Preventive maintenance can help manufacturers extend the lifespan of additive manufacturing machinery and the parts that they manufacture. However, the required cost and time commitment can make it ...

This article was contributed by Eric Whitley, Director of Smart Manufacturing at L2L. The global aerospace parts manufacturing market, valued at USD 851 billion in 2021, is expected to continue its ...

Ben Lloyd explores the key challenges of employing AI in manufacturing and highlights how new plug-and-play solutions are ...

Bear with me. I know much has already been written about predictive and preventative maintenance for manufacturers, and by maintenance professionals who have spent their entire careers in this field.

If you work in facilities, you know how a single broken machine can impact the overall production. Even a minor, unexpected breakdown is enough to disrupt ...

To prevent failure during lengthy use, tube life should be monitored and a preventive maintenance program enacted. Single-use tubing can be used for the length of a biopharmaceutical product campaign ...

As the manufacturing industry faces the second-highest workforce retirement rate among industries, AI implementation has ...

The Renishaw Set-and-Inspect app (shown with a Mazak Smooth Maintenance interface) supports probe calibration, part setting, tool setting, and component inspection. The expanding availability of touch ...

As a Business Consultant, I’m often engaged in discussions with clients about the challenges facing manufacturers, particularly within maintenance teams. High maintenance costs from unplanned downtime ...

The benefit comes from combining cycle counts and process monitoring data from the historian database instead of relying on hours-based scheduling methods. Manufacturers should move beyond hours-based ...