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Proper maintenance of forging equipment is crucial to prevent costly downtime and repairs. New customizable preventive maintenance program options, in partnership with the OEM, enable forgers to minimize downtime while maximizing production, quality, and safety. By...

Advanced grinders are reported to facilitate rapid turnaround to required specifications for vital maintenance and repair services, such as aircraft brake rotor resurfacing. By Del Williams For aircraft maintenance, repair, and overhaul (MRO) companies, precision...

Manufacturers are leveraging innovative technologies from carbon fiber wheels to state-of-the-art wind tunnel testing systems to design and produce high performance vehicles. By Mark Shortt Automotive manufacturers were among the early adopters of automation and...

Sandia collaboration combines integrated photonics and light-wave frequency for novel quantum information processing The following release was originally published by Sandia National Laboratories. ALBUQUERQUE, N.M.—Sandia National Laboratories and Arizona State...

Quantum sensing milestone draws closer exquisitely accurate, GPS-free navigation The following release was originally published by Sandia National Laboratories. ALBUQUERQUE, N.M.—Peel apart a smartphone, fitness tracker or virtual reality headset, and inside you’ll...

A contract manufacturer of rubber parts since 1967, S&H Rubber also provides extruded and stamped parts to a variety of customers. By Mark Shortt S&H Rubber is a custom manufacturer of rubber parts that has been building-to-print for 57 years, using its team’s...

Fonon Corporation is developing a metal 3D printing technology that can be combined with AI to reduce the cost and time needed for process optimization. The article below is an edited version of releases contributed by Fonon Corporation. ORLANDO, Fla.— Additive...

By James K. Olthoff The following article was originally published by the National Institute of Standards and Technology. Practically everything you use in your everyday life works because of measurement science. Without precise measurements, your car wouldn’t run,...

By Megan King The following article was originally published by the National Institute of Standards and Technology. In 2018, the world agreed to redefine the kilogram. Instead of being pegged to the mass of a physical object in a vault in France, the kilogram is now...

By Kayla Albert The following article originally appeared in Purdue University News. WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind.—Is it possible to use artificial intelligence tools like ChatGPT without internet access? Not yet, but if it were possible, it wouldn’t just expand what we could...

Elementum 3D and RPM Innovations, Inc. collaborated with NASA on the project, said to  enable aerospace engineers ‘to see the nozzle as proof-of-concept that informs new component designs.’ The following article is an edited version of a release from Elementum 3D....

Arizona State University is plugged into this next breakthrough in microchip tech with curriculum, partnerships with industry leaders By Mary Beth Faller  Microchips are hot. The tiny bits of silicon are integral to 21st-century life because they power the smartphones...

If you’ve decided to automate your manufacturing, your choice of the right integrator is crucial to achieving return on investment goals. By Joseph Garcia The journey towards implementation of manufacturing automation can seem daunting, especially when it involves...

Divelbiss Corporation has developed a patented PLC on a Chip™ technology that could help open new markets for single-chip programmable logic controllers. By Mark Shortt Divelbiss Corporation has been manufacturing custom electronics and industrial electronic control...

Smartphones. Kettles. MRI machines. LED lightbulbs. Cars. Almost every electronic device uses a semiconductor, a tiny silicon chip made of myriad transistors that can perform billions of computations in a second. By Tess Malone ATLANTA—Semiconductors make our world...