Manufacturing/Production We live in a society that relies on manufacturing and production. We would not enjoy the lifestyles we do without this magic.
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"This is not rocket science," says Mark Calkins, a maintenance engineering organization senior manager for Boeing, a company that knows plenty about rocket science.
Boeing is the planet's largest manufacturer of commercial and military airplanes. It builds satellites, missiles and helicopters. It operates the Space Shuttle and International Space Station for NASA. It is one of the most complex, technically based corporations in the world. ....click the link to read more |
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Wednesday 30 April, 2008 03:00 PM |
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In a world where everything from mobile phones to computers, portable music players and all manner of instruments is getting smaller, engineers need new tools to predict how materials will behave when they are being processed or shaped at scales as subtle as their molecular make-up.
Fabrication of materials, particularly metals, at the level of atoms and molecules is the basis of nanotechnology – the new generation of micro-manufacturing – and it poses new challenges for engineers who need to be able to predict how materials will behave when worked on as molecules.
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Monday 28 April, 2008 11:10 PM |
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Future nanomanufacturing processes will rely on two basic principles: a combination of chemical synthesis and self-assembly on one hand and robotic nanofabrication on the other. While the former is a controlled 'natural' process relying on chemistry and self-organization principles of nature (read more: How falling spaghettis could lead to more complex nanotechnology self-assembly), the latter will be an industrial process similar in concept to today's automated manufacturing assembly lines.
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Saturday 26 April, 2008 11:13 AM |
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They call it rapid manufacturing , and its progress has been slow, though steady, in gaining the acceptance of industry.
The Museum of Modern Art in New York currently has one of its periodic exhibits showcasing artifacts that make use of industrial engineering and commercial technology. It's called Design and the Elastic Mind. Objects and installations involve video, computers, nanotechnology, and various forms of manufacturing. One curious object is a handbag made of interlocking links that weave among each other, much like the endless knots that decorate old manuscripts.
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Monday 21 April, 2008 11:08 PM |
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Custom-Fit is an industry led project funded by the EC under Sixth Framework Programme , with the aim of creating a fully integrated system for the engineering, design, production and supply of individualised products using Rapid Manufacturing technologies. One objective of the project is to develop new production systems based on Additive Manufacturing technology for the manufacturing of customised products. The Metal Printing Process (MPP) is one of the processes developed under the project by the Norwegian research institute SINTEF.
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Saturday 12 April, 2008 03:06 PM |
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In 2007, Dr Babak Amir Parviz was chosen by the MIT Technology as one of the top engineering innovators under the age of 35, for developing the self-assembly manufacturing method.
The Genome Technology Magazine selected him as a star young genomics investigator. He has also received the National Science Foundation CAREER Award.
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Tuesday 8 April, 2008 11:08 AM |
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Brussels - According to preliminary figures released today by the International Stainless Steel Forum (ISSF) , global stainless steel production was 27.6 million metric tons (mmt) in 2007, a decline of 2.9% compared to 2006. The decrease in production occurred in most stainless steel producing countries and regions. Only the Asia region and China showed increases in production for the year.
The decline in 2007 follows a 17% increase in production during 2006. That increase was driven by engineers, distributors and service centres who were increasing their stocks of stainless steel.
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Sunday 6 April, 2008 11:07 AM |
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Both. Georgia-based converter shows why you need both state-of-the-art engineering equipment and the human touch to run a successful package-printing operation.
Since 1975, Kennesaw, GA-based Fabrico has been addressing the needs of its customers by providing customized design and manufacturing services for flexible materials. In addition to printing, services include design, prototyping, laminating, diecutting, performance packaging, assembly, kitting and slitting. Supplemental processes such as embossing, UV-coating, mirror imaging, and hot- or cold-foil stamping, as well as custom finishing options (fan-folding, sheet finishing, and roll-to-roll label rewinding) are provided as well
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Thursday 3 April, 2008 03:03 PM |
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When manufacturers tighten their belts , maintenance engineers usually feels the pinch. By demonstrating maintenance’s contribution to operational improvements, managers hope to change that.
Can a plant’s maintenance engineering department be a profit center? It seems a stretch, but maintenance service providers are encouraging plant professionals to focus on organization and record-keeping issues to make the business case that investments in maintenance can generate huge production paybacks.
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Thursday 3 April, 2008 11:19 AM |
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Rising inflation and wage costs are transforming the Asian giant's industries and its role as the world's low-cost factory. John Garnaut reports from Shanghai.
The world's second largest sportswear company, adidas, is confronting a new and unexpected problem. The costs of labour, materials and red tape are spiralling upwards. How to engineer the costs down ? ....click the link to read more |
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Friday 28 March, 2008 11:08 PM |
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Researchers at the University of Tokyo have developed a smart video goggle system that records everything the wearer looks at, recognizes and assigns names to objects that appear in the video, and creates an easily searchable database of the recorded footage. Designed to function as a high-tech memory aid, these “Cyber Goggles” promise to make the act of losing your keys a thing of the past, according to head researcher professor Tatsuya Harada. ....click the link to read more |
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Sunday 16 March, 2008 09:01 PM |
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China - Industrial production increased 15.4 percent in the first two months from a year earlier, the National Bureau of Statistics said today.
The sales rate of industrial goods by these companies, defined as those with annual revenue of more than 5 million yuan (US$703,235), edged up 0.7 percentage points year-on-year to reach 97.5 percent. ....click the link to read more |
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Sunday 16 March, 2008 03:08 PM |
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Bhubaneswar, March 15: Rourkela Steel Plant (RSP) , a Unit of Steel Authority of India Ltd (SAIL), is all set to establish new records in its performance during 2007-08.
Official sources said here that the steel plant completed a sterling performance during February 2008 and also set up all-time best performance for the period April 2007 to February 2008 as compared to any corresponding period since its inception. ....click the link to read more |
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Sunday 16 March, 2008 11:05 AM |
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The extensive compilation of data in the recently released 2008 version of the National Science Board's biennial "Science and Engineering Indicators" (S&EI) report quantifies the continued strong growth in the number of students graduating from U.S. colleges and universities with degrees in the sciences.
The report also updates the dramatic ongoing shifts in the makeup of science graduating classes by both gender and citizenship. Most of the data are from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) and the National Science Foundation. ....click the link to read more |
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Friday 14 March, 2008 07:00 AM |
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A good engineering plant maintenance department, in some respects, is like a good professional football referee.
"If we do our jobs right, nobody knows that we even exist." So says George Doll, the maintenance manager at Batesville Casket Company's assembly plant in Batesville, Ind. ....click the link to read more |
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Thursday 13 March, 2008 11:14 PM |
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Assembling a printed circuit board (PCB) assembly populated with ball-grid array (BGA) packages requires the utmost precision, especially in the case of micro-BGAs. Component placement tolerances must be remarkably tight, and the right kind of flux is critical, because the method of activating the flux determines the reliability of the solder joints ....click the link to read more |
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Monday 10 March, 2008 07:01 AM |
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The number of dangerous or faulty products recalled in Britain hit an all-time high last year, with an influx of cheap goods from China to blame, according to a survey published today.
The number of consumer products recalled amid health and safety fears rose by 22% in 2007. The number of lines taken off the shelves, including food and drink and pharmaceuticals, rose to 192, City law firm Reynolds Porter Chamberlain said.
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Friday 18 January, 2008 11:07 AM |
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The need for automation and robotics grows stronger every day as labor costs rise and competition from low-wage overseas locations intensifies. At the same time, today's product lifecycles are becoming shorter and the demand for customization and subsequent part complexity grows greater. Many products (not to mention their components) are becoming smaller and tolerances tighter. Flexible, controlled automation often is the only way to guarantee production efficiency and high quality.
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Tuesday 15 January, 2008 03:05 PM |
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A report released last week by the Manufacturers Alliance/MAPI Latin America sees some deceleration in production growth, but anticipates that prospects for Latin America manufacturing should remain strong
The report focuses on Latin America's three largest economies, Brazil, Argentina, and Mexico, as these countries are responsible for more than 80% of the region's manufacturing output
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Monday 31 December, 2007 07:09 AM |
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Wealthy Chinese parents are buying toys which are NOT made in China . When freelance writer Wang Jian buys for toys for her young son, she’s happy to pay extra for Legos blocks and Japanese-brand train sets. With a reputation for higher quality — a perception reinforced by the product scares of recent months, she and other parents are steering away from local products in favor of more expensive toys engineered and manufactured overseas ....click the link to read more |
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Wednesday 19 December, 2007 07:06 AM |
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LG, Samsung have put their stamp of leadership on the electronic goods market in India with good customer care & high-end technology.
Korean companies, it seems, have proved their worth. After 10 long years in the Indian market, Korean giants like Samsung and LG have managed to make their presence felt in more than one segment.
When the Korean companies ventured into the India market, they were greeted with a lot of scepticism. It was a time when quite a few Indian brands were creating ripples in the market. ....click the link to read more |
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Wednesday 28 November, 2007 09:05 PM |
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