Industrial Engineering: Research Guide

Episode 131: Ben and Steve report on their trip to SHOT Show 2025. Ben hard transitions to asking about Steve’s first experience with Pilates. Elissa announces the AMT Tech Trends podcast has been placed as the #14 podcast in the manufacturing industry.

A deeply disruptive AI has entered the chat. Cobot vs. robot — who wins? IFR's 2025 robot trends. Should you 'can' your old CAM software? JDC-Miller partners with Hexagon.

While NFL teams usually limit their rookies’ play, quarterback Jayden Daniels led the perpetually inept Washington Commanders deep into the playoffs and rewrote record books. His secret? Virtual reality training. Imagine what it can do for manufacturing.

Factors like reshoring and the expansion of the defense, medical, and space sectors drive manufacturing's adoption of emerging technologies. Explore the accelerators and barriers of automation, additive manufacturing, generative AI, and digital twins.

A deeply disruptive AI has entered the chat. Cobot vs. robot — who wins? IFR's 2025 robot trends. Should you 'can' your old CAM software? JDC-Miller partners with Hexagon.

What could the future of additive manufacturing look like? It promises to be efficient, local, automated, and immediate. In fact, it could look exactly like the jaw-dropping convergent manufacturing platform featured in AMT’s ETC at IMTS 2024.

Manufacturing is the process of transforming raw materials into something with value. When you add a fervor for art, a keenness for progress, or a desire to help, you get a passion project.

New technologies don’t appear with the speed and certainty of throwing a switch. They grow, evolve, and then seem to emerge.

It is the quintessential event that brings our industry together – whether it’s the moment they walk into the Grand Concourse, captivated by the energy of the vibrant crowd, or the enduring relationships they build.

And manufacturing is a strength that all companies can possess – should they make the commitment – in ways that marketing, accounting, and other functions cannot match. Its ongoing importance is hard to overestimate.

Check in for the highlights, headlines, and hijinks that matter to manufacturing. These lean news items keep you updated on the latest developments.

Why you need a testbed. ORNL went chasing rabbits. A Japanese boardroom thriller. The modular lathe at home. The Tesla lidar mystery.

Please, Taiwain, I want some more. Underrated: exoskeletons. AI-decisions-making-explained. McCormick place saves (bird) lives. Don’t mess with 3DBenchy!

New technology is a growth engine for manufacturing, but change risks disruption and enormous costs. Incrementally rolling out new equipment and software using technology testbeds helps refine and optimize processes before production deployment.

Episode 129: Steve shares some updates with the testbed’s vision system. The Tech Friends discuss how to handle the snow and their 2025 goals. Elissa reports Italy’s efforts in 3D printing using marble waste.

Robots in the wild. Path to lights-out. War games and advanced manufacturing. Roll your own 3D printer. New metals.

Check and MFG. Micron's coming to Manassas. Start them while they're young. 3D scanning a physical original... Diamonds (batteries) are (almost) forever.

Episode 127: Ben and Steve both have some testbed updates and conclude that having a solid in-house IT team on hand is vital for implementing new OT (operational technology) systems. The tech friends lighten things up by reflecting on their Thanksgiving.

Check and MFG. Micron's coming to Manassas. Start them while they're young. 3D scanning a physical original... Diamonds (batteries) are (almost) forever.

Manufacturers are doers—always building, innovating, and transforming. It’s no surprise that the most-read articles on AMTonline.org this year spotlighted the driving forces of the industry: automation, innovation, and transformation.

Manufacturers are doers—always building, innovating, and transforming. It’s no surprise that the most-read articles on AMTonline.org this year spotlighted the driving forces of the industry: automation, innovation, and transformation.

Alloys are constantly evolving to meet new demands and incorporate the latest developments. New technologies can even create new possibilities for old(er) materials – like additive manufacturing and Inconel.

Check in for the highlights, headlines, and hijinks that matter to manufacturing. These lean news items keep you updated on the latest developments.

IMTS 2024 brought the manufacturing technology community together for six exhilarating days filled with opportunities to explore new solutions and build meaningful connections.

With demand for manufactured goods surging after 2020 and high rates of job openings persisting due to a labor shortfall, more manufacturers are turning toward automation – and reversing the post-recessionary trend of declining manufacturing productivity.

From industry icons to next-generation innovators, presenters on the IMTS+ Main Stage shared a common conviction that the future of the manufacturing industry is limited only by imagination – and there is no shortage of that.

With skilled workers in short supply, fewer young people interested in on-site work, boomers retiring, and demand remaining elevated, manufacturers could invest in automation for multiple returns.

Episode 126: Steve immediately kicks it off with a listicle regarding the ten most disruptive 3D printers in history. The tech friends then discuss augmented reality glasses. Steve also reports that Georgia Tech has a replica of the AMT testbed.

Money for nothing and your CHIPs for free. AR: Still not dead, still not accessible. Flawless existential dread. You think tech is moving too fast now? AM-optimized motion control.

The ARM Institute held a panel discussion on the challenges and opportunities for automation in aerospace manufacturing. They tackled efficiency and production; economic, technical, and human challenges; management support; workforce development; and more.