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Enhancing Fashion Logistics with Pouch Sorter Systems

Logistics Business Magazine

This system uses a nickel-titanium alloy with shape memory, a material first developed for the medical field, to perform precise, controlled unloading. AutoDrop: Revolutionizing Unloading New automated technology, such as BEUMER’s AutoDrop, enables automatic unloading from pouches.

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Diffusion Alloys plans centre for excellence at Teesport

Logistics Business Magazine

PD Ports has granted a new long-term lease to Diffusion Alloys at Teesport Commerce Park, allowing for the construction of a new £1.5m We very much look forward to continuing to support Diffusion Alloys as they bring their new facility to fruition over the longer-term.”. coating facility and centre for excellence.

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Intelligent Demand Forecasts

Material Handling and Logistics

Alloy, a demand-driven sales and supply chain platform, has added intelligent demand forecasting to its product offerings.

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Randex VR gains first user

Logistics Business Magazine

Randex VR has enabled WB Alloys to plan for best machine fit and optimum picking speeds. Vertical storage lift company Randex has won the first user for its new ‘Randex VR’ virtual reality system, which uses digital models to simulate vertical storage space and performance.

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Plug & play motor retrofit project

Logistics Business Magazine

That’s why Aperam, a leading producer of steel and alloy, selected Bauer Gear Motor to carry out a three-year retrofit project for the roller table conveyor drives at its Châtelet facility. With demand and prices for steel and alloy through the roof, any extended downtime for a retrofit project at a steel mill must be avoided.

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Additive Manufacturing Use Cases Go Beyond Prototyping

Logistics Viewpoints

The aluminum alloy is atomized into a fine powder and printed via laser metal fusion. NuVasive, a medical device manufacturer, is combining various Titanium alloy materials with generative design topology optimization software to promote better bone growth into the implant (osseointegration). General Atomics Aeronautical Systems.

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4 Key Trends to Watch in Smart Manufacturing and Supply Chain

GlobalTranz

The promise of AM is the use of less material, lightweight alloys and to provide faster cycle time due to rapid prototyping. According to industry standard ASTM F2792-10 , AM is defined as, "The process of joining materials to make objects from 3D model data, usually layer upon layer, as opposed to subtractive manufacturing technologies.".