Selecting the Best Glue to Bond Metal to Plastic
(Image courtesy of 3M.) When designing a product for mass production, engineers must take materials into account—not only in terms of strength or weight requirements, but also from the perspective…
Kaspersky Report: Energy and ICS Integration companies face highest chance of cyberattack
The Kaspersky Lab report, “Threat Landscape for Industrial Automation Systems in H2 2017,” also found that for all other industries (manufacturing, transportation, utilities, food, healthcare, etc.) the proportion of ICS…
AVEVA announces winners of university R&D Project
Awards will be granted to TU Dortmund and West Virginia Universities to fund research programs tied to engineering design and simulation. Winners were selected from 20 submittals. Funds will be…
Phoenix Contact releases update Ethernet HART multiplexer to be compatible with Emerson’s AMS Device Manager
A firmware update is available for Phoenix Contact’s Ethernet HART multiplexer that adds support for the ARCOM protocol, enabling connectivity with Emerson‘s AMS Device Manager asset management software Source URL:…
Novotechnik releases IO-Link programming tool for RFC-4800 series of touchless angle sensors
Besides IO-Link, the RFC-4800 can be purchased as a standard three-wire angle sensor with current or voltage analog output or as a programmable switch version. Source URL: Novotechnik releases IO-Link…
Novel 3D Printing Method Embeds Sensing Capabilities within Robotic Actuators
The development of a new conductive ionic ink brings the field of robotics one step closer to building a machine that can fully interact with its environment. Integrating the ink…
Novel 3-D Printing Method Embeds Sensing Capabilities within Robotic Actuators
The development of a new conductive ionic ink brings the field of robotics one step closer to building a machine that can fully interact with its environment. Integrating the ink…
8th Annual WiM SUMMIT Is Set for October
The top women in manufacturing will meet this fall for an annual summit hosted by Women in Manufacturing (WiM). The three-day WiM SUMMIT continues to thrive on the success of…
Protolabs Expansion Boosts Industry, Minnesota
Innovation, the rise of the Internet of Things (IoT) and increased demand for specialized parts continue to boost the growth of digital manufacturing. Maple Plains, Minn.-based Protolabs, a leader in…
Setting Up an On-Demand Agile Manufacturing Network
(Image courtesy of 3YOURMIND.) Job shops aren’t what they used to be. Manufacturing was once a family business: fathers training sons in machining and metalworking—sometimes on the same equipment they…