The slowing growth rate in the manufacturing industry and the demand for accountability from end-users has led to varying fortunes for OEMs manufacturing equipment for the aerospace industry. To
The Aerospace and defense industry is spinning a lot of plates right now, which has been acknowledged by the wider manufacturing world. Speakers at the FABTECH 2018 summit highlighted the challenges
The future of manufacturing is reliant on an ability to develop cyber-physical systems within the shop floor which drive industrial automation, interoperability, and other optimization applications.
Originally published on Production Machining. If the machines on your shop floor could talk, what would they say? Would they tell stories of being cared for and maintained to the utmost degree, or
Originally published on Modern Machine Shop. When pen-and-paper methods of tracking job efficiency left AccuRounds’ engineers and managers in the dark, the shop switched to MachineMetrics. But...
What is an Edge Device? Edge devices are pieces of equipment that serve to transmit data between the local network and the cloud. They are able to translate between the protocols, or languages, used...
Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE) is a methodology that has been around for many years. It is a straightforward system that measures a machine’s performance and productivity. By factoring in...
For decades manufacturers have used data as a way to gain a competitive edge. Perhaps the biggest change today is how data is collected. Some companies have technicians walking around the plant...
In today’s world of interconnected everything, too many manufacturers are finding themselves a day late and a dollar short when it comes to quality, on-time delivery, and inventory management. Why?...