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SME Media Smart Manufacturing Magazine March 2019

Smart Manufacturing: March 2019

The March 2019 edition of Smart Manufacturing is available as a digital magazine. Links to individual articles are below.
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ROLLING INTO ASIA: Two German Firms’ Timely Moves

ROLLING INTO ASIA: Two German Firms’ Timely Moves

February 19, 2019
To date, GBneuhaus has only produced its nanotech-enabled coatings in Neuhaus am Rennweg, a small village in the state of Thuringia. But that’s about to change: The 28-year-old firm in June founded a company in Pune, India, and will soon begin producing its antimicrobial coating there.
Brett Brune
By Brett Brune Editor in Chief, Smart Manufacturing
Cloud Computing Gives Medical Manufacturers a Booster Shot

Cloud Computing Gives Medical Manufacturers a Booster Shot

February 19, 2019
Cloud computing helps any kind of manufacturing with cybersecurity, efficiency, on-call scalability, and Industry 4.0. But for medical manufacturers, cloud computing brings additional critical benefits.
Ilene Wolff
By Ilene Wolff Contributing Editor, SME Media
Machine Vision Technology Advances Rapidly

Machine Vision Technology Advances Rapidly

February 20, 2019
Machine vision is proving ideal in helping humans perform tedious but crucial manufacturing tasks. That is why it is poised to grow significantly in the next few years.
Bruce Morey
By Bruce Morey Senior Technical Editor, SME Media
After Jamming in Paris, 7 French Firms Play N. America

After Jamming in Paris, 7 French Firms Play N. America

February 18, 2019
Business France will in March wrap up its first accelerator “dedicated to the industry of the future in North America.” The 10-month program is specialized in monitoring and control tech, as well as data analytics.
Brett Brune
By Brett Brune Editor in Chief, Smart Manufacturing
Where Microns Matter: Optical Measuring Systems Where Microns Matter: Optical Measuring Systems

Where Microns Matter: Optical Measuring SystemsWhere Microns Matter: Optical Measuring Systems

February 21, 2019
Optical measuring systems, which use light instead of touch, are becoming more widely used in manufacturing because of their faster speed, higher accuracy and ability to measure oddly shaped parts.
By Karen Haywood Queen Contributing Editor, SME Media
Sam Cece

Out with the old sensors (puh-lease!) and in with the new

February 19, 2019
Sensors are making their way deeper into process manufacturing where they monitor PH levels in vinegar, ensure towering bins of sugar aren’t overfilled and measure humidity in bakeries. Sensors are even helping power better mousetraps.
By Karen Haywood Queen Contributing Editor, SME Media
MetraLabs’ Johannes Trabert

READY TO SHARE: MetraLabs Robots Poised to Grease the Skids for Automotive Suppliers in an AI World

November 27, 2018
Cofounder Johannes Trabert, who lives a poetic life in the Thuringian Forest, says the future will be focused on ‘the clever share of work’ between humans and robots.
Brett Brune
By Brett Brune Editor in Chief, Smart Manufacturing

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