Every factory since the start of the industrial revolution has shared one very specific trait: tooling sets the identity of the machines, and thus the factory. To create a specific part requires ...

Smart factories represent an evolution from traditional manufacturing, transforming automated processes into fully digital, interconnected, and adaptive production ecosystems. Leveraging advanced ...

Recently, defect detection systems using artificial intelligence (AI) sensor data have been installed in smart factory manufacturing sites. However, when the manufacturing process changes due to ...

Many manufacturers struggle to fully leverage IIoT due to outdated data systems infrastructure with unreliable and hackable unsecure connectivity. Traditional networks typically lack the flexibility ...

The U.S. has a rich history of innovation in the manufacturing industry, with a notable turning point in 1913 when Henry Ford introduced automation to his first assembly line. The manufacturing ...

The evolution of PCBs from large and antiquated “printed wiring boards” to today’s fine-line designs on high-density interconnect (HDI) PCBs, IC substrates (ICS) and more, has been matched by ...