If an airplane goes down due to mechanical failure, the OEM will want to know how, when, and where the at-fault component was produced, right down to the raw material used to make it. This
Imagine a software system that can eat massive amounts of data and spit out in-depth analyses, answer questions, and make informed decisions. That’s the power of AI.
Manufacturing Engineering becomes Manufacturing Engineering & Technology (MET) in August, 2025. The change is an investment demonstrating SME’s commitment to providing the ultimate resource
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Your local power plant relies on a SCADA system to keep the wheels turning safely and efficiently (and automatically), as does your community's wastewater treatment facility, oil and gas
In Detroit, RAPID + TCT was co-located with AeroDef Manufacturing, as well as SAE International’s World Congress Experience (WCX) and America Makes’ Spring Technical Review and Exchange (TRX).
Forget the honor system. Vending machines are not only a great way to dispense candy bars and cold drinks, but also cutting tools, shop supplies, and PPE. The result is greater control, less
Take a two-axis CNC lathe, add some milling and drilling attachments along with the additional machine axes needed to drive them, and you have a mill-turn machine. They have become increasingly
A 3D printing technology that deposits, or jets, tiny droplets of photocurable material onto a build platform. Material jetting is known for its high precision and resolution, and is one
Products and services hosted in "the Cloud" and delivered over the Internet on a subscription basis (software, databases, backups, or computing platforms) are offered "as a Service."