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Donald J. Wheeler
The computation for skewness does not fully describe everything that happens as a distribution becomes more skewed. Here we shall use some examples to visualize just what skewness does—and does not—involve.
The mean for a probability model describes the balance point. The standard deviation…
Adam Zewe
Engineers at MIT have developed ultralight fabric solar cells that can quickly and easily turn any surface into a power source.
These durable, flexible solar cells—thinner than a human hair—are glued to a strong, lightweight fabric, making them easy to install on a fixed surface. They can provide…
(Critical Manufacturing: Porto, Portugal) -- Critical Manufacturing, a company that is redefining the role of manufacturing execution systems (MES), is exhibiting with technology leader, ASMPT, at the 2023 IPC APEX EXPO, Booth 1701, scheduled for January 24–26, 2023, at the San Diego Convention…
(NIST: Gaithersburg, MD) -- Since its founding in 1987, the Baldrige Performance Excellence Program has served the U.S. economy through its enduring purpose: to improve the performance and long-term success of businesses and other organizations by recognizing role models and fostering the adoption…
(LASER COMPONENTS: Karlsruhe, Baden-Württemberg, Germany) -- The LS-WL1 white light module provided by LASER COMPONENTS has an output power of more than 500 mW at the fiber end (core diameter: 1 mm; NA = 0.5). The light is generated by a laser-pumped white light source. The dot-shaped illuminated…
In a press statement released on Jan. 6, 2023, the European Commission reported the adoption of a proposal to allow more time to certify medical devices to mitigate the risk of shortages. The proposal introduces a longer transition period to adapt to new rules, as foreseen under the Medical Devices…
Brian Brooks
Manufacturers spend too much on quality issues. Some issues they are blind to, some are due to poor detection, and some are the costs incurred when issues escape to a customer.
It seems like in recent years the challenges have been great in both magnitude and quantity—supply chain turmoil, global…
Kate Zabriskie
‘I can’t take it anymore! We’re short staffed, I’m killing myself to hold it together, nobody says thank you, so goodbye! Life is too short for this. I can work somewhere else.”
Thoughts like that happen many times every day in organizations large and small. If you haven’t heard something like…
(Hexagon AB: Stockholm) -- Hexagon AB, a global leader in digital reality solutions combining sensor, software, and autonomous technologies, has announced a $100 million investment in Divergent Technologies Inc., a pioneer of green manufacturing technologies with the first modular digital factory…
(Datanomix: Nashua, MH) -- Datanomix, maker of the industry’s only automated production-intelligence software platform, announced a partnership with Vallen to offer the Datanomix software solution to its wide range of manufacturing customers. Datanomix is well known for its No Operator Input…
The MEP National Network
Automation has been a hard sell for many small- and medium-sized manufacturers. Often it is difficult to justify a new piece of automation equipment unless it is for a specific project, you have the technical expertise to support it, or you are confident on the payback time for the ROI. That is why…
Jeffrey Heimgartner
As the U.S. manufacturing sector barrels toward a renaissance, the path ahead comes with challenges that many manufacturers may not be prepared for. The industry—which employs 12 million people and accounts for 11 percent of the U.S. GDP—has slowly crawled out of a decline, and it has the potential…
Vanessa Bates Ramirez
Austin, Texas-based 3D-printing construction company ICON has gotten some pretty significant projects off the ground in recent years, from a 50-home development in Mexico to a 100-home neighborhood in Texas. Recently the company won a NASA contract that will help it get an even bigger project much…
Matt Fieldman
The NASCAR pit stop—it’s exciting, intense, and can mean the difference between winning and losing a race. Accomplishing the three simultaneous necessities of moving quickly, completing each job with perfection, and having a flawlessly coordinated team seems impossible, yet it happens right in…
(Tecsys: Montreal) -- Tecsys Inc., a leading supply-chain management software company, and SVT Robotics Inc., provider of enterprise software for the rapid deployment of industrial robotics, have partnered to develop and launch an out-of-the-box integrated connection between the Tecsys Elite supply…
(Duravant: Downers Grove, IL) -- Key Technology, a member of the Duravant family of operating companies, introduces its new #16 air cleaner. Removing extraneous vegetable matter (EVM), dirt, and other lightweight materials, this system cleans product of debris to improve product quality and line…
Chirag Rathi
Two years later, the perfect storm of pandemic-related disruptions is still a major source of irritation for manufacturers. Those disruptions have been major contributors to the inflation we are now experiencing worldwide. Will that inflation lead us into a recession? A lot of very smart people say…
Melissa De Witte
Over recent months, tech companies have been laying workers off by the thousands. It is estimated that in 2022 alone, more than 120,000 people have been dismissed from their job at some of the biggest players in tech—Meta, Amazon, Netflix, and soon Google—and smaller firms and startups as well.…
(Teledyne FLIR: Goleta, CA) -- Teledyne FLIR has introduced new Blackfly S cameras with 8 MP–20 MP Sony Pregius S sensors to its Blackfly S GigE line. The additions include:
• BFS-PGE-80S5M/C-C featuring 8MP Sony IMX546: color and mono • BFS-PGE-120S6M/C-C featuring Sony IMX545: color and mono •…
Nisan Lerea
Quality assurance and quality control (QA/QC) are a continual part of any manufacturing process. No matter how many times your factory has executed the same procedure, you must regularly perform quality checks to maintain the same quality level of your process. Quality control on a manufacturing…
Tony Boobier
Does your use of probabilities confuse your audience? Sometimes even using numbers can be misleading. The notion of a 1-in-a-100-year flood doesn’t prevent the possibility of flooding occurring in consecutive years. This description is no more than a statistical device for explaining the likelihood…
Tom Spendlove
(Altair: Troy, MI) -- Earlier this year, Altair announced that its finite element dynamic simulation tool, Radioss, will have an open-source version available to users, called OpenRadioss. The goal of this open-source release by the simulation software company is to jump-start the pace of…
(Hexagon: Huntsville, AL) -- Hexagon’s Asset Lifecycle Intelligence division announced the release of HxGN EAM v12, the latest version of the best-in-class, SaaS-based Enterprise Asset Management product. This is EAM’s second major release since it was acquired by Hexagon in October 2021.
HxGN EAM…
Bhushan Avsatthi
The very nature of healthcare construction and its specific infrastructural and functional needs pose significant challenges to the architectural, engineering, and construction (AEC) sector. Crucial hospital spaces such as operation theaters and critical care centers need fail-proof connections to…
Erika James
Different people at different levels of an organization or ecosystem experience crisis in different ways. Senior decision-makers are unlikely to have the same insights as those who directly interface with customers or those grappling with the operational technicalities of the situation.
For this…
