Manufacturing

Quad Lock Accelerates Their Smartphone Mount Development with Ultimaker 3D Printing Enables Quad Lock to Keep Up with Shorter Product Lifecycles of Smartphones Singapore, August 31, 2021 - Ultimaker, the global leader in professional 3D printing, today announces that Quad Lock, an award-winning smartphone-mounting solutions provider from Australia, utilizes Ultimaker 3D printing solutions to keep up with the shorter product life cycles of smartphones. For Quad Lock it is key to react quickly when new smartphone models come to market that require different levels of protection and vibration dampening from a smartphone bike mount. To stay ahead of competition, Quad Lock uses 3D printing to speed up the development of new mounts. This led to the development of the award-winning Quad Lock Vibration Dampener, already...

Laser Research new CO2 Focusing Lenses are Designed Specifically for High-Powered Steel Cutting Lasers A line of ZnSe focusing lenses for lasers up to 4 kW that are designed to protect against heat damage and can be matched to specific applications has been introduced by Laser Research Optics. Research CO2 Focusing Lenses are offered in 1.5” to 2.5” O.D. sizes with focal lengths from 5” to 10” in 0.5” increments to match specific steel cutting applications. Designed for use in steel cutting lasers from 1 to 4 kW, these ZnSe lenses are ideal for OEMs and especially for field-replacement onsite...

Vincent Sheppard, a leader in high-end European furniture, announces exclusive United States distributorship with Minneapolis-based Design Holdings Newly launched Vincent Sheppard USA website showcases modern indoor and outdoor furniture from the Belgian company tailored to the U.S. market Vincent Sheppard Cocoon Lounger “We are very excited to bring the Vincent Sheppard brand to the U.S. market. Vincent Sheppard offers refreshingly timeless designs for indoors and outdoors that are well suited for the American retail, contract, and hospitality sectors.” – Brendan McCarthy, Managing Director of Vincent Sheppard USA MINNEAPOLIS (PRWEB) August 23, 2021 Design Holdings, a U.S. importer and distributor of...

Outrider opens first-in-industry test site dedicated to distribution yard automation Outrider Advanced Testing Facility now operating in Brighton, Colorado GOLDEN, Colo. (PRWEB) August 24, 2021 Outrider, the pioneer in autonomous yard operations for logistics hubs, today announced the opening of the Outrider Advanced Testing Facility, the first-ever test site dedicated to distribution yard automation technologies. Located in Brighton, Colorado, this 200,000-square-foot distribution yard with 49 dock doors operates 16 hours per day, five days per week and will expand to 24-hour operation in 2022. This test facility is being used to validate Outrider’s autonomous capabilities, supporting the scaling of deployments...

2-year Backlog in Biologicals Manufacturing Hinders Medical R&D, Development of New Therapies for COVID-19 A shortage of Contract Development and Manufacturing Organizations (CDMOs) has put a severe strain on treating COVID and other post-viral syndromes; especially for products developed for regenerative medicine. Dr. Ian White, President and CSO of Neobiosis, explains how this shortage has caused a 2-year backlog on desperately needed medical technologies. The demand for biologicals skyrocketed so quickly that supply has not been able to keep pace. There is a gap between research and manufacturing that has been highlighted by COVID-19. America is in desperate need of...