(AIM3D: Rostock, Germany) -- Every 3D printing process competes with classic manufacturing strategies such as casting or milling in terms of mechanical properties, time factors, and cost-effectiveness. It is also in competition with alternative 3D printing technologies.

In this third installment of our five-part series, we talk with Jim Templin, CEO of ASQE.

Automation provides opportunities for new, more efficient workflows and better resource use in manufacturing. Despite a long history of fears concerning job losses brought on by automation, these anxieties aren’t typically reflected in reality.

(MIT CSAIL: Cambridge, MA) -- Tool use has long been a hallmark of human intelligence, as well as a practical problem to solve for a vast array of robotic applications.

Many trade shows have disappeared or diminished in recent decades—but not the International Manufacturing Technology Show, a biannual event held every even-numbered year in Chicago, this year from Sept. 12–17.

Medical device product development and risk management are often treated as entirely separate processes. Sure, there is usually acknowledgement and understanding that these two processes are related.

(IDS: Minneapolis, MN) -- Anyone who needs readily available industrial cameras for image processing projects is facing a difficult task due to the worldwide chip shortage.

(Marposs: Auburn Hills, MI) -- Marposs has announced MAINDO, its new digital platform that integrates Marposs monitoring, measuring, testing, or other manufacturer device or solutions throughout the entire production process.

It’s a conundrum that faces everyone who operates a manufacturing or service business: Most are unaware of the dire consequences of a defect reaching a customer until a process server hands them a lawsuit. By then it’s too late.

In an earlier article in this series, “Cybersecurity and Industry 4.0: What You Need to Know,” we discussed the four aspects of Industry 4.0: cyber-p