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Sensing Systems for Manufacturing
One of the constraints manufacturers come up against is limited space. It is entirely too common for a manufacturer to develop a grand plan to improve their process, only to find that the physical space required for the new equipment, including multiple presses, simply is not available, and the idea of having to move a heavy workpiece into multiple …
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A Coca Cola machine on the campus of Carnegie Mellon University in the 1980’s is often held as being one of the earliest examples of the Internet of Things (IoT), even though the term IoT didn’t appear until almost a dozen and a half years later. In the beginning, it was a curiosity for the initiated few. The Coke machine had been …
There is a lot of talk in manufacturing about having smarter processes, more intelligent systems, and more intelligent equipment, in order to minimize defects and maximize productivity, but very few of these conversations really define just what that means. In some cases, the system’s intelligence comes from retrofitted sensors added to an …
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One of the newest trends in the arena of manufacturing is cellular manufacturing. Traditional assembly line manufacturing had operators perform their individual tasks, exactly as prescribed, over and over again, as the unit being assembled came past on a conveyor or was brought to them by some such similar means. Assemblies would be passed …
Most Equipment Suppliers produce a selection of standard products, that perform a few basic functions, designed for a range of applications. The end-users who purchase them and use them in their manufacturing facilities, often have to rig together “science projects” on their shop floor to make that equipment do precisely what their manufacturing …
