Roush Yates Engines explored ways to improve the accuracy, integrity and throughput of its measurement data, and decided to implement DataSure 4.0, a data acquisition solution developed by The L.S. Starrett Co.
In IIoT-based smart factory setups, AI-enabled digital assistants are linked into all assets and
all data. It is this intelligence that takes the IIoT beyond data collection to predictions and decisions.
Establishment of cross-sectoral networks provides an affordable solution to help manufacturers fast-track processes to keep pace with AI technologies and realize far-reaching efficiencies at scale.
Automakers during this decade face a big challenge. They are having to invest in electric vehicles. But EVs, at least for now, won’t generate the profits of conventional vehicles, according to an annual report by consulting firm AlixPartners.
Manufacturing employment rose in May, receiving a major boost from motor vehicles and parts where people returned to work after temporary layoffs.
3D Systems said it agreed to sell its On Demand Manufacturing Business.
Automation, as applied to tool Presetters, references a variety of operational and communications features that can be incorporated in a machine or system customized for the special needs of an individual shop or a major manufacturing facility.
The IM-8000 dimensional measurement system has a rotary unit, which allows for 360-degree measurement capability on both turned and machined parts.
Composites call for optimized toolholding, writes an executive of Rego-Fix Corp.
Recruiting, training and retaining manufacturing workers is a constant challenge. The skills gap is real and growing, but the manufacturing industry has several tools to deal with this challenge.