Innovations in motion tracking technologies that’s making humans more productive and safe in factories

Innovations in motion tracking technologies that’s making humans more productive and safe in factories

In this day and age of ever more automated and high-tech manufacturing, we might wonder; do we need human labors in factories? I recently came across this PBS documentary that raises this question ap…

Beginning of the end for IMTS 2012

Beginning of the end for IMTS 2012

IMTS 2012 is coming to an end. Being a mechanical engineer, I was always excited to come here and watch the advancements in manufacturing technologies that are expected to drive the production of nex…

From IMTS 2012

From IMTS 2012

This year at our booth E3128 in IMTS 2012, there is lots of excitement among our customers as they learn what is the latest and greatest in our manufacturing engineering software solutions. We had bu…

NX CMM inspection at IMTS 2012

NX CMM inspection at IMTS 2012

This year at IMTS you will find at display a Renishaw CMM inspection machine. You will see how this machine is inspecting a part, and learn how the inspection programming is done offline using NX. …

Learn how Mahindra Vehicles is trying to be “first time right”

Learn how Mahindra Vehicles is trying to be “first time right”

If you ask me to explain Tecnomatix in one sentence, I will direct you to our home page that says; “Tecnomatix™ is a comprehensive portfolio of digital manufacturing solutions that deliver innovation…

Saving packing and shipping costs for Manufacturers

Saving packing and shipping costs for Manufacturers

When you travel, do you struggle with packing bags, and making sure that you are carrying all your essentials? Especially, in this day and age of airline baggage restrictions, packing bag requires sk…

Standard Time Management in Teamcenter

Standard Time Management in Teamcenter

You might be surprised to learn that according to estimates 90% of all manufacturing activities are non-value added. Non-value activities for which we know customers are not willing to pay us when we…

Resolve assembly no-build conditions with Teamcenter and Process Simulate

Resolve assembly no-build conditions with Teamcenter and Process Simulate

According to the Toyota production system – particularly the practice of Kaizen – states that if a problem occurs at the assembly line, each and every employee at the shop floor has the responsibilit…

Jack and Microsoft Kinect for Windows delivering innovations for the nuclear industry

Jack and Microsoft Kinect for Windows delivering innovations for the nuclear industry

Last November, we revealed how we used Microsoft Kinect for Windows to develop a natural user interface for Jack; our human simulation software. It was an exciting time for us as Kinect for…