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Sensing Systems for Manufacturing
By: Glenn Nausley, President of Promess, Inc. Smart Manufacturing is a smart choice no matter who you are or what you’re manufacturing. But, if you’re running a High Mix/Low Volume operation and competing with products produced in so called “low cost” countries it’s not only smart, it’s almost essential to your survival. So, why am I having …
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“No Fault Forward” means that mistakes should be caught when and where they happen and not somewhere downstream in the process. If that idea sounds familiar there is a good reason. By: Glenn Nausley, President, Promess, Inc Making perfect parts and assemblies every time has been the goal of the manufacturing industries since day one. …
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Intelligent Servo Technology Dumb presses utilizing hydraulics and pneumatics may be just fine for simple applications that don’t require much in the way of precision, accuracy or consistent quality. Outdated technology may be just fine when there is little at stake if the component fails once in use and when data regarding the assembly of the …
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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 …
The trend toward consolidating suppliers and buying modules or assemblies rather than parts is well-established and accelerating across a broad range of industries. It started in aerospace, where typically up to 70% of each aircraft produced today is made by suppliers. It’s common for an aircraft …
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