1+ day, 18+ min ago   (502+ words) Smith is clear that manufacturers can treat the requirement as paperwork, but doing so will add cost and friction. “I actually think this is a data management problem to be able to do it efficiently,” he says. “We talk 13, 14 per…...

4+ hour, 49+ min ago   (722+ words) Several factors are converging to push abrasive costs higher this year. Raw materials such as aluminum oxide and zirconia remain sensitive to global energy prices, and producers of energy-intensive synthetic abrasives have passed rising production costs downstream to buyers. Trade…...

4+ hour, 57+ min ago   (564+ words) Facility managers face significant pressure to fulfill rising order volumes faster and more accurately. Labor shortages compound the challenge. Warehouse automation offers a solution, but it may require a quick overhaul and a massive up-front investment. Operations leaders can take…...

4+ hour, 54+ min ago   (284+ words) Manou Campbell, head of data and information systems at Medik8, says manufacturers have entered a more demanding phase. The early period of broad AI exploration helped companies understand what the tools could do, but it did not automatically create a strategy....

1+ day, 18+ min ago   (207+ words) Manufacturers are no longer asking whether digital transformation matters. The harder question is whether they can turn technology investment into repeatable operating performance, which is why Rockwell Automation’s 11th annual State of Smart Manufacturing Report frames the industry as entering an…...

1+ day, 20+ min ago   (1344+ words) Cleveland-Cliffs is preparing to spend $1 billion modernizing Middletown Works in Ohio with support from a $500 million US Department of Energy award, but the project now bears little resemblance to the industrial decarbonization program that secured federal backing two years ago....

1+ week, 4+ hour ago   (878+ words) Pilot projects are designed to prove value, which makes them useful, but they are rarely representative. One site may have a modern MES and an operations team willing to experiment. The next may depend on legacy software and manual workarounds…...

1+ week, 4+ hour ago   (761+ words) Manufacturers have spent years making the factory visible. Machines are connected, production data is collected and dashboards show performance in detail. Yet the decisions that follow often remain fragmented, with production, maintenance, quality and supply chain teams still acting from…...

1+ week, 4+ hour ago   (290+ words) Machine vision delivers the greatest value when sophisticated inspection can be deployed without creating another layer of engineering complexity. Keyence has built a strong position in manufacturing by combining high-performance imaging with integrated vision systems designed to make automated inspection…...

6+ day, 4+ hour ago   (928+ words) Space Forge wants to manufacture semiconductor materials in orbit, but one of its most significant expansion moves is taking place firmly on the ground. The Cardiff-based advanced materials company has signed a master research agreement with the Texas A&M…...