ISM – Institute for Supply Management Economic activity in the manufacturing sector grew in August, with the overall economy notching a fourth consecutive month of growth. The August PMI® registered 56%, up 1.8 percentages points from the July reading of 54.2%. This figure indicates expansion in the overall economy for the fourth month in a row after a contraction in April, which ended a period of 131 consecutive months of growth.
Visit https://www.ismworld.org/supply-management-news-and-reports/reports/ism-report-on-business/pmi/august/ to view the full article online.
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New Atlas When disaster strikes, the power often goes out, and it may be a good while before it's restored. Toyota and Honda have started testing the Moving e system, a fuel cell bus designed to serve as a mobile power source to help meet a community's emergency electricity needs.
Visit https://newatlas.com/automotive/toyota-honda-charging-station-fuel-cell-bus/ to view the full article online.
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Manufacturing Business Technology The University of South Carolina College of Engineering and Computing will transform the manufacturing and simulation processes used in aircraft production through a $5.7 million NASA grant. The research team's atom to airframe to spaceframe approach will make urban air mobility possible by dramatically increasing the production rate of aircraft.
Visit https://www.mbtmag.com/home/news/21173945/nasa-grant-to-help-transform-aerospace-manufacturing to view the full article online.
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Gear Technology 20/20 is considered to be perfect vision, but the year 2020 outlook is quite obscure. We can view the current state of the PM industry through short-term, fear-tinted glasses or gain a clearer picture of long-range opportunities. Just like U.S. manufacturing in general, the PM industry has been impacted negatively by the pandemic.
Visit https://www.geartechnology.com/articles/0820/2020_Powder_Metal_Trends/ to view the full article online.
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Modern Machine Shop After more than a decade of collecting and analyzing survey data from CNC machining businesses, we have a solid understanding of what separates “top shops” from others. Year after year, survey responses reveal that the most successful machine shops understand the value of their people, and they invest accordingly. However, generalized insights about how top-performing shops differ from their peers often leave individual survey participants – and just as importantly, our own researchers – with a critical question: So what?
Visit https://www.mmsonline.com/blog/post/benchmarking-becomes-a-call-to-action to view the full article online.
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Aerospace Manufacturing and Design For aerospace and defense (A&D) manufacturers and contractors doing global business, international traffic in arms regulations (ITAR) have been a long-recognized cost of doing business. The latest rules from the U.S. Departments of State and Commerce require companies that manufacture, export or re-export ITAR-controlled items to evaluate and amend their authorizations and restructure compliance.
Visit https://www.aerospacemanufacturinganddesign.com/article/enterprise-resource-planning-software-for-itar-compliance/ to view the full article online.
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Aerospace Manufacturing and Design Leidos subsidiary Dynetics Inc. successfully tested a second X-61A Gremlins Air Vehicle (GAV), as well as the Gremlins airborne recovery system at Dugway Proving Ground in Utah for the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA). The series of tests focused on risk reduction, as well as system and subsystem performance verification, in preparation for an airborne recovery test later this year. The overarching goal of the Gremlins program, managed by DARPA's Tactical Technology Office, is to demonstrate aerial launch and recovery of multiple low-cost reusable unmanned aerial systems (UAS).
Visit https://www.aerospacemanufacturinganddesign.com/article/dynetics-flies-second-x61a-gremlins-air-vehicle/ to view the full article online.
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Mahoning Matters Ohio can receive a $5 million grant to improve manufacturing and train workers after the U.S. Department of Defense designated the state as a Defense Manufacturing Community, Gov. Mike DeWine and Lt. Gov. John Husted announced in a news release. The designation is meant to support long-term community investment and enhance national security innovation, while expanding the capabilities of defense manufacturing, according to the release from the Ohio Development Services Agency.
Visit https://www.mahoningmatters.com/regional-news/ohio-earns-defense-manufacturing-designation-2691732 to view the full article online.
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WCAX The Vermont Technical College is set to receive nearly $8 million to establish the state’s first advanced manufacturing education, research and development facility. The contract from the U.S. Army’s Industrial Base Analysis and Sustainment program has an additional $4 million option. The new center, located in Randolph Center, will bring together students, faculty and Vermont manufacturers to educate the next-generation workforce.
Visit https://www.wcax.com/2020/09/07/vermont-tech-gets-8m-for-manufacturing-education-site/ to view the full article online.
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Manufacturing.net The market share of electric cars in Europe increased during and immediately after the worst of the pandemic lockdowns, industry figures showed, even as overall sales of vehicles of all types plunged during the second quarter. The share of chargeable cars rose 7.2% in the April-June quarter from 6.8% in the first quarter. Chargeable vehicles sales fell, to 129.000 from 167,000, but the overall car market shrank even more, by more than 50% for both diesel and gasoline-engine cars.
Visit https://www.manufacturing.net/automotive/news/21173923/europeans-bought-more-electric-cars-during-lockdown to view the full article online.
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Power Transmission Engineering Transverse magnetic flux motors – also known as step motors – become Hybrid Servos when you operate them closed loop. This is the same transformation that happens between running a 3-phase synchronous motor from line voltage as opposed to running it closed loop as a brushless servo. In the case of hybrid motors, there are many degrees of what is advertised as “closed loop,” and thus significant differences in the performance improvements seen.
Visit https://www.powertransmission.com/articles/0820/Closing_the_Loop_around_a_Transverse_Flux_Hybrid_Step_Motor/ to view the full article online.
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Power Transmission Engineering The DMSC (Digital Metrology Standards Consortium) recently had their ANSI/DMSC QIF 3.0 metrology standard harvested, approved, and published by ISO as the new ISO standard ISO 23952:2020. DMSC is the developer and maintainer of QIF (Quality Information Framework), and other metrology standards. These standards are intended to help advance manufacturers reduce costs, offer a common format for product measurement results, and is a crucial enabler for digital transformation via MBE (Model Based Enterprise).
Visit https://www.powertransmission.com/news/10647/New-ISO-Standard-Offers-Integrated-Model-for-Manufacturing-Quality-Information/ to view the full article online.
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Bosch Rexroth press release Paul Cooke, President and CEO of Bosch Rexroth North America, based in Charlotte, N.C., will retire on December 31, 2020, after 38 years of distinguished service in various international positions within Bosch Rexroth. His successor as of December 1, 2020, will be Greg Gumbs, most recently Vice President & General Manager Electrical Automation Solutions at Eaton Corporation.
Visit https://www.boschrexroth.com/en/us/company/press/press-details-49921 to view the full article online.
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