General Motors, one of only two big American automakers left, has recently announced another round of layoffs. This time the company is sending 14,000 employees packing and closing down five…
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Corrosion is highly insidious to economies all around the world. Market researchers state that the annual cost or revenue losses to corrosion across the globe are over 5000 billion dollars.…
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Do you dream of having the perfect product launch that rakes in tons of profits for your business? Successful product launches do not happen by accident. In fact, a successful…
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Make no mistake, the age of automation is upon us. Anyone with notions of a return to a time when plants and factories were full of workers is failing to…
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Robots come in several different forms, and with an increasing number of workplaces switching over to a more automated production system, safety in the workplace has further stretched to include…
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The term white paper refers to a typology of text that has its historical origin in the United Kingdom. Originally, white papers were used in British government policy in the…
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In his book, “The Fourth Industrial Revolution” Professor Klaus Schwab posits that society is in the midst of its fourth industrial revolution. Factories revolutionized manufacturing in the 1700s. Automobiles changed…
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Inthe majority of manufacturing processes, metal pieces tend to become burred. This is when compression of the material and sharp edges that are not part of the design occur. This…
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Businesses embrace automation to cut on costs, save time, improve productivity, meet demand, enhance the effective use of materials, and promote workers’ safety. However, making the transition from manual to…
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Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) systems have been around in some form since electricity was introduced to the industrial revolution. What started as very simple warning lights and switches…
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