‘Squeeze’ Gaging
Machinists working strictly in metalworking shops don’t have many occasions to gage the thickness of soft materials.
‘What Leaders Get Wrong About Employee Motivation’
(MIT Sloan Management Review: Cambridge, MA) -- Flawed assumptions about what motivates people to work can lead to counterproduc
OEE and the Unreachable Goal
The Man of La Mancha never got to the unreachable goal—and if you’re being judged by overall equipment effectiveness (OEE), then your manager may also be dreaming an impossible dream. This column will look at problems associated with the use of OEE values.
Professor Martin Eigner to Be Keynote Speaker at PLM Road Map and PDT North America 2025
(CIMdata: Ann Arbor, MI) -- Renowned product life cycle management expert Martin Eigner will deliver a keynote presentation at PLM Road Map NA 2025.
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My story begins with Hurricane Milton, one of two tragic hurricanes to hit the west coast of Florida last year. Milton went right over Sarasota, where I live part of the year. It was a devastating storm; tree and plant debris still remain on the sides of many roads.
What the New ASTM E617 Standard Means for NIST Handbook 105-1
(NIST: Gaithersburg, MD) -- As part of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), the Office of Weights and Measures (OWM) is responsible for harmonizing international and national documentary standards with those
CIMdata to Host Free Webinar
(CIMdata: Ann Arbor, MI) -- CIMdata, a global product life cycle management consulting and research firm, has announced a free educational webinar, “The What and Why of Digital Threads and Twins—A Report from the Field.” The
Polymer Editing Upcycles Waste Into Higher-Performance Plastics
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To upcycle the polymers of discarded plastics, chemists at Oak Ridge National Laboratory invented a way to generate new macromolecules with more valuable properties than those of the starting material. Credit: Adam Malin/ORNL, U.S. Department of Energy
By editing the polymers of discarded plastics, chemists at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) have found a way to generate new macromolecules with more valuable properties than those of the starting material.
EPIGAP OSA Announces High-Power UV LEDs
(Epigap OSA Photonics: Berlin) -- EPIGAP OSA Photonics, a global manufacturer of custom and standard LEDs and photodetectors, has introduced high-power ultraviolet (UV) LEDs in surface-mount packages that operate from 225 nm
3D Scanners for Heavy Equipment Manufacturers
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Post-processing a 3D scan in software helps optimize parts. Credit: Creaform.
Maintaining high-quality standards is critical in the heavy equipment industry. Customers rely on manufacturers to deliver products that perform reliably in harsh and demanding operating conditions. The stakes are high.
