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(Configit: Copenhagen, Denmark) -- Configit has announced that Configit Ace, the market’s leading Configuration Life Cycle Management (CLM) platform, is now available as a cloud service. The vendor-agnostic, cloud-based CLM platform is designed to integrate with any IT system. Configit Ace Cloud…
(Datanomix: Nashua, NH) -- Datanomix, maker of the industry’s only automated production intelligence software platform, announced a partnership with Hexagon to offer the Datanomix software solution to its global manufacturing customers. Datanomix is well known for its industry-changing “No Operator…
(Creaform: Lévis, Quebec) -- Creaform, a business unit of AMETEK Inc. and a worldwide leader in portable 3D measurement solutions and engineering services, announced that it has joined more than 11,400 partners of the trading community as a fully accredited member of the Customs-Trade Partnership…
(VSL: Delft, Netherlands) -- From March 28–30, 2023, the role of metrology in energy storage, production, supply, and distribution in the energy transition will be the central topic as VSL National Metrology Institute opens its brand-new European Center for Flow Measurement at the Maasvlakte in…
(Fluke Calibration: Everett, WA) -- Fluke Calibration has rolled out a range of new, high-performance multiproduct calibrators: 5560A, 5550A, and 5540A.
The calibrators feature: • 4:1 test uncertainty ratio (TUR) for most popular 6.5 digit multimeters • 30-amp continuous current output to extend…
(IDS: Obersulm, Germany) -- Users who choose 3D cameras from the Ensenso N series can now benefit from more advanced models. The new stereo vision cameras (N31, N36, N41, and N46) can now be purchased from IDS Imaging Development Systems.
Ensenso N cameras deliver high-quality 3D information with…
(Sunnen Products Co.: St. Louis) -- Sunnen Products Co. has acquired Hommel Präzision, a former division of the Hommel Gruppe and a leading provider of honing and, more recently, deep-hole drilling solutions in Germany for more than 70 years. Since 1950, Hommel Präzision has been the exclusive…
(NCMS: Ann Arbor, MI) -- The National Center for Manufacturing Sciences (NCMS) has published a new technology brief focused on advances in predictive maintenance, also known as condition-based maintenance (CBM+).
Over the past several decades, industries with High-Value Assets (HVAs) have…
(NewTek: Pennsauken, NJ) -- NewTek Sensor Solutions now offers an advanced and user-friendly signal conditioner. This pairs with AC-operated linear and rotary position sensors to deliver reliable feedback in DC voltage, current and digital outputs for use in factory automation, materials testing,…
(Key Technology: Walla Walla, WA) -- Mariani has led the dried fruit industry for 115 years by focusing on product quality along with production efficiency. Last year, the company decided to integrate grading and sorting on one prune-processing line at its Marysville, California, facility and began…
(Critical Manufacturing: Porto, Portugal) -- Critical Manufacturing, a company that is redefining the role of manufacturing execution systems (MES), is exhibiting with technology leader, ASMPT, at the 2023 IPC APEX EXPO, Booth 1701, scheduled for January 24–26, 2023, at the San Diego Convention…
(Datanomix: Nashua, MH) -- Datanomix, maker of the industry’s only automated production-intelligence software platform, announced a partnership with Vallen to offer the Datanomix software solution to its wide range of manufacturing customers. Datanomix is well known for its No Operator Input…
(Duravant: Downers Grove, IL) -- Key Technology, a member of the Duravant family of operating companies, introduces its new #16 air cleaner. Removing extraneous vegetable matter (EVM), dirt, and other lightweight materials, this system cleans product of debris to improve product quality and line…
(Teledyne FLIR: Goleta, CA) -- Teledyne FLIR has introduced new Blackfly S cameras with 8 MP–20 MP Sony Pregius S sensors to its Blackfly S GigE line. The additions include:
• BFS-PGE-80S5M/C-C featuring 8MP Sony IMX546: color and mono • BFS-PGE-120S6M/C-C featuring Sony IMX545: color and mono •…
(Hexagon: Huntsville, AL) -- Hexagon’s Asset Lifecycle Intelligence division announced the release of HxGN EAM v12, the latest version of the best-in-class, SaaS-based Enterprise Asset Management product. This is EAM’s second major release since it was acquired by Hexagon in October 2021.
HxGN EAM…
(MIT: Cambridge, MA) -- In May 2022, the TeraByte InfraRed Delivery (TBIRD) payload onboard a small CubeSat satellite was launched into orbit 300 miles above Earth’s surface. Since then, TBIRD has delivered terabytes of data at record-breaking rates of up to 100 gigabits per second—100 times faster…
(The Manufacturer: Commerce, CA) -- Manufacturing has come a long way from the simple assembly lines of the past. Its current implementation of digital technology has made it safer, faster, and more cost-effective. Certain sectors, particularly the food industry, have benefited from its constant…
(Oak Ridge National Laboratory: Oak Ridge, TN) -- Researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory have developed a new method for producing a key component of lithium-ion batteries. The result is a more affordable battery from a faster, less wasteful process that uses…
(Sunnen Products: St. Louis, MO) -- Sunnen Product’s new SV-2010 AXYS CNC honing system is designed to solve the challenge of honing large, heavy parts such as cast-iron hydraulic valve blocks and bolted assemblies common to heavy-duty machinery used in the mining, off-road, and construction…
(ETQ: Burlington, MA) -- ETQ, part of Hexagon, has announced the availability of an enhanced failure mode and effects analysis (FMEA) solution for use with its industry-leading Reliance NXG quality management system (QMS). ETQ developed the solution in partnership with Sandalwood, an engineering…
(Molex: Lisle, IL) -- Molex, a global electronics leader and connectivity innovator, offers 2023 industry predictions using real-time data to propel major advancements across automotive, consumer devices, data center, and connected healthcare markets.
The emergence of powerful applications—such as…
(Oak Ridge National Laboratory: Oak Ridge, TN) -- The U.S. Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory has exclusively licensed battery electrolyte technology to Safire Technology Group. The collection of five patented technologies is designed for a drop-in additive for lithium-ion…
(MIT: Cambridge, Massachusetts) -- When you use self-checkout machines in supermarkets and drugstores, you’re probably not doing a better job of bagging your purchases than checkout clerks once did. Automation just makes bagging less expensive for large retail chains.
“If you introduce self-…
(LMA Consulting Group: Claremont, CA) -- As supply chains grapple with demand fluctuation, supplier challenges, stagflation, and volatility in the economy, Lisa Anderson—manufacturing and supply chain expert—sees inventory tightening.
Also the president of LMA Consulting Group, Anderson says, “The…
(NIST: Gaithersburg, MD) -- How can we remove carbon dioxide—a greenhouse gas—from fossil-fuel power plant exhaust before it ever reaches the atmosphere? New findings suggest a promising answer lies in a simple, economical, and potentially reusable material analyzed at the National Institute of…
