The AI chatbot extension for Google Chrome, enabling effortless conversations with websites across the globe. MetaReal Corp. and its subsidiary, Rozetta Inc. have announced the release of “ChatM.AI (Browser Extension)” an extension for “Google Chrome” that allows general individual users to easily engage in interactive conversations with an AI chatbot. Features of ChatM.AI (Browser Extension):…
Mitsubishi Electric Automation announces data science tool for optimized operations
Mitsubishi Electric Automation, Inc. announces its MELSOFT MaiLab software that uses the company’s Maisart intelligent technology to enable companies to easily analyze and diagnose factory data. Through analysis of past manufacturing data, the software makes sophisticated data decisions, akin to skilled workers, requiring less investment of time and expertise in a company’s workforce. As the…
PTC brings Creo to the cloud
PTC announced new and upgraded solutions for digital transformation at the PTC Liveworks 2023 event in Boston. One major announcement was its Creo+ software as a service (SaaS) computer-aided design (CAD) solution and the release of the tenth version of its Creo CAD software. Creo+ combines the power and proven functionality of Creo with new […]
AI-embedded tech helps secure the warehouse workforce
The sudden pandemic-related labor shortage was an eye-opener that forced companies to rethink operations and plan for more changes. As employee populations shift toward “digital natives,” companies can leverage such workers’ tech skills to increase efficiency and throughput. Before Siri or Alexa, there was Jennifer — a voice-directed technology that links humans and machines to…
Emerson strengthens data management tools and integrates analytics
Emerson, a global software and engineering leader, is helping process manufacturers improve performance and sustainability by breaking down the data silos that make it difficult to digitally transform their reliability and maintenance strategies. AMS Device Manager Data Server securely extends intelligent field device data to outside systems to make it easier for reliability and maintenance…
Designing better ionization gauges for high-vacuum applications
By Alan Petrillo, COMSOL Semiconductor manufacturing, particle physics research, and other valuable processes occur in high-vacuum or ultra-high-vacuum (HV/UHV) conditions. To help develop a better ionization gauge for measuring pressure in HV/UHV environments, instrument manufacturer INFICON of Liechtenstein used multiphysics modeling to test and refine its impressive new design. The Ion Reference Gauge 080 (IRG080), […]
Configuration tool with many additional functions
The Neugart Calculation Program (NCP) configuration tool reliably leads to the most cost- and energy-efficient gearbox-motor combination. In the new NCP 4.3 version the performance of the program has been improved further through enhanced multi-core usage of the processor. Above all, effective immediately the proven software will offer many additional features and optimizations – including…
QuesTek launches ICMD digital materials design platform
QuesTek Innovations has launched its ICMD digital design platform for materials engineering and the development of novel materials. ICMD enables digital transformation for the materials design and optimization process through a SaaS offering and deployment in private corporate clouds. ICMD is a digital platform to transform the traditional experiment-based, trial-and-error process of materials engineering. Similar […]
Managing relationships in complex parametric models
By Jody Muelaner, Ph.D. CEng MIMechE One of the best and worst things about parametric CAD is the way everything can reference each other. While this can allow assemblies to fit together without tedious manual calculation and checking of assembly stack-ups, it can also lead to a lot of confusion. This article will look at […]
COMSOL launches open-access learning center for multiphysics modeling
COMSOL, the developer of the COMSOL Multiphysics simulation software, has introduced a new online resource that provides free and open access to modeling and simulation learning material across all areas of physics. The Learning Center offers a single entry point for users of all skill levels, where courses, articles, and videos present a clear path…
COMSOL launches open-access learning center for Multiphysics modeling
COMSOL, the developer of the COMSOL Multiphysics simulation software, has introduced a new online resource that provides free and open access to modeling and simulation learning material across all areas of physics. The Learning Center offers a single entry point for users of all skill levels, where courses, articles, and videos present a clear path…
Emerson helps optimize innovative recycling process
Global software and technology leader Emerson is helping the Swedish cleantech company HaloSep to optimize their unique process that turns hazardous incinerator flue gas residue from waste-to-energy plants into usable materials. Emerson’s control technology and software is being deployed at HaloSep’s plant for optimization, research, and technology (PORT) in Gothenburg, Sweden, to manage an innovative…
New inverse design method accelerates fuel cell development
Toyota Research Institute of North America (TRINA) has developed a new simulation-driven inverse design methodology to accelerate the research and development process for fuel cell flow field plates. The methodology sets key performance objectives and directs algorithms to generate structural flow field forms that fulfill those objectives. The TRINA team engineered this approach by integrating […]
Improving folding e-bike designs in SolidWorks by optimizing complex mechanism synthesis
By Jody Muelaner, Ph.D. CEng MIMechE BriefBike is an e-bike designed to fold in a single, almost instant motion, just like an umbrella. This is a great case study in mechanism design due to the many constraints that must all be considered to ensure the bike performs correctly when being ridden and folded and when […]
COMSOL Conference returns to Munich in 2023
The COMSOL Conference is returning in person this year in Munich, Germany, on October 25–27, 2023. The conference gathers users of modeling and simulation in a forum where they can share valuable insights and learn new modeling skills. Attendees will be able to: Connect with other practitioners in the simulation community Gain inspiration from industry […]
MELSOFT MaiLab software enables companies to easily analyze factory data
Mitsubishi Electric Automation announces its MELSOFT MaiLab software that uses the company´s Maisart intelligent technology to enable companies to easily analyze and diagnose factory data. Through analysis of past manufacturing data, the software makes sophisticated data decisions, akin to skilled workers, requiring less investment of time and expertise in a company´s workforce. As the global…
Hi, I’m Éncy, your SprutCAM X AI assistant
SprutCAM Tech just released an update of SprutCAM X, which integrates ChatGPT technologies based on the OpenAI API to provide an AI virtual assistant and help engineers with CNC machining tasks. The AI wizard is called Éncy (pronounced [ˈɛnsɪ]) and greets the user with the following message: “Hi, I’m Éncy, your SprutCAM X AI assistant. […]
Hirata boosts efficiency with emulation software
Hirata Corporation is an OEM machine builder based in Kumamoto, Japan. It is active in automotive and semi-conductor industries and end-to-end machine supply from design and engineering through commissioning. 2019: Hirata’s challenge It seems that everything was on track, but program debugging and position education had been a headache at Hirata for a long time.…
Gates introduces mobile version of Design Power
Gates announces the launch of the mobile version of the award-winning Gates Design Power, putting advanced digital design tools to support the engineering of belt drive systems on customers’ mobile devices. “With the launch of Design Power Mobile, we’re demonstrating our ongoing commitment to accelerate our Chain to Belt initiative, driving the conversion of legacy…
Design sustainable packaging with the virtual twin
By Raymond Wodar, Global Business Consultant — CPG-Retail Industry • Dassault Systèmes Most manufacturers know (or want to know) about the digital twin, which the Digital Twin Consortium defines as “a virtual representation of real-world entities and processes, synchronized at a specified frequency and fidelity.” The digital twin and its more comprehensive successor, the virtual […]
Clinker coolers get an agile twist
Claudius Peters makes the machines that make cement. Applying agile processes to product design calls upon CAD systems to optimize those machines. By Jean Thilmany, Contributing Writer Once used mainly to speed up software development, the agile method — which proponents say can slash product development time and costs — is making inroads into product […]
SLAM technology improves AMR autonomy
Dynamic warehouses seek robots that can adapt to change with minimal human intervention. With localization and mapping software, AMRs can build facility maps, orient themselves, detect differences, and share changes with their fleet for uninterrupted and safer operations. When people were building warehouses 10 or 15 years ago in the U.S., few considered employing robots…
High-fidelity modeling in metal AM
This article was contributed by Garrett Clyma, CFD Engineer at Flow Science. Melt pool flow dynamics is a critical and often overlooked aspect of the metal 3D printing process. Changes in heat input, powder, and alloy properties directly impact the melt pool evolution, affecting a part’s quality and mechanical properties. Since the melting process occurs […]
Teledyne adds advanced AI enhancements to its image processing software
Teledyne announces its Sapera Vision Software Edition 2023-03 is now available. Teledyne DALSA’s Sapera Vision Software provides field-proven image acquisition, control, image processing, and artificial intelligence functions to design, develop, and deploy high-performance machine vision applications. The new upgrades include enhancements to its AI training graphical tool Astrocyte 1.40 and its image processing and AI…
Gemini software provides visualization, simulation and streamlining of work processes
Mitsubishi Electric Automation has released its MELSOFT Gemini 3D Simulator Software to allow users to expedite the design and construction of manufacturing projects as they introduce new automation components to their facility. By connecting to a variety of software and factory devices, Gemini provides visualization, simulation, and the streamlining of work processes. Gemini operates using…