Category: Tech Updates

Fast action can save manufacturers ‘thousands’ when a failed power transformer stops production in its tracks

Spirit AeroSystems engineers have combined a wide range of robotics hardware and software technologies to meet the complex needs of inspecting the company’s composite aerospace components, such as fuselages, wings, and substructures, the company reported

Fitzpatrick Manufacturing, a CNC machine shop and custom manufacturer founded in 1952, regularly brings new technology into its factory to increase speed, improve efficiency, and remain competitive

Altair and the Center for Automotive Research (CAR) announced the winners of the 6th annual Altair Enlighten Award at the 2018 CAR Management Briefing Seminars (MBS) in Traverse City, Michigan, this summer

LaserCoil Technologies LLC, has increased the cutting speed and power of it laser blanking systems with the introduction of 8kW fiber lasers that offer a proprietary Z-axis design integrated directly into the laser blanking system

A new 3D measurement system from FARO® makes it easier to scan and measure typically harder-to-reach areas while also reducing measurement time and human measurement error, according to a release from the manufacturer

Lockheed Martin reports that it reduced tank delivery time from two years to three months

The flexible, ball-style hone has long been used for applications that require honing of cylindrical metal surfaces, such as engine piston bores and drilled through-holes

The Industrial Internet Consortium® (IIC™), is leading the vision for industrial artificial intelligence (AI) with new bodies of work and will be sharing insights at IoT Solutions World Congress (IOTSWC)

The company can spin-form liners, bottles, and vessels in titanium, stainless steel, and carbon steel

The process has potential to improve medical and electronics devices, researchers say

Instrumental, Inc., has launched a new system that leverages machine learning to help electronics companies improve manufacturing, identify and fix problems faster, and ship on time.