Machine shops use a variety of techniques to track the condition of their cutting tools, ranging from simple to sophisticated. No matter what monitoring method is used, it can be crucial in preventing catastrophic tool failure. At its best, monitoring also significantly boosts tool life and slashes tooling costs.
AI already helps individual factories improve production, safety, efficiency and other metrics while lowering costs. Marrying AI and cloud technology can supercharge those benefits.
The newly developed 5-axis portal milling machines of the FZP Series from Zimmermann are compact, flexible and highly accurate. This is ensured by the thermosymmetrical design with center-guided Z-slide.
Durable goods orders declined in April, dragged down by orders for transportation equipment, the U.S. Commerce Department said today in a monthly report.
In IIoT-based smart factory setups, AI-enabled digital assistants are linked into all assets and
all data. It is this intelligence that takes the IIoT beyond data collection to predictions and decisions.
Integrate lasers onto PICs? Use silicon to make PICs? Co-package optics with electronics? This institute is tackling it all.
Shifts in microchip-making to aid automotive, medical
The auto industry’s recovery from a global semiconductor shortage may be long and require revamping supply chains, according to a report by the Deloitte consulting firm.
Establishment of cross-sectoral networks provides an affordable solution to help manufacturers fast-track processes to keep pace with AI technologies and realize far-reaching efficiencies at scale.
Here is a case study of how Hexagon Manufacturing Intelligence helped out a manufacturer.
