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Electronics Engineering and Manufacturing Services Provider Eyes Strong Growth in Medical and Robotics Industries
TQ-Systems USA is working to mimic, in the U.S., the success of Germany-based TQ-Group. By Mark Shortt TQ-Systems USA, the North American arm of Germany-based TQ-Group, is an electronics engineering and manufacturing services (E2MS) company that provides everything...
MEDICAL DESIGN & MANUFACTURING
Cardiac Surgeons Successfully Implant First-of-its-Kind Device to Repair Leaky Heart Valve Surgeons at Pittsburgh’s Allegheny General Hospital were the first in Pennsylvania to accomplish the procedure, using the newly approved device to repair a leaky tricuspid...
3D PRINTING
MIT Engineers Develop a Fully 3D-Printed Electrospray Engine Ideal for propelling tiny satellites, the lightweight devices could be produced onboard a spacecraft and cost much less than traditional thrusters. Adam Zewe | MIT News An electrospray engine applies an...
PRODUCT DESIGN & DEVELOPMENT
New Implant May Help Patients Regenerate Their Own Heart Valves A 3D-printed, bioresorbable heart valve promotes tissue regeneration, potentially eliminating the need for repeated surgeries for adult and pediatric heart patients. By Catherine Barzler ATLANTA—Every...
Driving Innovation, from Silicon Valley to Detroit
Doug Field, SM ’92, Ford’s chief of EVs and digital design, leads the legacy carmaker into the software-enabled, battery-propelled future. Jonathan Mingle | MIT Leaders for Global Operations The following article originally appeared in MIT News. Across a career’s...
Robots and AI Are Working Together to Bring You Better Medicines, Shampoo, and More
By Peter Beaucage Every time you squeeze toothpaste onto your toothbrush, spray perfume on your skin, or swallow a pill, you’re using the result of a carefully crafted recipe made in a lab. These are called formulations. Formulations aren’t just simple...
Next Generation DCS Redefines Process Control
To meet the modern challenges of the processing industry, Valmet launched the newest generation of its DNA distributed control system from the very first lines of code to deliver cutting edge cybersecurity and other advanced features. By Jeff Elliott The evolution of...
The Rise of Onshored Manufacturing
Why U.S. OEMs are bringing production closer to home As U.S. imports from low-cost Asian countries and regions decline, U.S. OEMs and product manufacturers continue to bring production operations and supply chains closer to home. But is the onshored manufacturing...
Back to Basics: Simple Questions for Assessing Industrial Artificial Intelligence Applications
By Michael Sharp This blog is the first in a four-part series on the beginner’s guide to Industrial Artificial Intelligence applications. Welcome, knowledge seeker! Do you feel dazzled and awed by the great potential of artificial intelligence, aka AI? Perhaps...
NNSA Researchers Break the Molecular-Dynamics Timescale Barrier with World’s Largest Chip
A new simulation approach could impact future materials design and open new avenues in materials science, researchers say. The following is an edited version of a release published by Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. In a groundbreaking development for...
Everything You Should Know About Custom Sheet Metal Fabrication
The following article was contributed by All Metals Fabricating, Inc. ALLEN, Texas—The traditional industry of custom sheet metal fabrication was a sum of straightforward processes. Metal fabrication meant welding, cutting, machining, and assembly. The industry has...
In-line CT Delivers Real-time Quality Feedback On the Production Line
Heitec scanning systems and Hexagon’s CT analysis software are providing a major German automaker with valuable insights into EV-engine housing manufacturing. By Lynn Manning The moving assembly line has certainly proven its worth over the 100-plus years since Henry...
Want to Design the Car of the Future? Here Are 8,000 Designs to Get You Started
MIT engineers developed the largest open-source dataset of car designs, including their aerodynamics, that could speed design of eco-friendly cars and electric vehicles. Jennifer Chu | MIT News Car design is an iterative and proprietary process. Carmakers can spend...
New Technologies Set the Stage for Growth at Continental Industries
By leveraging a variety of advanced technologies, the precision sheet metal fabricator is elevating its efficiency and expanding its ability to take on new jobs. By Mark Shortt As North American demand for sheet metal fabricated parts has surged in recent years,...
Raising Robots: Teaching Robots Things Humans Learn, Including Navigation, Movement, Dance, Spatial Reasoning
By Brittany Steff WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind.—Being a baby is harder than it looks. Born into the world knowing almost nothing, they spend their first few years getting a Ph.D. in navigating a physical environment. Likewise, artificial intelligence programs come into the...