Siemens and Google Cloud to cooperate on AI-based solutions in manufacturing

The new cooperation aims to enable the scaled deployment of AI-based solutions for industrial manufacturing. Google Cloud and Siemens simplify the deployment of artificial intelligence to the shopfloor, empowering employees and improving overall quality. Google Cloud and Siemens, an innovation and technology leader in industrial automation and software, today announced a new cooperation to optimize […]

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From component to tooling solution at high speed

Walter Engineering are working with a new digital wizard: Walter Innotime. With ‘Walter Innotime’, Walter is introducing the world’s first digital design wizard for accelerating the consulting and ordering process. This web application links existing Walter systems to the Engineering Kompetenz of Walter employees. Based on a 3D model of the component drag-and-drop uploaded to […]

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Chocolate maker finds the digital sweet spot with Made Smarter

A chocolate maker, supported by Made Smarter, is poised to experience a game-changing productivity increase by automating its manufacturing process. Friars, based in Cumbria, started making its own brand of premium chocolates by hand last year, after nearly 100 years of retailing confectionary products. Now to meet increasing demand and to accelerate growth, the third-generation […]

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Automation: Learning the secrets of uptime

Automation offers a route forward for hard-pressed e-fulfilment operations – particularly, when it comes to packaging processes. But how do you build in operational resilience? What are the secrets to maximising uptime? By Will Carder, Automation Sales Engineer at Quadient The pandemic has turned the retail sector on its head. Online order volumes rocketed by […]

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ETG Provides Flexibility for HPC

When HPC Services Ltd was founded in 1997, the company started with a single sliding head-turning centre. Since that point almost 25 years ago, the Ilkeston company has invested heavily in sliding head-turning technology for small part turning – but for almost everything outside the dimensional realms of sliding head machines, the Derbyshire subcontractor has […]

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‘Safety should not be limited by training budget’, cautions RTITB

RTITB reminds organisations that workplace safety should not be restricted by budget availability, as it introduces a cost-effective eLibrary of ready to go training materials for lift truck, plant and LGV. “Times are tough for many businesses at the moment and we understand that the cost of purchasing or developing training materials can soon add […]

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Delta Laser from ETG Offers Machining Diversity

Laser machining is a groundbreaking technology that is capable of filling the technology void for a multitude of niche industry applications. Now, this next-generation technology is available from the Engineering Technology Group (ETG), as the UK’s leading machine tool solution provider has become a technical partner of the Winbro Technologies Group.   The next generation […]

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Dugard Offers Blueprint for Success

Despite only being founded in 2004, Machfab Engineering Ltd is managed by directors with more than 60 years of manufacturing expertise in all aspects of machining, sheet metal and fabrication. But regardless of experience, we can all learn new tricks – and for this Birkenhead company, the learning curve has taken a new twist with […]

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ITC Introduces Vend Solution

As the UK’s leading manufacturer and supplier of solid carbide and indexable cutting tools, Industrial Tooling Corporation (ITC) has now introduced the new SmartDrawer® vending solution. The new SmartDrawer® vending solution emphasises the Tamworth company’s position as a complete cutting tool supply integrator. For manufacturers unfamiliar with the benefits of installing vending technology on the […]

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