Data-Driven Manufacturing

Data-Driven Manufacturing 17 Mar 2020

MTConnect Institute Trustees Elected to National Academy of Engineering

Dr. Stephan Biller is vice president of Watson IoT at IBM, while Dr. Tom Kurfess is chief manufacturing officer at Oak Ridge National Laboratory.

Data-Driven Manufacturing 9 Mar 2020

DMG MORI Invests in the Future by Providing Integrated Solutions

During a recent open house event at DMG MORI’s factory in Pfronten, Germany, the company highlighted advances in digitalization as well as automation and additive manufacturing.

Shop Management Software 6 Mar 2020

Video: The Impact of Artificial Intelligence (AI) on Manufacturing and Machining

The machine tool monitoring that many CNC machining facilities are doing today could be a first step toward their use of machine learning. In this conversation, MMS’s “Data Matters” columnist Matt Danford speculates on the coming role of AI for refining machining processes.

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Data-Driven Manufacturing 4 Mar 2020

EZMaintain's Maintenance Software Communicates with Sensors

EZMaintain’s cloud-based CMMS is designed to help manage assets, schedule breakdown and preventive maintenance, and track work orders from a single dashboard.

Automation 3 Mar 2020

Robots Get Hand-Eye Coordination

Artificial vision, touch and intelligence help collaborative robots cope with the unpredictable.

Automation 19 Feb 2020

Manufacturing Blockchain Adoption Accelerates

A recent partnership exposes more CNC machining businesses to a technology that could automate the front office.

Data-Driven Manufacturing 18 Feb 2020

VocalZoom's Vibration Sensors Operate, Channel Data Wirelessly

VocalZoom’s autonomous sensors combine contactless, high-resolution vibration sensor technology with built-in data processing and wireless communications for low-cost and fast deployment.

Data-Driven Manufacturing 4 Nov 2020

Communication Clears Machine Monitoring's Morale Hurdles

When pen-and-paper methods of tracking job efficiency left AccuRounds’ engineers and managers in the dark, the shop switched to MachineMetrics. But machine monitoring brought morale challenges along with it.

Data-Driven Manufacturing 21 Jan 2020

Precision Drive Systems Launches Predictive Maintenance Service

“Our predictive maintenance services maximize machine uptime and part quality by detecting major spindle problems before costly and time-consuming catastrophic spindle failure,” says Allen Turk, president and CEO.

Data-Driven Manufacturing 20 Jan 2022

Machine Monitoring Provides an Objective Lens

Automatic, real-time shopfloor data collection tempers the bias that blinds manufacturers to the real reasons for downtime.