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(IMEC: Dixon, IL) -- Bonnell Industries has been a family-owned, industry leader in the truck equipment industry in Northern Illinois for decades but struggled to embrace the concept of lean manufacturing. The team mostly operated under “we do it this way because it’s what we know.”
It wasn’t until…
(Nadcap: Warrendale, PA) -- Modern 3D printing began during the early 1980s as a way to produce rapid prototype parts. According to a new whitepaper from the National Aerospace and Defense Contractors Accreditation Program (Nadcap), additive manufacturing (AM), as it’s now called, is rapidly…
(Flexbar Machine Corp.: Islandia, NY) - - The new LiteSurf system from Flexbar Machine Corp. features integrated Bluetooth and USB connection to Android smartphones, tablets, and PCs, allowing a quick and easy way to transmit surface roughness measurements. Thanks to the Roughness Studio Basic app…
(UpNano: Vienna) -- A novel device allows the compensation of miniscule roughness in two-photon polymerization (2PP) 3D-printing substrates while printing. The so called “Substrate Tilt Frame” has now been introduced internationally by UpNano GmbH.
The newly developed Substrate Tilt Frame helps…
(StoreConnect: San Francisco) -- One of the biggest news stories of the past several years has been the Great Resignation. Millennials in particular have felt the brunt of workforce changes from the pandemic and have been pushing back. Nearly 60 percent of millennials feel workplace burnout has…
(Gartner: Stamford, CT) -- A recent survey by Gartner Inc. found that 80 percent of executives think automation can be applied to any business decision. As automation becomes embedded in digital business, the survey revealed how organizations are developing their use of artificial intelligence (AI…
A team of researchers at the University of Massachusetts-Amherst and the Georgia Institute of Technology has 3D-printed a dual-phase, nanostructured, high-entropy alloy that exceeds the strength and ductility of other state-of-the-art additively manufactured materials. The alloy could lead to…
(SME: Southfield, MI) -- Committed to advancing manufacturing professionals, academia, and communities, SME will participate in IMTS 2022 at Chicago’s McCormick Place, Sept. 11–17, 2022, featuring seven focus areas that explore manufacturing education, workforce development, and career advancement…
(MIT: Cambridge, MA) -- To help combat climate change, many car manufacturers are racing to add more electric vehicles to their lineups. But to convince prospective buyers, manufacturers need to improve how far these cars can go on a single charge. One of the main challenges is figuring out how to…
(New Scale Robotics: Rochester, NY) -- New Scale Robotics has deployed six Q-Span Workstation EDU kits at the Finger Lakes Workforce Development (FWD) Center at Monroe Community College (MCC) in Rochester, New York. The ready-to-use kits help colleges and universities add hands-on robotics and…
(HEIDENHAIN: Schaumburg, IL) -- The new metrology-focused digital readout by ACU-RITE will be introduced in the HEIDENHAIN booth next month at the IMTS show in Chicago (September 12-17). The new ACU-RITE-brand DRO203Q known as “The Q” utilizes the power of the established ACU-RITE DRO203 hardware…
(Radiant Vision Systems: Redmond, WA) -- Radiant Vision Systems, a leading provider of imaging systems for scientific evaluation of light sources and displays, announces that its ProMetric I61 (61-megapixel) Imaging Colorimeter was recognized among the best by the 2022 Laser Focus World Innovators…
(PR Newswire: Cambridge, MA) -- According to research released in MIT Sloan Management Review, inaccurate or false information, if repeated often enough, can result in an illusion of truth, thereby placing executive decision-making at risk.
Researchers from Esade Business School, Purdue University…
(Digital Twin Consortium: Boston) -- The Digital Twin Consortium announced a liaison agreement with the National Institute of Building Sciences (NIBS) to advance the use of digital twins in the building industry.
“We are excited about working with NIBS on leveraging digital twins to extend…
(NIST: Gaithersburg, Maryland) -- With an estimated 8 million metric tons of plastic waste escaping to our oceans each year, plastic pollution adversely affects the environment, climate, and even our health. Many plastic products break down in the ocean and are ingested by marine wildlife.…
(Sunnen: St. Louis, MO) -- The new PGE-6000 Electronic Bore Gage from Sunnen Products allows precise control of final bore size and quality of purchased or semifinished parts, with an instant digital or numerical readout for 100-percent inspection. The electronically amplified comparative bore…
(Aryballe: Grenoble, France) -- Aryballe, the pioneer in digital olfaction, today announced the launch of its Advanced Analytics tool set. Available exclusively in the cloud, Advanced Analytics is the first product in the global Aryballe SaaS platform and is designed to support and provide remote…
(LRQA: Birmingham, UK) -- More clarity is required on how environmental sustainability is measured after an international survey by global assurance provider Lloyds Register Quality Assurance (LRQA) revealed that only 38 percent of organizations are using at least one management standard to drive…
(WFL Millturn Technologies GmbH: Linz, Austria) -- The 2022 International Manufacturing Technology Show, September 12–17 in Chicago, will host industry professionals from around the globe and feature the latest innovations in digital and traditional manufacturing.
WFL will be presenting its M50…
(Exact Metrology: Brookfield, Wisconsin) -- Exact Metrology, a division of In-Place Machining Co. and a comprehensive 3D metrology service provider and hardware sales company, recently announced it has become the North American distributor of HandsOnMetrology. HandsOnMetrology.com has been set up…
(Quality Training Portal: Waitsfield, VT) -- Quality Training Portal has announced that by the end of 2022 its entire online training catalog will be available in nine languages in addition to English. The firm’s 20 most popular courses, including AIAG-VDA FMEAs, Basic SPC, APQP, PPAP, and 8D…
(Sunnen: St. Louis, MO) -- Sunnen Products Co. advances the state of honing technology with the new SV-3000 series vertical honing systems. The SV-3000 features a new Beckhoff-based industrial control with proprietary Sunnen2 software designed to include EtherCAT industrial communication for fast…
(Ultimation Industries: Roseville, MI) -- Indoor farming is all about maximizing food production per acre. But growers who want to further increase yields should consider growing “up” with the help of conveyor technologies that make use of the available vertical space within a facility, according…
(U.S. Department of Commerce: Washington, D.C.) -- The U.S. Department of Commerce has launched a Job Quality Toolkit, providing strategies and actions to help small-and-medium-sized organizations recruit and retain a high-performing workforce. The toolkit also includes eight case studies of…
(Siemens: Plano, TX) -- Siemens Digital Industries Software announced that REGENT has adopted the Siemens Xcelerator portfolio of cloud-based software and services to help pioneer a new category of vehicle called the seaglider, a high-speed, zero-emission craft operating exclusively over water to…
