Join host Steve Plumb with guests Kip Hanson and Amy Bryson as they explore the December issue of Smart Shop Essentials, focused on automation in manufacturing.
Often mistaken for a "digital twin," a virtual twin is a computer model of a physical component, but is largely limited to product design and simulation. Generally speaking, it has
Lasers can do more than cut, weld, and fuse metal and plastic. They are also used to measure the parts that result from these different manufacturing processes or to scan them for
It doubles spindle power, boosts rapid feed rates to 360 IPM and introduces absolute encoded servos across all axes for smoother motion, greater repeatability.
Instead of making parts based on discrete orders or customer forecasts—pushing them through the production floor—a pull system works off of actual demand. The result is lower inventory levels,
Texas Instruments invented DLP in 1987 for use in home theaters. Several 3D printer manufacturers have since co-opted the technology as a means to project sequential digital images of individual
Sensors on machine tools and other equipment gather huge amounts of data. Data analytics is the science of extracting meaningful (and actionable) information from it.
Click here to view this item from AdvancedManufacturing.org.
Mix tiny bits of garnet or other abrasive with water and force the resulting slurry through a 0.5 mm or smaller nozzle at 60,000 psi, and it will quite literally
In a Smart Factory, the machine tools, equipment, robots, and software systems are interconnected, sharing data with one another and their human masters.