When it comes to designing cars, saving weight is a top priority. But there is more to it than just swapping steel for aluminum, or tearing out the back seats.
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Although things have settled down a bit over the past year, 2021 saw a rapid pace of innovation and change. The global pandemic has greatly affected the way we work, and particularly how we can continue to work while not physically present.
Now, more than ever before, NDT companies and pipeline operators are turning to new solutions to conduct fitness-for-service assessments of pipes; conventional methods often make it difficult to identify critical flows, including cracks, corrosion, mechanical fatigue, and mechanical damage.
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Article #1 of our Industrial IoT Revolution Series: As the power requirements and operating frequencies of electronic components rise, new interconnecting technologies are required to cater to the ever-growing demand.
When power plants conduct overhauls and ad hoc maintenance, scheduled inspections need to be carefully planned out to ensure that downtimes are kept to a minimum and that operations can resume to full capacity as quickly as possible.
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Quality is a keyword related to production results in all sectors of the manufacturing industry, especially the results of CNC machining.
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Robots will continue to get smarter, but sometimes they will need to learn from the expert…us
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Early 2021, IPEC invested in a Go!SCAN Spark 3D scanner with Pipecheck, a powerful pipeline integrity management software to accurately measure corrosion.
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The data link layer in the OSI model is responsible for seamless video calls and swift file transfers. This article will dive deep into its mechanisms and operations appreciating how the layer silently powers our interconnected world.
In the world of computer networks, various topologies exist to enable devices to communicate with each other effectively. One such topology is the star topology, which is widely used due to its reliability and simplicity.
As manufacturers transition towards Industry 4.0 in order to speed up production cycles and accelerate their time to market, they nevertheless continue to face many challenges, particularly with respect to automating quality control.
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How PLC controls production systems and processes in harsh industrial environments
Changchun Faurecia Xuyang Automotive Parts Technology R&D Co., Ltd was looking for an alternative to its conventional coordinate measurement machine (CMM) to acquire comprehensive thermal deformation data on auto parts.
Many manufacturers in the aerospace, transportation and power generation industry, such as Austrian manufacturer ANDRITZ, require carrying out quality control inspections on large parts that can measure anywhere from 2 to 10 metres—and even bigger.
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3D scanners are becoming invaluable tools for quality control operations within industrial settings
