As manufacturing companies digitally transform their operations, they must leverage smart tools like cloud-based technologies and the industrial internet of things (IIoT). They must also transform ...

The Army needs to embrace advanced manufacturing at the beginning of new system development to surpass potential foes. In the future, advanced manufacturing techniques like 3D printing could allow ...

Additive manufacturing is gaining a reputation for its effective use of design technology to re-design a product in record time. Design for Additive Manufacturing (DfAM) differs considerably from ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Much like baking the perfect cake involves following a list of ingredients and instructions, manufacturing energetic materials — explosives, pyrotechnics and propellants — ...

ocated 90 minutes west of Tokyo in the shadow of Mount Fuji, Oshino, Japan, is home to 9,000 people—which means that in any given year, the robots produced at the town’s FANUC plant outnumber humans ...

In another Concurrent Costing analysis for a brass fitting, the software generates costversus-quantity curves, and costs for different casting methods. Most engineers have heard the old saw that 70% ...

The world of the product designer is all about designing and developing goods or products. Meanwhile, the machinist’s world is all about converting designs into real parts, based on the available ...