Onshoring manufacturing also requires a reboot of the actual factory floor. A manufacturing execution system (MES) such as ...

Design for manufacturing (DfM) is evolving from traditional engineering practices into a data-intensive discipline that requires real-time integration of manufacturing capabilities, supplier ...

Equipment, software and product systems that are used to increase, maintain or improve the functional capabilities of persons with disabilities make up the umbrella term “assistive technology”. In ...

Editor’s Note: This is the second in a series exploring the modernization of defense manufacturing. Please also read the first: “The Additive Manufacturing Mirage in Defense.” If the role of additive ...

A scientific device and instrument company needed to develop an infrared lens with focal length of 40mm and f number of 0.98 for spectral imaging application. The spectral imager was meant to measure ...

A substantial majority of a part’s cost (70% or more) is effectively locked in once a design is finalized. How can a design engineer truly predict the most important cost drivers of a particular ...