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Manufacturing Resurgence
Blog Post | March 26, 2013

Can You Handle the Manufacturing Resurgence?

Spirits are high in the U.S. manufacturing sector as clear evidence of business resurgence and re-shoring become more tangible across the industry. But some experts are concerned that we may not be as poised to ride the wave as long and far as we should be.
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Perspective
 | November 8, 2012

Fully-Automated Threaded Insert Installation

Fully-automated threaded-insert installation could dramatically change the way aluminum components and structures are assembled in aerospace, defense, automotive, and other industries.
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Packaging Automation
Pat Reynolds
VP Editor, Packaging World
The last thing we wanted to be doing is pounding the PLCs, adding more code, said Campbell's Tom Braydich.
Campbell Soup’s Data Acquisition Journey
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 | October 31, 2012

Overall Equipment Effectiveness: Benchmark Data by Industry

Our goal is to benchmark over 1,000 companies by the end of the year so manufacturers will be able to compare their performance to their peers’ using metrics such as OEE, On Time and Complete Shipment
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Kennedy Space Center
Case Application
 | October 16, 2012

Kennedy Space Center Gets Smart About Power

New enterprise historian and trending software will collect and log data for approximately 150,000 real-time data points from power quality meters, protection relays and PLCs throughout the complex.
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Primer
 | October 4, 2012

OEE Facts

OEE is a measure of the utilization of an asset’s productive capacity in terms of three factors—availability, performance (throughput), and quality—expressed as percentages of their ideal values.
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Feature Article
 | October 4, 2012

OEE: A Controversial Figure

This performance metric takes center stage as a growing number of users turn to it both to boost the efficiency of their equipment and to compare the performance of machines and production lines.
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News
 | September 13, 2012

Industrial-Grade Automation Powers Mars Rover Curiosity

August 6, 2012 saw the successful landing of NASA’s rover, named Curiosity, on the planet Mars after a six-month journey through space.
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Feature Article
 | September 10, 2012

Digital Manufacturing for the Discrete and Process Industries

To truly understand how applicable digital manufacturing technology can be for a certain industry or application, it’s important first to understand the core aspects of the technology.
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Motors in Space
Blog Post | July 17, 2012

Brushless Motor Helps Steer Dragon to Space Station

Maxon Motors’ brushless EC motor, commonly used in manufacturing and motion control applications, is also in service on the first private cargo capsule in space.
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News
 | June 5, 2012

Factory and Plant Automation Come Together at The Automation Conference

The Automation Conference (TAC 2012), the first of a planned annual event hosted by Summit Media and its Automation World, Packaging World and Healthcare Packaging magazines, made its successful debut
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