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Modern manufacturing is rapidly adopting model-based definition (MBD). When employing an MBD strategy, the CAD model becomes more than the nominal to which all parts are measured and inspected against. MBD keeps the all-important digital thread intact—from design to manufacturing to inspection and quality reporting.

“Metrology and its relationship to manufacturing is rapidly evolving,” Ken Woodbine, president, Wilcox Associates, a brand of Hexagon Metrology (North Kingstown, RI), recently observed. “We are seeing larger quantities and faster speeds of measurement data collection. The next challenge is what to do with all that data.”

The classic manufacturing conundrum is how to make products quicker, cheaper, and better.

To remain competitive in the fiercely contested North American automotive industry, the New United Motor Manufacturing Inc. (NUMMI, Fremont, CA) assembly plant, a joint venture between Toyota Motor Corp. (Aichi Prefecture, Japan) and General Motors Corp. (Detroit), has rededicated its efforts in lean manufacturing during the past few years by applying key tenets of the Toyota Production System (TPS). 

CAD/CAM improves generative design, print simulation, path programming and process control in additive manufacturing.

Siemens said it will invest $54 million across key U.S. manufacturing facilities that serve critical infrastructure markets.

Worker training will be key to implementing Industry 4.0 in manufacturing, speakers at a presentation said today.

Large-scale operational transitions can emulate loss to employees who are comfortable with existing systems.

AI software enables the company to capture relevant runtime metadata and put it into context to create useful information in real time.

Interoperability will make the autonomous mobile robot’s world go ‘round