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Food and Beverage Equipment Manufacturing: Materials, Finishes, and Design Requirements

Food and beverage equipment needs to perform reliably while meeting strict requirements for cleanliness, corrosion resistance, and food-contact safety. A machinery component that corrodes during a clean-in-place (CIP) cycle, traps residue in a machined pocket, or uses an unsuitable polymer can introduce contamination risks, shorten equipment life, and create costly compliance problems. Equipment that produces […]

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Metal Material Selection Guide

Picking a metal for a custom part is one of the most consequential decisions you’ll make in the design process. Get it right, and your part performs as expected, machines or forms cleanly, and ships on time. Get it wrong, and you’re looking at cracked bends, corroded hardware, blown budgets, or a part that’s simply […]

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MFG TMW Podcast – Spotlight: Vinny Licata, MISUMI Americas (Manufacturing Tomorrow)

Manufacturing Tomorrow episode with Vinny Licata, Director of Logistics at MISUMI Americas, on manufacturing logistics, freight capacity, supplier flexibility and tariffs. Note: add to the podcast section. Learn More

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Heat Treatment for Steel and Aluminum: An Engineer’s Guide

A precision shaft can be machined perfectly, inspected within tolerance, sent for heat treatment, and come back unusable. The shaft may bow, or a bearing journal may lose roundness or move outside tolerance. Reverse the order and a different problem appears. Machining after hardening can increase cycle time, cost, and tool wear or breakage. In […]

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Smart Manufacturing and What It Means for Hardware Teams

Manufacturers have been automating production for decades. What changed in the last ten years is the layer of intelligence on top of that automation. Smart manufacturing describes production environments where machines, sensors, software systems, and supply chains are connected well enough to generate, share, and act on data in real time. Smart manufacturing is the […]

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Custom End Effectors and EOAT: Design and Manufacturing Guide

In robotic automation, the end effector, or End of Arm Tooling (EOAT), is where the digital instructions of the controller meet the physical realities of the workpiece. These terms refer to the specialized hardware mounted to a robot flange that interacts with parts, tools, or the surrounding cell environment. The terms are interchangeable in practice […]