Embedded Quality: Create Competitive Advantage and Customer Delight
Quality issues in manufacturing continue to top the headlines with product failures and recalls.
Revolutionizing Precision Measurement: A Collaborative Solution for Large-Scale Industrial Automation
In the age of Industry 4.0, the demand for precision, flexibility, and efficiency in manufacturing is higher than ever. To meet these challenges, Eleven Dynamics has joined forces with Nebotix and API, bringing together cutting-edge technologies in robotics, metrology, and software to provide a turnkey solution for automated large-part measurement.
Shaping Tomorrow’s Manufacturing Workforce: Implementing Workforce Planning Strategies
The manufacturing industry is at a crossroads. With an aging workforce and an insufficient pipeline of skilled workers to fill the gap, companies are facing a looming labor crisis.
Hexagon Announces Strategic Collaboration with JDC-Miller MotorSports to Enhance Performance and Compliance for 2025 IMSA Season
Hexagon’s Manufacturing Intelligence division today announced a strategic collaboration with JDC-Miller MotorSports, a Minnesota-based racing team renowned for competing in various IMSA series with vehicles from Porsche, Audi, Oreca, Duqueine, and more. This partnership will push the boundaries of precision and performance in motorsports engineering for the 2025 IMSA racing season.
How Closed Loop Quality and AI-Driven Machine Vision are Transforming Manufacturing
Unlike traditional quality control methods, closed loop systems enable real-time adjustments and proactive problem-solving.
Closing the Manufacturing Loop (Part 1): How to Design a Golf Putter
A step-by-step guide on how to research and develop, design, program, simulate, verify and inspect a part before it ever touches a machine.
The Future of Manufacturing: Navigating the Impact of Artificial Intelligence
We will explore quality trends in manufacturing and provide guidance on how to prepare for the changes ahead.
Unethical Decisions in NDT
The most egregious ethics violation I have seen in this industry is people accepting parts without even inspecting them.
Reviving Deming’s Wisdom: Innovating with His 14 Points in the 21st Century
By revisiting Deming’s timeless wisdom, we can chart a path toward fostering sustainable innovation in the 21st-century business landscape.
Move Forward, Not Backwards in 2025: A Manufacturing Tech Outlook
The manufacturing sector may be facing challenges, but the future is full of possibilities for those willing to innovate, adapt, and invest in their digital future.
Digital Twin Technology for Manufacturing Medical Devices
With the vast possibilities within Industry 4.0, digital twin technology is a tool that can bring the Industry 4.0 vision to life.
Post-IMTS Decline in Manufacturing Technology Orders Blunted by Rebound in Aerospace Investment
Orders of manufacturing technology, measured by the U.S. Manufacturing Technology Orders (USMTO) report published by AMT – The Association For Manufacturing Technology, totaled $385 million in October 2024.
Teledyne Introduces Software Tools Apps For In-Line 3D Measurement and Inspection
Teledyne DALSA has announced the introducion of Z-Trak 3D Apps Studio, a suite of software tools developed for in-line 3D machine vision applications. Designed to work with Teledyne DALSA’s Z-Trak family of laser profilers, it simplifies 3D measurement and inspection tasks on production lines.
Is Harnessing the Power of Manufacturing Data A Strategic Imperative?
The manufacturing landscape is undergoing a transformative revolution driven by Industry 4.0. Smart factories, the epitome of this evolution, are not just about automation but about intelligence, adaptability, and efficiency.
How AI Is Helping Bridge Skill Gaps In Manufacturing
This project at thyssenkrupp is part of an effort to use the power of AI to compensate for a shortage of skilled workers in manufacturing in Germany, Europe and many other countries, including the United States.
Why invest in 5-axis CMMs technology?
There are growing demands within the global manufacturing industry to increase productivity and efficiency levels at faster paces. As a result of this, metrologists are starting to find out that using Coordinating Measuring Machines (CMMs) that only operate using 3-axis machining technologies is not enough anymore.
Benefits of Adopting Standard Inspection Tools Across Manufacturing
Ultimately, standardized software and modular platforms don’t just improve inspection—they help manufacturers thrive in the face of industry-wide challenges.
September 2024 Manufacturing Technology Orders Jump as IMTS Returns to Chicago
Orders of manufacturing technology, measured by the U.S. Manufacturing Technology Orders (USMTO) report published by AMT – The Association For Manufacturing Technology, totaled $450.6 million in September 2024.
Renishaw Receives Industry Partner Award Addressing Manufacturing Skills Gap
Renishaw Inc was recognized for committing its expertise to the program, as well as a host of the company's advanced manufacturing equipment. The program offers students the opportunity to apply hands-on learning to prepare them to meet industry needs in their respective fields.
There Are Open Jobs in Manufacturing
As we approach 2025, one of the most pressing challenges manufacturers face is a growing labor shortage. Research anticipates that 1.9 million jobs will go unfilled during the next decade