Category: R & D

November 28, 2022

Decision-makers developing their Industry 4.0 strategies must consider how to ensure their facilities stay running during electricity disruptions. One possibility is to explore automated smart power sources. Many companies already use numerous smart manufacturing solutions, so extending the technological upgrades […]

November 7, 2022

Eight of the most innovative manufacturing start-ups from across the globe have been announced by Hexagon as the second cohort of the Sixth Sense open innovation platform. The selected start-ups were invited to pitch by Hexagon’s Manufacturing Intelligence division from […]

November 2, 2022

3D Printing (3DP) is also referred to as Additive Manufacturing (AM) as it involves successive addition of layers of materials in various 2D shapes using an additive process. These layered 2D shapes build upon one another to form a three-dimensional […]

November 2, 2022

Manufacturers large and small are moving their processes into the digital world. The efficiency benefits are clear and well-documented across every industry. That prompts plenty of pressure on manufacturers to adopt digital tools. So, what is involved in digitalizing manufacturing […]

October 31, 2022

Industrial sectors are increasing the adoption of advanced smart factory solutions and connected device systems to control the production and supply chain operations from a centralized system. Companies are investing in advanced technologies such as human-machine interaction, analytics & intelligence, […]

October 14, 2022

Between the third and fourth industrial revolutions, the application of knowledge experienced a near-seismic change. Almost overnight, it felt like companies jumped from an analog world to a digitized realm. Thanks to digitalization, once-massive tasks could be executed with improved […]

October 11, 2022

Siemens and Desktop Metal, Inc., global leaders in digitalization and additive manufacturing technologies, announced today a multi-faceted partnership aimed at accelerating the adoption of additive manufacturing (AM) for production applications with a focus on the world’s largest manufacturers. “Enabling customers […]

October 3, 2022

The editor has drag-and-drop code snippets, code structure highlighting and auto-complete, and “has also been designed to enhance appeal to more female learners and those from under-represented backgrounds”, claimed Micro:bit: “it has a more user-friendly interface, removes barriers posed by […]

September 27, 2022

In many ways, the idea of igus introducing robots seems obvious. The company supplies a wide range of components for robot manufacturers. All that was missing in the company inventory was a motor and control system. “We had to develop […]

September 26, 2022

Manufacturing industry is on the verge of a data‑driven revolution. Companies are collaborating in hyperconnected value networks, using data‑and‑analytics applications to drive productivity, develop new customer experiences and improve the societal and environmental impact of companies. This technological advance has […]

September 23, 2022

UMC plans to soon offer this new flow to customers. By stacking silicon die or chiplets on top of each other in a single packaged device, companies can achieve the functionality of multiple devices on the same or smaller chip […]

September 20, 2022

Manufacturers know variability is a big problem. But sometimes they don’t know how big. Manufacturing variability isn’t just an isolated anomaly. It’s a tangible and often widening gap between the intended objectives of a process and the actual result. It […]

September 16, 2022

Many economists are expecting the US economy continue to grow in 2022. The government’s recently adopted climate and healthcare package is driving demand for capital goods. In addition, companies are shifting production back to the US. Demand is correspondingly broad-based: […]

September 6, 2022

Audi uses its Production Lab (P-Lab) to identify new and innovative technologies and reliably integrate them into production sequences. In Gaimersheim, just a few minutes drive from Audi’s Ingolstadt plant, experts under P-Lab director Henning Löser test the suitability of […]

August 31, 2022

With advances in 3D printing machines and a huge array of printing materials on the market, many sectors in manufacturing are already benefiting from the implementation of additive manufacturing (AM). However, while manufacturing companies have experimented with AM for the […]

August 30, 2022

Scientists and engineers are constantly developing new materials with unique properties that can be used for 3D printing, but figuring out how to print with these materials can be a complex, costly conundrum. Often, an expert operator must use manual […]

August 19, 2022

Manufacturing automation is transforming the industry today, leaving many manufacturing professionals wondering how they can get started or add to their current automated systems. Identifying manufacturing processes that need automation in any plant is all about matching challenges and solutions. […]

August 8, 2022

The manufacturing industry has seen significant growth in technological adoptions across production facilities over the last couple of years in order to improve productivity, deliver great value to customers, and remain competitive. However, rapid digital transformation brings a number of […]

August 4, 2022

Audi is setting up fully networked, highly efficient, and sustainable production. The goal is to design a resilient, agile, and flexible value chain to meet future challenges successfully. These include a growing diversity of variants, the transition to electromobility, the […]

July 25, 2022

The direct cooperation of humans and machines reaches an entirely new quality using human-robot interaction. In the future, employees in production processes will be able to determine the motion sequences of robots, which shall assist them in their tasks, in […]