Manufacturing and Automation - Articles, Stories & Interviews
Comprehensive Guide to Composite Materials and Simulation
Composite simulation is crucial because it lets engineers explore designs, optimize performance, and spot failures digitally, saving tons of time and money compared to physical testing. It's challenging due to anisotropy, modeling delamination, and high computational cost.
Maximizing OEE with Smart Selection of Electric Linear Actuators
How a careful actuator selection and modern motion system design can unlock higher availability, performance, and product quality in automated manufacturing.
Building a Culture of Team Performance at Paramount Machine with Production Monitoring
When manufacturing software is implemented as a tool for accountability alone, it risks alienating operators. But when it’s positioned as a tool for empowerment, it can transform team culture and unlock significant performance gains.
How Gartners 10 Dimensions of Warehouse Complexity can Transform your WMS Strategy
A strong WMS should balance simplicity and depth, offering configurability without extensive custom code, seamless integration with material handling systems, and robust tools for labor management, task orchestration, and automation.
How Automation is Revolutionizing Pipe Fabrication Amid Labor Shortages and Rising Competition
The world of pipe fabrication is changing fast. With ongoing labor shortages and growing pressure from global competitors, many fabricators are asking the same question: How can we keep up while maintaining quality and staying profitable?
The Promise & Risks of Physical AI's Self-Optimizing Factories & Human-AI Teaming
Physical AI is the difference between an algorithm that predicts a machine failure and an intelligent robot that can physically inspect the machine, identify the fault, and adapt its operation to prevent a shutdown.
IDS: See. Align. Place.
For both machines, the manufacturer relies on industrial cameras from the USB 3 uEye CP series from IDS Imaging Development Systems to ensure maximum accuracy, speed and process control. These systems are already in high-volume use across the Asian electronics market.
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Unlocking the Benefits of a Data-Driven Manufacturing Supply Chain
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A data-driven supply chain isn’t just about tracking shipments. It’s about turning a mountain of raw data: sales figures, inventory levels, supplier performance, even weather patterns, into actionable insights. It allows supply chains to anticipate problems before they o
Top 5 AI-Powered Capabilities to Look for in a WMS Vendor
Success depends on how deeply and thoughtfully those capabilities are embedded into the system. As you evaluate vendors, look beyond the buzzwords and focus on practical AI tools that deliver faster deployment, smarter execution, and long-term flexibility.
Beyond Automation: How Software is Redefining Industrial Machinery
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Software-Defined Machinery (SDM) leads the transformation where the capabilities and performance of industrial assets are determined by sophisticated software. When paired with AI, this software unlocks a new realm of capability, efficiency, and innovation.
Manufacturing and Automation - News Headlines
maxon to Debut at The Assembly Show, Showcasing Precision Drive Systems and Parvalux Motor Solutions for Industrial Automation and Material Handling
By combining brushed and brushless DC motors, gearheads, sensors, and controllers into complete mechatronic drive systems they meet the evolving needs of industrial automation and assembly applications.
HiveMQ Announces Strategic Shift to Become Leading Industrial AI Platform
Company appoints Barry Libert as Chairman and CEO to lead next phase of growth
RS Americas and DP Gayatri team up to better serve industrial manufacturers
RS and DP Gayatri formed a strategic partnership to bridge the gap between design and deployment with speed, precision, and confidence and provide OEMs and manufacturers with scalable integrated industrial solutions designed to modernize operations and improve performance.
Arduino UNO Q, Now Orderable from Mouser Electronics, Enables AI-Powered Machine Vision and Sound Solutions that React in Real Time
The UNO Q's "dual brain" architecture pairs a Linux Debian-capable Qualcomm Dragonwing QRB2210 microprocessor with a real-time STMicroelectronics STM32U585 microcontroller.
Encube emerges from stealth with $23M funding to reshape hardware development
Backed by investors such as Kinnevik, Promus Ventures and Inventure, Encube enables teams to avoid costly design complexity, speed up development and lower production costs.
Manufacturing and Automation - Featured Product
Datanomix Production Monitoring
Datanomix Production Monitoring delivers instant visibility into your shop floor performance. Through real-time alerts, simple machine connectivity, and our kick-ass coaching, you'll catch inefficiencies early, align your team with meaningful metrics, and respond faster to issues before they escalate. The software adapts without operator input and works out of the box with purpose-built Tracks (Efficiency, Delivery, Tooling, and more). Production Monitoring arms you with the data to make more, waste less, and lead with confidence. And while real-time visibility keeps you sharp in the moment, historical insights ensure you're learning from the past to drive ongoing continuous improvement.
Manufacturing and Automation - Featured Company
Encoder Products Company
At Encoder Products Company, we specialize in the encoders that provide you with motion feedback. EPC has been a leading designer and manufacturer of motion sensing devices for more than 50 years, we understand that each industrial automation application is different, and you need encoders that fit the needs of your applications. Our encoders are highly configurable, offer an array of shaft or bore sizes, output types, connector types, mounting options, and resolutions as high as 65,536 CPR.
