Supply Chain Safeguards October 6, 2020 The warning about the vulnerability of the aerospace and defense industry’s supply chain came buried in the pages of a report issued by the consulting firm EY two years before the COVID-19 outbreak became a full-blown global crisis.
Rush job? No prob! September 24, 2020 Improvements in manufacturing management software, robotics, additive manufacturing and thermal controls are making small batch sizes more cost effective—even for smaller shops. Manufacturing plants are able to reduce inventory, improve throughput and reduce demands on human operators.
Welcome to drugmaking in era of AI, synthetic biology September 22, 2020 We no longer need to accept that it takes a decade to create and make a safe and effective vaccine—thanks in part to smart manufacturing.
In the Thick of the ‘Herculean’ Vaccine Push September 21, 2020 Listen to this Smart Manufacturing magazine cover story: In the thick of the ‘herculean’ vaccine push. Moderna is among the companies able to tackle the most urgent of matters precisely because of their digital strength.
TITANS of CNC and Haimer USA Join Forces September 11, 2020 Haimer USA LLC has announced a new partnership with TITANS of CNC, an organization that uplifts students, educators and the manufacturing workforce in over 170 countries worldwide.
July U.S. Cutting Tool Orders Fall September 17, 2020 July U.S. cutting tool consumption fell bo both a monthly and a year-over-year basis, according to a monthly report.
Fastems To Host Online Open House & Conference on Nov. 4 September 23, 2020 Fastems Group will host an online Open House & Conference entitled "Productivity Beyond Machine Tending" on November 4, 2020, starting at 11:00 EST. The virtual event will showcase the latest developments in automation and surrounding technologies to all metalworking manufacturers.
TRUMPF Inc. welcomes NCS Technologies as a distributor for TruPrint additive products September 24, 2020 The distributorship with NCS Technologies is aimed to grow their sales channel for TruPrint additive manufacturing systems throughout the U. S.
As process optimization grows up, it leads some big rescue missions October 22, 2020 Until 2017, Schneider Electric faced a factory bottleneck at its breaker box plant in Lexington, Kentucky. When the automation cell that welded the boxes went down, all production could be forced to stop.
Four Digital Manufacturing Trends Strengthen Industrial Markets October 15, 2020 Digital manufacturing—industrial 3D printing in particular—has catalyzed world-changing ideas since its inception. This year, however, the technology proved invaluable, moving at warp-speed in the face of unprecedented challenges when the world was overtaken by a fast-spreading virus.