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Half In, Half Out – Factory Employs Group Strategy to Duck the Virus
Scotchman Industries, Inc. split its workforce and rotates the teams for onsite and remote duty to decrease the odds of everyone catching COVID-19. Management also took the bold move to pay all employees during their offsite shifts, whether their jobs can be done remotely or not.
Extended-Reach Cobot
The OB7-Stretch from Productive Robotics extends 1.25 meters, but with a payload of 4kg, it offers an affordable alternative to bigger-payload, long-reach cobots. Its seven axes design gives it a dexterity with which to circumvent obstacles.
ASTM Releases R&D ‘Roadmap’
The document articulates upcoming AM standards, how to participate in AM R&D for standardization, and how the AM CoE is supporting industry needs by filling standard gaps. Mahdi Jamshidinia, Additive Manufacturing R&D project manager, says the roadmap provides a vision for the future of AM research and development.
Operation Safeguard: Industrial Innovations Pours on Protections
The nation’s largest manufacturer of metalworking lubricant proportional/mixers and spray application lubricating systems continues pumping out product.
Sandvik Plant Achieves Aerospace Certification
The company’s Sweden-based powder plant – which produces its Osprey titanium powder and nickel-based superalloys used for additive manufacturing – has received AS9100D certification. Meeting the high standards for the aerospace industry with meticulous attention to weight, traceability, consistency and more, the facility is accelerating adoption of 3D printed titanium parts and shifting toward sustainable manufacturing.
Paperless Parts, Online Metals Partner to Create Materials Pricing Tool
Engineers and custom part manufacturers will have access to a fast and simple quote tool with built-in materials pricing and geometry engine. Paperless Viewer will close a technology gap and solve one of manufacturers’ biggest bottlenecks, says CEO.
With Skelton Crew, Teleservice, Parts Maker Not Quitting on Customers
LVD Strippit has kept its New York plant and all four of its North American support facilities open during the pandemic to continue supplying parts and aftermarket service to essential manufacturing businesses. And when remote service isn’t enough, their techs hit the road to keep customers’ equipment running smoothly.
New Hampshire Company Took Quick Anti-Virus Action
Hypertherm initiated CDC and WHO hygienic and social distancing protocols in mid-March. The company also has close to half of its associates working at home, and those coming in to work are wellness-checked before entering the facility.
How Hybrid Computing Harnesses the Cloud for Machinery Data
The future of Industry 4.0 will change how computer systems are structured, and the future is here with Edge computing. This hybrid technology manages the enormous volume of data generated from CNC machines to produce useful and accessible information that optimizes factory operations.
