QuesTek press release In a joint effort, QuesTek Innovations LLC and the German Aerospace Center will explore the full potential of QuesTek’s new printable aluminum alloy. QuesTek Innovations LLC, a leading developer of metal alloys, announced that it has developed the new aluminum alloy for additive manufacturing, which is capable of high-strength performance at elevated temperatures in the as-built condition.
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Today’s Motor Vehicles U.S. manufacturing technology orders fell 1% from the previous month to a total of $361.5 million in September 2019, according to the latest U.S. Manufacturing Technology Orders Report published by AMT – The Association For Manufacturing Technology. Orders decreased 41% from September 2018, yielding a 10% decline in the first three quarters of 2019. Aerospace orders were flat, machine shops were down modestly, and the automotive sector saw a slight increase despite a decrease in orders in the transmission and powertrain sector.
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Gear Technology In the factory of the future, technology will of course be key. Factories will integrate networked machines, sensors and advanced robotics IT systems into existing processes. They will thrive on data, real-time figures and unprecedented access to information to be more efficient, less wasteful and better connected.
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Join more than 300 of your industry peers at the Disney’s Grand Floridian Resort & Spa at Lake Buena Vista, Florida, March 19-21. Come to the one meeting where you can gather resources to grow every aspect of your company while staying up to date on the latest happening in the gear and bearing industries.
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Supply Chain Digest The consultants at Deloitte have released their latest annual Manufacturing Outlook report for 2020 – and the picture is murky. As 2019 winds down, there are several signs of U.S. manufacturing weakness. The Purchasing Managers Index from the Institute for Supply Management was below the 50 level that separates manufacturing expansion from contraction for the third straight month in October.
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From specific engineering courses on work & cross axis helical gears, bevel gears, and other specific types of gears to our Basic training there is a class for you. Find one that will help you advance your career today.
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Associated Press China issued an outline Friday of policies aimed at promoting high-tech manufacturing after it stopped pushing a strategy that helped trigger a tariff war with Washington.
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Machine Design Ducted fuel injection for diesel engines, developed at Sandia National Lab’s Combustion Research Facility, can fine-tune the fuel-air mixture in an engine to the point of eliminating between 50% to 100% of the soot typically generated by diesels. “And engine manufacturers are starting to show excitement about it,” he says. Manufacturers like it because it cleans up the emissions, it work well with conventional diesel fuels, and it is conceptually simple and can be built from low-cost materials.
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New Atlas In 2017 a demonstrator of Airbus Helicopters' VSR700 Optionally Piloted Vehicle (OPV) made its first self-piloted test flights. Now a prototype of the aircraft that can no longer be optionally piloted has successfully completed its maiden flight. On November 8, 2019, at a drone test center near Aix-en-Provence in the south of France, the unmanned drone prototype carried out a series of tethered flights with the longest lasting 10 minutes.
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SDX Central Microsoft, C3.ai, PTC and Siemens are leading the industrial IoT (IIoT) market with analytic services to enhance connectivity that enterprises can use with actionable intent, according to new research from Forrester.The firm evaluated industrial IoT software platform providers based on 24 criteria and concluded those four companies offer pre-packaged applications that support comprehensive integration capabilities with services that extend greater value to enterprises. Forrester ranked IBM, Software AG, Hitachi, SAP, Amazon Web Services (AWS), Oracle, and GE Digital as “strong performers,” followed by Samsung, ABB, and Bosch as “contenders.”
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