The convergence of automation, engineering, and AI is revolutionizing precision manufacturing, addressing labor shortages ...

To ensure that the speed of composites fabrication keeps pace with customer demand, the ability to inspect and monitor composite part quality must become an integral part of high-rate part ...

A growing trend in the electric power utility industry is the automated monitoring of remote sites and assets. An electric utility’s assets must be maintained and repaired on a continuous basis to ...

The SAE G-38 committee is developing standards for drones and other automated inspection technologies. Credit: Mainblades Automated aircraft inspections and additive manufacturing are creating ...

Though quality inspections are widely practiced before, during and after production across a range of industries, those inspections are not so widely automated. In a recent survey of Automation World ...

Edixia Automation designs and deploys artificial vision systems for defect detection, improving quality performance and productivity. Its inspection, measurement and robot control solutions guarantee ...

Composites, once confined to aerospace and automotive sectors, are now driving innovation across freight, construction and energy industries, enhancing sustainability and competitiveness. CAMX 2024 ...

Trace Ultra builds on the success of Eyeonic Trace, which has seen strong market adoption since its launch and received the AUTOMATE Innovation Award for its breakthrough capabilities. With its 300% ...

Jeff Johnson, mechatronics product manager, Beckhoff Automation Quality assurance bottlenecks are especially apparent when working with different components and in high-mix low-volume production. This ...

If you’re producing small precision components, quality drives the entire manufacturing process. One of the ways to help ensure the quality of such products is through the use of automated inspection ...

Here’s an exercise in future think: You know what can happen now at a roadside inspection of one of your trucks. But what might happen in the perhaps-not-so-distant future at one of those routine ...

It’s no secret to anyone involved in aerospace composites that production rates in commercial aircraft assembly lines anchored by advanced layup processes — automated fiber placement (AFP) and ...