Data-Driven Manufacturing

President of Balluff Participates in Smart Factory Panel

The panel covered topics ranging from automation to data analysis.

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Automation

Manufacturing News of Note: October 2017

Industry technology partnerships, a management buyout, and other industry news.

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The DMDII Is a Showcase for Digital Manufacturing

A tour of Siemens’ Digital Manufacturing and Design Innovation Institute in Chicago revealed the potential scope of the “digital enterprise” concept. 

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GF Machining Solutions to Acquire Symmedia

The purchase is intended to be a key move in furthering the company’s digital strategy in the age of Industry 4.0.

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Lean and Data-Driven Manufacturing Go Hand in Hand

Lean manufacturing is a never-ending quest to remove waste from processes. This pursuit should put a shop on the path to data-driven manufacturing.

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Automation

Knuth Machine Tools to Host Productivity Workshop

The event will focus on machine tool efficiency, highlighting Knuth’s machine tools and Fagor Automation’s CNC technologies.

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Siemens, FFG Partner to Consolidate Machine Tool Digitalization Efforts

The effort joins Siemens’ Digital Enterprise Suite and MindSphere operating system with the Taiwanese manufacturer’s machine tool technology.

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Tool Management System Enables Operation of Multiple CNCs

The V4.1.00.00 version of NUM’s Flexium+ CNC platform provides a tool management system for operating multiple CNCs.

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Quality Data Management Software Improves Process Reliability

Metabowerke GmbH’s tracking of data was inefficient and cumbersome. Zeiss’s PiWeb quality data management software reduced machine setup time by half and increased process reliability. 

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CNC Software Is the Sensor

Recent developments in CNC technology enable the use of add-on software for monitoring cutting conditions in the machine tool.

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