Unplanned downtime in manufacturing is one of the largest causes of lost productivity, causing delays, unhappy customers and lost revenue. In fact, the problem costs industrial manufacturers an estimated $50 billion each year, according to recent studies. Short of a crystal ball, what can manufacturers do to reduce unplanned downtime? Predictive…
U.S NAVY PARTNERS WITH XEROX FOR 3D PRINTING RESEARCH, INSTALLS XEROX ELEMX 3D PRINTER
The US Naval Postgraduate School (NPS) has announced a research collaboration with global print and digital document corporation Xerox to explore the potential for 3D printing to transform how the military supplies its deployed forces. As part of the agreement, NPS has installed the Xerox ElemX Liquid Metal 3D printer on its university campus.…
Automation Shouldn’t Just Be Part Of Your Digital Transformation Plans; It Should Be The Driver
Until this highly unusual year, “digital transformation,” while a priority for many companies, was a gradual process for most. The Covid-19 pandemic — with most companies not fully prepared for sudden remote work for the masses — has thrown transformation into hyperspeed, with automation as a key technology in that…
How Staying Cool Indoors Warms The Planet
The advent of air conditioning more than 100 years ago fundamentally changed our world. It erased geographic limitations on where humans can comfortably live, changed the landscape of the modern city (imagine skyscrapers without AC) and enabled the advent of technologies like the microchip and computers that would be impossible…
Resiliency, Not A Revolution: How 3D Printing Will Change Global Supply Chains
Recent events have made it very clear that today’s global supply chains leave manufacturers and their customers vulnerable to external risks. Almost 75% of supply chain executives reported major supply chain disruptions in 2020 due to Covid-19, with almost half reporting they didn’t have a plan in place to deal with such…
Xerox plans to mass produce disposable ventilators
The portable device wouldn’t replace hospital-grade ventilators but could be a stopgap measure for some COVID-19 patients. WASHINGTON — Xerox, known for making copies, is set to announce Monday that it will be “rapidly scaling up” production of inexpensive, disposable ventilators that could serve as a critical stopgap for ICU-grade…