Additive Technology Improves Manufacturing Performance

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Additive Technology Improves Manufacturing Performance

By adding materials layer by layer using digital data from a 3D model, companies can now print miniature jet engines, engine parts, turbine engines, ultrasound transducers, pump impellers, and appliances. Even items such as clothing, pottery, shoes, eyewear, orthopedic implants, and some food products can be produced using additive-manufacturing techniques. In 2017, GE Aviation revealed it had used additive manufacturing to create a helicopter engine with 16 parts instead of 900.

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Manufacturers Leverage IIoT Data

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Manufacturers Leverage IIoT Data

As manufacturers make digital transformations using IIoT data, they see immediate results that save time and money. The types of data can be collected in many ways, but the elements must be strung together to create anything useful. The key challenge becomes weeding out the bad data and then using the good data to make a difference in plant efficiency. 

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How to Build a World-Class Manufacturing Facility

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How to Build a World-Class Manufacturing Facility

Petrochemical plant in India commits to superior maintenance and forward-thinking processes to build a world-class program and accelerate efficient operations. A 29-year-old facility looks brand new and operates at 390 MW with state-of-the-art equipment, technology, and automation. To keep this kind of facility operating at full speed requires world-class maintenance. RIL-Hazira

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How Smart Technology Helps Manufacturers Predict the Unknown

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How Smart Technology Helps Manufacturers Predict the Unknown

Jeremy Drury and Rex Wetherill use their experience and expertise to simplify the art of predicting unplanned downtime by making, moving, and managing data for manufacturers. By using smart technology that makes the sophisticated Internet of Things (IoT) “as easy as 1-2-3” they help end users quickly convert reactive maintenance into a proactive strategy.

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Culture Change Boosts Empire Level’s Tool Manufacturing

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Culture Change Boosts Empire Level’s Tool Manufacturing

A transformation in management and culture at Empire Level, combined with an investment for future growth, revitalizes a 97-year-old tool-manufacturing company.

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Reliability Efforts Provide 40% Production Boost for EPS Foam Manufacturer

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Reliability Efforts Provide 40% Production Boost for EPS Foam Manufacturer

Styrotek manufactures a unique expanded-polystyrene container that keeps California table grapes fresh for shipping to grocery stores worldwide.

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View From the Top—Robust Building Automation at Keck Observatory

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View From the Top—Robust Building Automation at Keck Observatory

Located 13,796 feet above sea level, Hawaii’s Keck Observatory uses a robust building automation system to increase the reliability of advanced telescopes that astronomers use to hunt planets and dissect galaxies.

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Improve Manufacturing Operations with Strategic Data Analysis

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Improve Manufacturing Operations with Strategic Data Analysis

Manufacturers are finding ways to gather, analyze, and use data analytics and analysis to solve problems before they happen and drive upgrades in uptime and quality. Artificial intelligence, machine learning, and advanced big data help address critical challenges in quality and productivity for manufacturing.

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Efficient Coating Manufacturing Best Practices

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Efficient Coating Manufacturing Best Practices

Weekly planned maintenance and continuous improvement drive reliability for a finishing company that works on an extraordinarily tight schedule making speed, accuracy and planning crucial elements in its manufacturing efficiency.

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Cutting Edge Maintenance Improvements with Kaizen Events

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Greenheck uses “pit stop” Kaizen events and other key tools to encourage and implement continuous improvement projects.

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