Advanced Manufacturing Now

Manufacturers are beginning to use mixed-reality technology for everything from training and remote inspections to aiding complex assembly, repair and maintenance, safety, and quality assurance. In this podcast, Yan Simard, CEO of Kognitiv Spark, and SME Media Senior Editor Steve Plumb discuss the various applications and benefits of the emerging technology.

In this podcast, SME contributing Editor Michael Anderson talks with Rein Torm, co-founder and CTO of Fractory, a decentralized "online manufacturing service" that offers instant price quotes and pairs customers with an optimal supplier. Rein discusses the need for the service, how it got started and the company's recent expansion from Europe to North America.

Business in Tampa Bay is booming. In this podcast, Steve Morey, senior vice president of the economic development for the Tampa Bay Economic Development Council, and Jamie Harden, president and CEO of Creative Sign Designs, share their insights with SME Media senior editor Steve Plumb about the region's resources and opportunities for creating and sustaining successful manufacturing operations in...

In this podcast, Kevin Jones, CEO of Ectobox, talks to SME Media contributing editor Michael Anderson about what manufacturers need to know about getting started with data collection and analytics. "Smart manufacturing" is still a nebulous concept for many suppliers, all of whom need to keep a sharp eye on their bottom line. In this discussion, Kevin Jones shares some of their most common question...

In this episode, SME Senior Editor Bruce Morey sat down with Ande Hazard, VP of Manufacturing Solutions at AT&T Business to discuss how manufacturing is poised to begin experiencing significant benefits from 5G and how 5G will spur manufacturing of the future.

In this podcast, John Derry, senior application engineer at Promess, talks to SME Media contributing editor Michael Anderson about reducing complexity in assembly equipment. Derry discusses how assembly systems may become unnecessarily complex--and how that complexity can reduce quality and increase costs. Derry goes on to describe effective ways of addressing these issues and to reduce and even e...

This special Voices AMplified podcast features guest host Bryan Crutchfield, vice-president and general manager at Materialise and an advisor for SME's AM Technical Community Leadership Committee, and Andy Christensen, adjunct faculty in the radiology department at the University of Cincinnati, as well as the 2022 chair of the Radiological Society of North America's 3D Printing Special Interest Gr...

This special Voices AMplified podcast features guest host John Barnes, CEO and founder of Barnes Global Advisors Group and Metal Powderworks. In addition, he is the vice-chair of SME's AM Technical Leadership Committee. Barnes talks with Jon Meyer, CEO of APWorks, about their personal experiences in the growth and future of additive manufacturing.

This special Voices AMplified podcast features guest host Bryan Crutchfield, vice-president and general manager at Materialise and an advisor for SME's AM Technical Community Leadership Committee, and Fried Vancraen, founder and CEO of Materialise. Bryan and Fried explore the beginnings of Materialise and some of the decisions—good and bad—that have led to the success of the company today.

This special Voices AMplified podcast features guest host Bryan Crutchfield, vice-president and general manager at Materialise and an advisor for SME's AM Technical Community Leadership Committee, and industry legend Greg Morris. Bryan and Greg discuss the emergence of metal AM, predict how it will evolve into the future and what potential impact it might have on your business. Exploring how AM is...

In this podcast, Bruce Morey, Senior Technical Editor for Manufacturing Engineering Magazine discusses with Greg McHale of Datanomix about what he views as the Fatal Flaws of First Generation Monitoring Systems. This podcast is sponsored by our guest.

In this podcast, Bruce Morey, Senior Technical Editor for Manufacturing Engineering Magazine discusses with Mike Harris of Acieta how the myth of robots "stealing" jobs is not true, but how robots can actually help manufacturers retain their employees.

In this podcast, Bruce Morey, Senior Technical Editor for Manufacturing Engineering Magazine discusses some of the issues faced by mid-market manufacturing firms when it comes to securing the talent they need. While the COVID pandemic has highlighted many problems, others existed before the pandemic and are still a problem that need addressing.

In this podcast, Bruce Morey, Senior Technical Editor for Manufacturing Engineering Magazine discusses  some of the core concepts around successful milling with Chuck Somerville of Ceratizit.

In this podcast, Bruce Morey, Senior Technical Editor for Manufacturing Engineering Magazine discusses how best to implement cobots in your machining or manufacturing environment with Jason McCurdy, the Vice President of Automation and Applications for Phillips Corporation. 

The role of engineers needs to evolve as new tools in data analysis becomes available to them to solve the more challenging problems of today. Big data analysis, the set of mathematical tools for analyzing problems called Artificial Intelligence, and the growing ability to capture more data easily and cheaply means today's engineers need to evolve.

Additive manufacturing is evolving rapidly, and some might say we should be expecting a "next wave" in manufacturing driven by this evolution. This will impact the industry, but how? In this podcast, Bruce Morey, Senior Technical Editor for Manufacturing Engineering Magazine discusses this Desktop Metal's CTO Jonah Myerberg.

In this podcast, Bruce Morey, Senior Technical Editor for Manufacturing Engineering Magazine discusses AI in manufacturing with Bobby Uhlenbrock VP of Product for Xometry.

In this podcast, Bruce Morey, Senior Technical Editor for Manufacturing Engineering Magazine discusses with guests Jush Danielson and Bindu Sundaresan of AT&T how manufacturers are investing in digital technologies like IoT and 5G to gain visibility into their operations, improve efficiencies in their processes and enable new revenue opportunities. However, these digital transformation initiatives...

In this podcast, Bruce Morey, Senior Technical Editor for Manufacturing Engineering Magazine discusses how data is best analyzed and manipulated to achieve smarter, if not smart, manufacturing.

In this podcast, Bruce Morey, Senior Technical Editor for Manufacturing Engineering Magazine discusses  with Jason Spera, CEO for Aegis Software how to make Manufacturing 4.0 a reality in your company.

In this podcast, Bruce Morey, Senior Technical Editor for Manufacturing Engineering Magazine discusses Techniques for Problem Solving for Engineers with Melisa Buie Corporate Director for Operational Excellence at Coherent. Melisa describes her work in simple terms: she makes lasers and solves problems. Today we'll hear how she tackles complex engineering and business problems as the Corporate Dir...

In this podcast, Bruce Morey, Senior Technical Editor for Manufacturing Engineering Magazine discusses with Jeff Huerta, VP of Sales at Vecna Robotics about how to deal with difficulties with hiring and high staff turnover rates. These are two of the top problems manufacturing facilities are facing today. To effectively address these challenges, leading facilities are increasingly turning to self-...