz technologies, which was founded together with Deutsche Telekom in 2018. ZEISS is thereby responding to the large, growing market potential in the fields of augmented reality (AR) and virtual reality (VR) glasses…
Rupa Mahanti
Data decay, or the aging of data, is data degradation over time—which results in bad data quality (Mahanti 2019).
There are some data, such as date of birth and place of birth, which are evergreen and not subject to decay; that is, if you have captured the data values correctly in the first place…
Peter Büscher
This article will focus on a sampling method that is commonly used to analyze fluid: direct liquid filtration. Simply put, direct liquid filtration is a sampling technique used to determine the particles present in a liquid.
In direct liquid filtration, the liquid with suspended particles is…
(Additive Manufacturing Users Group: Chatsworth, CA) -- The Additive Manufacturing Users Group (AMUG) today announced the recipients of its scholarships. Dr. Les Kalman, assistant professor in restorative dentistry at Western University (London, Ontario, Canada), has been awarded the Randy Stevens…
(MIT Sloan: Cambridge, MA) -- MIT Sloan Executive Education is currently accepting applications for its Women’s Leadership Program, a new course designed to provide women leaders with the opportunity to deepen their leadership capabilities with a focus on critical mindsets and skills essential for…
Gleb Tsipursky
One of the biggest challenges for companies in transitioning to remote work is their handling of layoffs. Having helped 21 companies transition to hybrid and remote work, I can attest that planning for the whole worker’s life cycle, from onboarding to offboarding, is critical as part of effective…
(Hexagon Manufacturing Intelligence: North Kingstown, RI) -- Hexagon’s Manufacturing Intelligence division and Altium have entered a strategic partnership which will help the design and manufacturing of electronics be more environmentally sustainable.
The partnership combines Hexagon’s expertise…
Bo Ingves
Rising costs from inflation and increased focus on reducing carbon dioxide emissions make product loss management more important than ever in dairy plants. One major reason these losses occur is because timings or other process parameters are set incorrectly, causing a lot of valuable dairy product…
(Autonomous Solutions Inc.: Petersboro, UT) -- Autonomous Solutions Inc. (ASI), a leading provider of industrial ground vehicle automation, has announced its vision for its subsidiary ASI Construction, which aims to provide autonomous solutions that empower end users to become the leading producers…
NIST
Detailed virtual copies of physical objects, called digital twins, are opening doors for better products across automotive, healthcare, aerospace, and other industries. According to a new study, cybersecurity may also fit neatly into the digital twin portfolio.
As more robots and other…
NIST
(White House: Washington, D.C.) -- Through the U.S. Department of Commerce’s National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), the Biden-Harris administration has launched the first CHIPS for America funding opportunity for manufacturing incentives to restore U.S. leadership in semiconductor…
Henry Zumbrun
Small-force measurement is crucial for many applications, such as testing materials, monitoring biomedical devices, and studying the behavior of cells and molecules. In this article, we’ll explore the challenges of measuring small forces and the solutions that are available to address them.
There…
Ethan Lee
‘Imposter Syndrome” is a term coined in the late 1970s from research carried out by Pauline R. Clance and Suzanne A. Imes. Their research showed that many high-achieving women believed they were not intelligent enough and were being over-evaluated by others. Imposter Syndrome has therefore come to…
(Polar Structure AB: Stockholm) -- Swedish infrastructure company Polar Structure AB (Polar Structure), announced it is expanding into the public EV charging space with the goal of establishing an ultra-fast EV charging network across the United States. Polar has selected GenZ EV Solutions as its U…
(ArisGlobal: Miami; Amplexor Life Sciences: Novo Mesto, Slovenia) -- ArisGlobal, a leading provider of life sciences software designed to automate core drug development functions with its end-to-end technology platform LifeSphere, has acquired Amplexor Life Sciences (LS), a global provider of…
Todd Hawkins
Most companies face the challenge of managing the documentation they generate—those that are developed to control their business and processes (e.g., standard operating procedures—SOPs) and the associated records as evidence of compliance with those procedures. This may go a step further if the…
Katie Rapp
A major focus of the current administration is revitalizing American manufacturing as new technologies are changing the way things are made. Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MEP) director Pravina Raghavan recently appeared on Government Matters TV, where she discussed how MEP National Network…
(Omnex: Ann Arbor, MI) -- Omnex has announced its latest webinar “IATF 16949 Update–ASPICE, Functional Safety.”
Date and time: March 30, 2023, 11:00 a.m. Eastern
Speaker: Roy Gray
Using a “process standard” for embedded software is a requirement of IATF 16949. 2019 and 2020 saw OEMs require ASPICE…
(Titan Tool Supply: Buffalo, NY) -- Titan Tool Supply has announced the recent expansion of its precision micro finishing tool offerings via online product catalog. With this expansion, more than 100 unique products are now available for immediate customer order and shipment via www.TitanToolSupply…
