Bill Butcher
Multi-physics simulation and IPE are promoting innovative designs and productivity

Multi-physics simulation and IPE are promoting innovative designs and productivity

August 9, 2021
In the manufacturing and machine building industry there is an ever-present need for innovative solutions to stay competitive in this...
By Bill Butcher
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Digital Part Production optimizes the modern machine shop

Digital Part Production optimizes the modern machine shop

August 2, 2021
With increasing competition in the manufacturing industry, It’s not an easy task to run a machine shop in today’s economic...
By Bill Butcher
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Master the precision of the perfect part with highly-automated CAM

Master the precision of the perfect part with highly-automated CAM

July 1, 2021
Today’s highly competitive industrial machinery industry needs new solutions to deliver innovations quickly. As a result, there is a demand...
By Bill Butcher
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Integrated design and simulation drives innovation and boosts productivity

Integrated design and simulation drives innovation and boosts productivity

June 28, 2021
The development of industrial machinery is becoming more intelligent and complex, needing a new approach – a digital twin.
By Bill Butcher
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Simulation for electric motor design and system integration

Simulation for electric motor design and system integration

June 24, 2021
In this webinar, we are privileged to learn from Paul Weal, Portfolio Development Executive for Simcenter, who has over 30 years...
By Bill Butcher
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Quality in the future of manufacturing

Quality in the future of manufacturing

June 9, 2021
In a recently published white paper by Frost & Sullivan, they discuss the investment of quality in manufacturing. Quality is a...
By Bill Butcher
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Additive Manufacturing – first time-right printing solutions – webinar

Additive Manufacturing – first time-right printing solutions – webinar

June 3, 2021
Companies are producing parts using additive manufacturing or 3d printing, which can accompany challenges across the digital thread. These organizations...
By Bill Butcher
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Accelerate time to delivery with automation in manufacturing – webinar

Accelerate time to delivery with automation in manufacturing – webinar

May 27, 2021
In recent years, manufacturing has witnessed a continuous shift towards various digital technologies and software for better performance, quality, time...
By Bill Butcher
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Digital Part Production – additive manufacturing – ep. 4 Transcript

Digital Part Production – additive manufacturing – ep. 4 Transcript

May 25, 2021
In this last podcast of our Digital Part Production (DPP) series, we discuss additive manufacturing, also referred to as 3D...
By Bill Butcher
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Leverage new technologies to optimize machine shop operations – eBook

Leverage new technologies to optimize machine shop operations – eBook

May 20, 2021
It’s not an easy task to run a machine shop in today’s economic landscape. Global competition is intense, and customers...
By Bill Butcher
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Digital Part Production – additive manufacturing benefits ep. 4

Digital Part Production – additive manufacturing benefits ep. 4

May 18, 2021
Complexity within manufacturing continues to increase at breakneck speed, and from what we understand about consumer demands, it’s clear that...
By Bill Butcher
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Digital Part Production – additive manufacturing – ep. 4 Podcast

Digital Part Production – additive manufacturing – ep. 4 Podcast

May 18, 2021
During this Digital Part Production podcast series, we have been discussing how machine builders can leverage digital part production solutions...
By Bill Butcher
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Build highly customized machines with Intelligent Performance Engineering – eBook

Build highly customized machines with Intelligent Performance Engineering – eBook

May 14, 2021
The challenge with many machine manufacturers is keeping up with the demands for increasingly flexible and customized manufacturing equipment to...
By Bill Butcher
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Digital Part Production – synchronized part production – ep 3. Transcript

Digital Part Production – synchronized part production – ep 3. Transcript

May 11, 2021
The flow of manufacturing information is becoming more complex as authoring and collecting data across diverse people and processes in...
By Bill Butcher
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Digital Part Production – synchronized part production ep. 3

Digital Part Production – synchronized part production ep. 3

May 4, 2021
The complex issues that face manufacturers today are myriad. One of the most intriguing solutions is to implement synchronized parts...
By Bill Butcher
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Digital Part Production – synchronized part production – ep 3. Podcast

Digital Part Production – synchronized part production – ep 3. Podcast

May 4, 2021
Key trends continue to shape the industrial machinery landscape, including differentiators that include highly automated CAM, synchronized part production and additive manufacturing. We...
By Bill Butcher
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Digital Part Production – highly automated CAM – ep. 2 Transcript

Digital Part Production – highly automated CAM – ep. 2 Transcript

April 27, 2021
Manufacturers and machine builders are facing the challenge of increasing complexity in new machine introductions. Siemens provides solutions for these...
By Bill Butcher
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Addressing machine builders’ challenges with Intelligent Performance Engineering

Addressing machine builders’ challenges with Intelligent Performance Engineering

April 26, 2021
In a recent article published in engineering.com, Rahul Garg, Vice President of Industrial Machinery and Heavy Equipment at Siemens Digital Industries...
By Bill Butcher
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Intelligent Performance Engineering (IPE) drives innovation and boosts productivity through multi-physics simulation – eBook

Intelligent Performance Engineering (IPE) drives innovation and boosts productivity through multi-physics simulation – eBook

April 21, 2021
In the industrial manufacturing industry, machines are becoming increasingly more complex with unprecedented technological changes. This dynamic landscape is creating...
By Bill Butcher
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Digital Part Production – highly-automated CAM ep. 2

Digital Part Production – highly-automated CAM ep. 2

April 20, 2021
In today’s competitive market, increasing pressure is being placed on manufacturers. Tied into that pressure is the need to expedite...
By Bill Butcher
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Digital Part Production – highly automated CAM – ep. 2 Podcast

Digital Part Production – highly automated CAM – ep. 2 Podcast

April 20, 2021
The evolution of technology within the machinery industry drives key trends that continue to shape the competitive part production market....
By Bill Butcher
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Digital Part Production Overview – ep. 1 Transcript

Digital Part Production Overview – ep. 1 Transcript

April 13, 2021
Manufacturers and machine builders are facing the challenge of increasing complexity in new machine introductions. Therefore, Digital Part Production (DPP)...
By Bill Butcher
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An introduction to Digital Part Production ep. 1

An introduction to Digital Part Production ep. 1

April 6, 2021
Welcome to the latest show in the Siemens Industrial Machinery podcast series. Join host Bill Butcher, Global Industry Marketing Leader...
By Bill Butcher
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Digital Part Production an introduction – ep. 1 Podcast

Digital Part Production an introduction – ep. 1 Podcast

April 6, 2021
One of the biggest challenges for machinery manufacturers is the increasing complexity surrounding new machine introductions. Industrial machinery companies must...
By Bill Butcher
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Addressing machine complexity with intelligent performance engineering

Addressing machine complexity with intelligent performance engineering

March 2, 2021
In a recently published article in Industrial Machinery Digest, Rahul Garg, Vice-president of Industrial Machinery and Heavy Equipment of Siemens Digital...
By Bill Butcher
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Intelligent performance engineering – closed-loop validation process ep. 4

Intelligent performance engineering – closed-loop validation process ep. 4

February 23, 2021
(View podcast via Acast web site.) Intelligent Performance Engineering has the potential to revolutionize how manufacturing facilities operate. But as...
By Bill Butcher
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Podcast transcript: Intelligent performance engineering (Part 4) – closed-loop validation

Podcast transcript: Intelligent performance engineering (Part 4) – closed-loop validation

February 23, 2021
The machinery industry requires equipment manufacturers to address the dynamic challenges in response to an increasing demand for customization in...
By Bill Butcher
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eBook: Advanced machine engineering – virtual commissioning reduces time and prototype waste

eBook: Advanced machine engineering – virtual commissioning reduces time and prototype waste

February 22, 2021
Customizations are crucial for machine builders to thrive as customers demand variations in their industrial machinery (IM) equipment. Therefore, some...
By Bill Butcher
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Concept to realization – adopting digital twin in manufacturing (webinar)

Concept to realization – adopting digital twin in manufacturing (webinar)

February 18, 2021
In this webinar, our expert in Siemens factory automation, Aldo Alessandro Negri, demonstrates a comprehensive approach to realizing the digital twin...
By Bill Butcher
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Advanced machine engineering – technological innovations driving change (white paper)

Advanced machine engineering – technological innovations driving change (white paper)

February 17, 2021
It is a daunting task to design, validate and manage innovative, modern manufacturing and assembly machines to attain optimum quality...
By Bill Butcher
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Podcast series: Intelligent performance engineering (Part 4) – closed-loop validation

Podcast series: Intelligent performance engineering (Part 4) – closed-loop validation

February 16, 2021
In this fourth episode of our Intelligent Performance Engineering (IPE) podcast series, we address IPE closed-loop validation. We are pleased to...
By Bill Butcher
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Podcast transcript: Intelligent performance engineering (Part 3) – integrated design and simulation

Podcast transcript: Intelligent performance engineering (Part 3) – integrated design and simulation

February 9, 2021
The machinery industry requires equipment manufacturers to address many challenges and respond to the increasing demand for more flexible and...
By Bill Butcher
< 1 MIN READ
Podcast series: Intelligent performance engineering (Part 3) – Integrated design and simulation

Podcast series: Intelligent performance engineering (Part 3) – Integrated design and simulation

February 2, 2021
In this third episode of our Intelligent Performance Engineering (IPE) podcast series, we address IPE integrated design and simulation. We...
By Bill Butcher
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Intelligent performance engineering – Integrated design and simulation ep. 3

Intelligent performance engineering – Integrated design and simulation ep. 3

February 2, 2021
Manufacturing technology is full of moving parts. From design to simulation and ultimately production, physical changes to any part of...
By Bill Butcher
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Podcast transcript: Intelligent Performance Engineering (Part 2) – multiphysics simulation

Podcast transcript: Intelligent Performance Engineering (Part 2) – multiphysics simulation

January 26, 2021
It’s essential to have sophisticated machines in the modern machine industry. Therefore, builders need Intelligent Performance Engineering (IPE) expertise, allowing...
By Bill Butcher
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Intelligent performance engineering (Part 2) – understanding multiphysics simulation

Intelligent performance engineering (Part 2) – understanding multiphysics simulation

January 19, 2021
One of the three differentiators of Siemens Intelligent Performance Engineering Solution was designed specifically to meet a very demanding set...
By Bill Butcher
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Podcast series: Intelligent performance engineering (Part 2) – understanding multiphysics simulation

Podcast series: Intelligent performance engineering (Part 2) – understanding multiphysics simulation

January 19, 2021
In this second podcast in our series on Intelligent Performance Engineering (IPE), we take a deeper dive into multiphysics simulation...
By Bill Butcher
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Podcast transcript: Intelligent Performance Engineering (Part 1)

Podcast transcript: Intelligent Performance Engineering (Part 1)

January 12, 2021
Complicated new machine introductions for machine builders requires the added expertise of Intelligent Performance Engineering (IPE) for industrial machinery companies...
By Bill Butcher
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eBook: Generative design tools provide a transforming strategy for industrial machinery industry

eBook: Generative design tools provide a transforming strategy for industrial machinery industry

January 11, 2021
An evolution is occurring in the industrial machinery industry. Today’s modern machines are more than a mechanical piece of equipment...
By Bill Butcher
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Podcast series: Intelligent performance engineering (Part 1) – leveraging machine complexity

Podcast series: Intelligent performance engineering (Part 1) – leveraging machine complexity

January 5, 2021
Digital capabilities are proving increasingly valuable in the world of industrial manufacturing. As manufacturing increases in complexity, digital solutions are...
By Bill Butcher
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Podcast series: Intelligent performance engineering – leveraging machine complexity with IPE (Part 1)

Podcast series: Intelligent performance engineering – leveraging machine complexity with IPE (Part 1)

January 5, 2021
There is increasing complexity surrounding new machine introductions for machine builders. Therefore, Intelligent Performance Engineering (IPE) is critical for industrial...
By Bill Butcher
< 1 MIN READ
Leveraging a multi-disciplinary design to build a comprehensive digital twin – advance machine engineering (webinar)

Leveraging a multi-disciplinary design to build a comprehensive digital twin – advance machine engineering (webinar)

November 13, 2020
Advanced machine engineering is a digital thread method to engineering, enabling the development of complicated machines faster with fewer costs...
By Bill Butcher
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White paper: virtual commissioning – digital twins to validate

White paper: virtual commissioning – digital twins to validate

November 9, 2020
A recently published white paper discusses how virtual commissioning uses software tools with preexisting hardware-in-the-loop (HiL) to simulate and validate...
By Bill Butcher
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Multi-disciplinary design – capturing and managing design disciplines (white paper)

Multi-disciplinary design – capturing and managing design disciplines (white paper)

November 3, 2020
In a recently published white paper, it addresses how complex machinery is not a new concept: mechanical machinery controls systems,...
By Bill Butcher
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Industrial machinery – talking shop with Rahul Garg

Industrial machinery – talking shop with Rahul Garg

October 28, 2020
In a recent article published in Industrial Machine Digest, Rahul Garg, Vice President of Industrial Machinery and Heavy Equipment at Siemens...
By Bill Butcher
< 1 MIN READ
White paper: Advanced machine engineering transforms the machine building industry

White paper: Advanced machine engineering transforms the machine building industry

October 26, 2020
With machines becoming more sophisticated, equipment builders have the challenge to meet cost, quality, timing and functional requirements essential to...
By Bill Butcher
< 1 MIN READ
eBook: Empowering the world’s machine engineering

eBook: Empowering the world’s machine engineering

October 20, 2020
A recently published Siemens’ ebook discusses how engineering is evolving from traditionally engineered products to digitally simulated designs. Consumers are demanding customization to...
By Bill Butcher
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Published article: Machinery benefits of multi-disciplinary design

Published article: Machinery benefits of multi-disciplinary design

October 1, 2020
How are you improving your machines in industrial manufacturing? Are you taking advantage of the many benefits of advanced machine...
By Bill Butcher
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Published article: Getting smarter with smart manufacturing

Published article: Getting smarter with smart manufacturing

September 25, 2020
In a recently published article in Manufacturing Automation, Bill Davis, Solution Director of Industrial Machinery and Heavy Equipment Industry for Siemens Digital...
By Bill Butcher
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Advanced machine engineering – a managed environment (podcast transcript – part 4)

Advanced machine engineering – a managed environment (podcast transcript – part 4)

April 7, 2020
Discussing another differentiation advanced machine engineering solution, allowing machine manufacturers the ability to create a BOM and a configuration management environment.
By Bill Butcher
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Advanced machine engineering – virtual machine simulation and commissioning (podcast transcript – part 3)

Advanced machine engineering – virtual machine simulation and commissioning (podcast transcript – part 3)

March 31, 2020
Industrial machinery in manufacturing is witnessing highly significant innovations. It is challenging to design, validate and manage modern-day manufacturing and...
By Bill Butcher
< 1 MIN READ
Advanced machine engineering – multi-disciplinary design (podcast transcript – part 2)

Advanced machine engineering – multi-disciplinary design (podcast transcript – part 2)

March 24, 2020
Industrial machinery in manufacturing is observing widespread technological advancements. It is an intimidating mission to design, validate and manage modern-day...
By Bill Butcher
< 1 MIN READ
Advanced machine engineering – industrial machinery (podcast transcript – part 1)

Advanced machine engineering – industrial machinery (podcast transcript – part 1)

March 17, 2020
The scenery of industrial machinery in manufacturing is seeing a pioneering renovation of technological progressions. It is a daunting task...
By Bill Butcher
< 1 MIN READ
Podcast series: Advanced machine engineering (Part 4) – managing the bill-of-materials

Podcast series: Advanced machine engineering (Part 4) – managing the bill-of-materials

March 3, 2020
Industrial machinery in manufacturing is continuing to witness unparalleled developments in state-of-the-art technologies. It is an inspiring effort to design,...
By Bill Butcher
< 1 MIN READ
Podcast series: Advanced machine engineering (Part 4) – managing the bill-of-materials

Podcast series: Advanced machine engineering (Part 4) – managing the bill-of-materials

March 3, 2020
Industrial machinery in manufacturing is continuing to witness unparalleled developments in state-of-the-art technologies. It is an inspiring effort to design,...
By Bill Butcher
< 1 MIN READ
Podcast series: Advanced machine engineering (Part 3) – virtual machine simulation and commissioning

Podcast series: Advanced machine engineering (Part 3) – virtual machine simulation and commissioning

February 18, 2020
Industrial machinery in manufacturing is experiencing unprecedented advancements in innovative technologies. It is a challenging endeavor to design, validate and...
By Bill Butcher
< 1 MIN READ
Podcast series: Advanced machine engineering (Part 3) – virtual machine simulation and commissioning

Podcast series: Advanced machine engineering (Part 3) – virtual machine simulation and commissioning

February 18, 2020
Virtual machine simulation and commissioning for advanced machine engineering.
By Bill Butcher
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Podcast series: Advanced machine engineering (Part 2) – leveraging multi-disciplinary design

Podcast series: Advanced machine engineering (Part 2) – leveraging multi-disciplinary design

February 4, 2020
We are witnessing a revolutionary overhaul of technological progressions in the landscape of industrial machinery in manufacturing. It is a...
By Bill Butcher
< 1 MIN READ
Podcast series: Advanced machine engineering (Part 2) – leveraging multi-disciplinary design

Podcast series: Advanced machine engineering (Part 2) – leveraging multi-disciplinary design

February 4, 2020
Collaboration for machine builders, examining the machine design process (podcast)
By Bill Butcher
< 1 MIN READ
Podcast series: Advanced machine engineering (Part 1) – industrial machinery

Podcast series: Advanced machine engineering (Part 1) – industrial machinery

January 21, 2020
The scenery of industrial machinery in manufacturing is seeing a pioneering renovation of technological progressions. It is a daunting task...
By Bill Butcher
< 1 MIN READ
Podcast series: Advanced machine engineering (Part 1) – industrial machinery

Podcast series: Advanced machine engineering (Part 1) – industrial machinery

January 21, 2020
The scenery of industrial machinery in manufacturing is seeing a pioneering renovation of technological progressions. It is a daunting task...
By Bill Butcher
< 1 MIN READ