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MAXITEC has launched a technique which can speed up the sheetmetal cutting process by eliminating the need for engineering drawings.
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According to the company, the automated sheetmetal cutting has traditionally been done according to hardcopy engineering drawings.
When a test piece is cut, it would be compared to one of these drawings. If the piece failed, the drawing would have to changed and tested again, until a workable finished product was produced. The company says redrawing could take about eight hours.
The ‘re-engineering’ tool is a digital interface which can carry out the entire job design before a piece is produced. It carries out a single accuracy test to detect any anomalies, which can be adjusted without affecting production.
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Wednesday 3 December, 2008 01:30 PM |
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Sustainability efforts involve many of the same things involved in effective manufacturing improvement and in waste reduction efforts, Cusworth says. He offered advice for now and in the future regarding retrofits and new manufacturing lines, looking at processes and technologies.
“Focus to date has been on low-hanging fruit, such as lightweight containers and reduction in primary and secondary packing,” usually with disconnected initiatives, Cusworth says. “Few companies have undertaken integrated sustainability across functions, even though it has been talked about for years. It’s not corporate culture yet.” Integrated sustainability is good for business and efficiency, he adds. Lean and clean programs can incorporate sustainability for existing lines without significant extra spend.
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Tuesday 18 November, 2008 07:15 PM |
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After 18 months, The Schaeffler Group has now completed the manufacture of two giant spherical roller bearings for the world’s tallest observation wheel, China’s new Beijing Wheel. Two giant-sized sphericalroller bearings have now been completed, ready for use on the world’stallest observation wheel, China’s brand new Beijing Wheel. In total,around 22 tonnes of steel has gone into producing the two hub bearings. Each bearing has an outside diameter of 3,200mm, an inner ring boreof 2,600mm and a ring width of 630mm. Each bearing incorporates 118 rollers, each of these weighing around 20kg.
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Saturday 15 November, 2008 10:45 PM |
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Clipped to the Drawing Board by Tony Elmasri
AVEVA recently announced that Houston Community College (HCC) is increasing the number of courses, as well as the number of campuses, that provide training in AVEVA's Plant Design Management System (PDMS). AVEVA's higher education-industry partnership with HCC is part of an ongoing effort to help alleviate the severe labor shortage of engineers and piping designers trained in 3-D design that continues to challenge the energy industry.
Rob Glasier, head of U.S. operations for AVEVA, said "Despite the great demand for qualified 3-D pipe designers and the six-figure salaries they can command, there simply is not enough skilled labor out there, which can delay owners and operators from moving forward with projects. We're working to solve this labor scarcity by increasing PDMS training opportunities – with our customers, through partnerships with industry associations, such as the Society of Piping and Engineering Designers (SPED), and with educational institutions. AVEVA has donated over $2M in software to regional colleges and universities to date, with over $1M in software donated to HCC alone."
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Thursday 13 November, 2008 08:02 PM |
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Clipped to the Drawing Board by Rose Shah
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GM India is confident of achieving 20% growth in car sales compared to last year in spite of the recession and the growing interest rates. This is against the general Industry growth rate of 7%. GM targets to produce 80, 000 vehicles this year and even it falls short by even 10,000 it would still be 20% more than last years production According to General Motors India Vice-President, Mr P. Balendran, the market share of GM cars in Indian market would grow to 10 % by 2010 from the current market share of 4%.
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Monday 3 November, 2008 01:53 PM |
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