Building an infrastructure for smart manufacturing, the IIoT May 15, 2017 Q&A with Chirayu Shah, Marketing Manager, HMI Software, Rockwell Automation
Northwestern U Doctors, Scientists Outline New AM Materials for Medicine May 11, 2017 PITTSBURGH—Doctors and scientists at Northwestern University have been working diligently for about seven years to bring new materials to clinics that handle plastic and reconstructive surgery, as well as transplants, Sue Jordan, chief resident in plastic and reconstructive surgery at Northwestern Memorial Hospital, told a crowd gathered to hear her speak today at the RAPID + TCT show.
Come Together Right Now, OT/IT May 8, 2017 Integrating two warring camps will improve security and safety. It also will save billions.
VIDEO: A Look Inside B&R, as Its Story Is About to Take a Turn May 8, 2017 Summary of report from EGGELSBERG, Austria—Bernecker + Rainer Industrie-Elektronik GmbH, the 3,000-person firm that ABB recently said it would buy, shows Smart Manufacturing how it puts together automation PCs, or APCs, in a batch-size-one mode.
The Future of the Metalworking Industry May 2, 2017 Manufacturing Engineering asked thought leaders at five companies for their views on challenges and trends facing the metalworking industry.
Comau, Microsoft, ICONICS Target Efficiency Together April 27, 2017 Comau, Microsoft and ICONICS are debuting here at Hannover Messe the results of their work together to improve manufacturing production around the world, in terms of efficiency and total cost of ownership.
ABB, IBM Partner to ‘Bring Real-Time Cognitive Insights to Factory Floor’ April 25, 2017 HANNOVER, Germany—ABB and IBM will work together to unlock new value for customers in manufacuring, utilities, transport and infrastructure, executives from the companies said here today at Hannover Messe.
Cisco Introduces 3 Solutions to ‘Connected Factory’ Portfolio April 25, 2017 For plant managers, being able to see and act on data is key. It holds the secrets to new product introduction velocity, real-time and dynamic optimization, and productivity stats at the worker level. To help plant managers tap into that data, Cisco is introducing three new solutions to the Connected Factory portfolio.
DMG Mori Previews Its Future Strategy April 18, 2017 MG Mori’s 2017 annual press conference in Pfronten, Germany, set the course for the future of the Global One Company in what is expected to be a highly competitive year.
A3 points to Amazon, GM to talk Robots, Job Creation April 3, 2017 There is a lot of noise around the issue of robotics and manufacturing jobs, some of it appearing in national business magazines like Forbes and Fortune, and one of the ways to quiet the voices claiming that automation kills jobs is to review the last seven years and to point to real-life examples of robotics applications keeping companies competitive, Association for Advancing Automation (A3) President Jeff Burnstein said today here at the Automate conference.
