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June 2022

The June 2022 edition of Smart Manufacturing is now available as a digital magazine. Links to individual articles are below.

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State of Smart Manufacturing

The State of Smart

June 2, 2022

Pandemic moves digitization to front burner; software enables connection to legacy equipment.

By Karen Haywood Queen Contributing Editor, SME Media

Exact Metrology’s Noah Branscum uses a Hexagon Absolute Arm to measure part features.

Smart Metrology, Smart Choice

June 13, 2022

Digital metrology enables faster measurements, saving time, money and convenience.

By Karen Haywood Queen Contributing Editor, SME Media

Jamco Corporation, which makes seating, lavatories and galleys like this one for Boeing, Airbus, and others, created a digital thread based on Aras Innovator, a low-code product innovation platform, to manage 3.2 million CAD data sets.

Virtues of the Virtual

June 15, 2022

Digital twins, digital thread leverage data to improve manufacturing.

By Ilene Wolff Contributing Editor, SME Media

25 Leaders Transforming Manufacturing

25 Leaders Transforming Manufacturing

June 7, 2022

Our annual celebration of leaders from every aspect of manufacturing who are bringing it into the future.

By Ilene Wolff Contributing Editor, SME Media

Smart Manufacturing
The Myriad Means of Leading in Manufacturing

June 16, 2022

Manufacturing in this century is dependent upon a greater range of activities, technologies and knowledge than ever before.

By Michael C. Anderson - Contributing Lead Editor

Robotics
Interplexico Mexico Automates for Efficiency

June 6, 2022

At its automotive plant in Jalisco, Mexico, Interplexico turned to robotics to improve production efficiency for one of its parts production lines.

By Rick Brookshire - Director of Product Management & Development, Epson Robots
Smart Manufacturing
Creating the Biofabrication Workforce of the Future

June 3, 2022

BioFabUSA is advancing workforce development programs that inspire people to tackle the challenges of manufacturing replacement human cells, tissues and organs.

By Maureen Toohey - Deputy Executive Director, Advanced Regenerative Manufacturing Institute
Robotics
Industry Wearables Deliver at BMW

June 14, 2022

Industry wearables bring several advantages to every stage of production.

By Axel Schmidt - Senior Communications Manager, ProGlove

Additive Manufacturing & 3D Printing
Pioneering Work on Two Frontiers

June 10, 2022

NASA’s Alison Park introduces the work of two people who are making significant contributions to the field of additive manufacturing.

By Alison Park - Deputy Technical Fellow, Materials & AM, NASA Engineering and Safety Center (NESC)
Additive Manufacturing & 3D Printing
Space for Additive

June 8, 2022

NASA JPL’s Bryan McEnerney makes parts that are literally out of this world.

By Kip Hanson - Contributing Editor, SME Media
Additive Manufacturing & 3D Printing
Fixing Problems One Build at a Time

June 9, 2022

A career at Caterpillar was only the beginning of Stacey DelVecchio’s additive journey.

By Kip Hanson - Contributing Editor, SME Media