Businesses running equipment that depends on actuators, especially in high-cycle or nonstop operations, already know this: It’s common for actuators to fail without showing any warning signs.
High-mix manufacturing has become the norm. Production lines are expected to produce more part variants in smaller batches and at a faster pace than ever before—all while maintaining very high quality.
As a significant portion of the experienced manufacturing workforce approaches retirement, companies face the critical threat of losing undocumented tribal knowledge.
Inbound receiving operations (aka goods-in) in the electronics industry are under increasing pressure.
Ask anyone in manufacturing or in a project-driven company who has the most difficult job, and without hesitation they will say: the scheduler/planner.
A test object is 3D-printed using a new system to monitor for errors and correct them automatically while manufacturing large items made from plastic composite.
Researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) have created a new tool that can catch and correct potential mistakes in real time while 3D-printing large plastic parts.
Quality Digest recently spoke with David Isaacson, the executive director of portfolio marketing at Octave.
Hydroelectric generators are used to generate power in many parts of the United States.
Meta has lost more than $80 billion on Reality Labs trying to build a virtual world from scratch.
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