Digital twins are breathing life and innovation into increasingly more areas of manufacturing as well as solving challenges for machine shops of all sizes. With the skilled labor shortage and an ongoing effort to reshore high-tech manufacturing to the U.S., digital twins have a lot to offer.
The SafeMate research project, funded by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) in the “Innovations for the Production, Service and Work of Tomorrow” program, strategies and concepts were developed for the introduction and design of collaborative assembly workplaces.
Mikron Tool expands its CrazyMill Cool P&S milling cutter family
AI software enables the company to capture relevant runtime metadata and put it into context to create useful information in real time.
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Guill Tool has announced its intent to offer merchant machining services to the global aerospace industry.
Five-axis machining has progressed from exotic to mainstream over the past few years.
Bosch said it is moving forward with volume production of silicon carbide chips.
While fossil fuels dominate the energy market, expect a new mix of parts as renewable energy and EVs grow in market share.
The most important step in digitizing any manufacturing or supply chain process is analysis of the ROI and business case and being able to demonstrate success to company leaders.