Data-Driven Manufacturing
Now Is the Time to Digitally Connect Your Factory
People and processes will interact more effectively when digitalization makes it easy to share data on an internet-enabled network.
Read MoreSoftware Simplifies Maintenance Scheduling and Reporting
The eNetMD maintenance dashboard is designed to simplify shop maintenance scheduling and reporting.
Read MoreIscar Leader Describes Tool Technology for Machine Shops Acting on Data
As more sophisticated insight into machining performance reveals opportunities for efficiency gain, the value of tooling choices that save time will become increasingly clear.
Read MoreMonitoring System Provides Automated Alerts
Smart Manufacturing Experience 2018: Atollogy has built a “smart operation” monitoring system with continuous, unobtrusive monitoring of not just equipment and products, but of the interaction of people with their equipment.
Read MoreEthernet Layer Switch Provides Gigabit Data Rates
Smart Manufacturing Experience 2018: Allied Telesis has released the AT-1E300-12GP industrial Ethernet layer switch to enable interconnectivity within manufacturing facilities.
Read MoreSmart Machining Starts with Smart Sawing
A CNC band saw manufacturer worked with a university corporate research center to develop a cloud-based predictive maintenance app to not only monitor blade life, but also to predict blade failure. It also monitors overall band saw machine health in real time.
Read MoreA.I. Will Become Our Inventor
We know how to engineer automation, but can we automate engineering? This possibility is nearer than we might expect, and it will have implications for manufacturing.
Read MoreSensor Suite Collects Machine Data, Provides Reports
Captemp Industries has developed the Nidus sensor suite to gather and centralize information with fully automated, real-time control.
Read MoreRemote Monitoring Anticipates Potential Issues, Prevents Stoppages
Chevalier Machinery USA has launched the iMachine communications system, which enables users to avoid downtime and a loss of productivity.
Read MoreMachine Monitoring Both Challenges and Benefits Shop Culture
How does a shop deal with the “Big Brother” feeling that comes from implementing machine tool data collection? Part of the answer is the benefit to employee experience that this data collection will make possible. Watch video from the Top Shops Conference.
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