Manufacturing Tecnology

Change.Org Scales to Support Petitions in 28 Languages with Unbabel With More Than 360 Million Users Spanning 196 Countries, Change.Org Is the World’s Largest Platform for Social Change. Change.org’s stated mission is to “empower people everywhere to create the change they want to see,” and over the past two years the fastest-growing social change platform on the web has done just that. Working with Unbabel, the Translation-as-a-Service provider that blends Neural Machine Translation with a global crowd of human linguists to break down language barriers, Change.org has scaled to service customer support queries in up to 29 languages, without having to increase...

VW deploys first electric car charging stations with giant integrated batteries VW has started deploying its new electric car charging stations with giant integrated batteries to help manage the power demand of the stations and keep them online in case of a power outage. We first reported on the project when it was just a concept over a year ago: VW announces new mobile charging station with 360 kWh battery pack. The German automaker presented it as an easily deployable all-in-one fast-charging solution with a charge rate of up to 100 kW and 360 kWh of energy storage. Now VW has...

How Kellogg Manages Cybersecurity Risks in Manufacturing Seeing the writing on the wall as Mondelēz and other global companies became collateral damage in ransomware attacks, Kellogg set out to create a cybersecurity strategy that would keep it out of the headlines. They emphasized relationships and education i Jim Tassell, senior IT security architect for Kellogg, presents the food maker’s cybersecurity journey at the Automation Fair’s Food and Beverage Forum. So much of the public focus on cybersecurity has been on what’s considered hardcore critical infrastructure—oil and gas, water supply, power generation, etc. A cyber attack on a food and beverage company...

ADDERE PRODUCES HIGH MASS PARTS USING LASER WIRE ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING ADDere, an additive manufacturing division of Wisconsin-based manufacturing company Midwest Engineered Systems Inc., is using Laser Wire Additive Manufacturing (LWAM), to produce industrial parts for the aerospace and trucking industries. “Currently, the AM focus has been on powder-based metal systems,” said Scott Woida, President of ADDere. “That focus had a lot of potential markets stuck on the outside looking in but those industries now see a legitimate 3D printing roadmap for their parts through what we’ve been doing with ADDere.” A 3D printed steel block with a machined section. Photo via...

How artificial intelligence is disrupting manufacturing For traditional manufacturers, integrating AI across day-to-day processes and equipment is no small task. Firms can keep up or risk becoming obsolete.   Credit: Creative Commons The following is an opinion piece from Filemon Schöffer, co-founder and CCO of 3D Hubs, a 3D printing and manufacturing company. Opinions are the author's own.​ Rather than constantly innovating over the last half century, parts manufacturing fell into complacency, sidestepping rather than moving forwards. As a result, the sector is struggling to keep up with the rapid pace of digital transformation. With the growth of Industry 4.0 technologies, sluggish and inefficient...