Vehicle Sales Forecast to Slip in 2022
Global and U.S. vehicle sales will decline this year as a tight supply of semiconductors continues to hold down deliveries, consulting firm AlixPartners said.
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Maryann Keller, a leading automotive analyst when Wall Street and the auto industry were dominated by men, has died. She had a reputation for candor and speaking truth to power.
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Increasing digital tool use is vital to aligning manufacturing activity with meeting environmental goals and reducing waste, writes V.R. Vijay Anand, head of digital machining at Sandvik Coromant.
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New features for the Robot Press
Promess, Inc. has introduced a new capability on the Promess Robot Press. The newly updated Robot Press incorporates a quick connect / disconnect feature, allowing one robot to handle multiple operations. The Robot Press is a lightweight press system intended for use as end effectors in robotic assembly applications and is available in sizes up to 50 kN offering a 200 mm stroke and 300 mm/sec speed.
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From SimCity to Universe in a Shoebox— Contributing Editor Kip Hanson describes the growth of digital twins and what they mean to small- and medium-sized manufacturers.
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Two General Motors engineers detail how the auto is embracing additive manufacturing.
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End-to-end over-the-air software updates for connected enterprise manufacturing
Trusted by the world’s leading brands, Mender is an end-to-end remote software management solution for IoT manufacturing devices that minimizes fleet operational complexity through integrations with your existing cloud infrastructure, software, and hardware with no vendor lock-in. Mender focuses on ensuring manufacturing enterprises reduce risk and increase efficiency by adhering to a security-by-design principle that looks to protect manufacturing assets, and software.
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A report by the National Academy of Sciences said the Federal Aviation Administration should improve its airplane risk assessments following two Boeing 737 Max crashes, Reuters reported.
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Bertil Thorvaldsson, senior advisor at ABB, has received the prestigious Engelberger Robotics Award for Leadership. He is recognized as the 'father" of RobotStudio, ABB’s software platform.
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The best combination of sensor, software, and hardware that the Arm market has ever seen
The Absolute Arm is made for measurement anywhere, from the quality room to the shop floor, from the design table to a milling machine, from air-conditioned stability to humid and dusty workshops. Full IP54-rated protection – a world first for a portable measuring arm – supports this go-anywhere measurement concept, along with the Absolute Arm’s easy portability and simple usability.
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Niobium Propulsion Systems
Agile Additive is an Additive Metals Contract Manufacturer focused on the Space and Aerospace Industries. As a division of Agile Space Industries, it is now an industry leader in Aerospace Propulsion Systems using Niobium (C103), Cobalt Chrome, Titanium (Ti64), Pure Nickel, and Nickel Alloys. Once again, we are pushing the limits of additive technology by installing one of the first Trumpf TruPrint 5000 LPBF systems in the US with a 500C preheated build chamber.
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