Innovative Engineering Solutions Contribute to COVID-19 Medical Protection

By Bill Lydon
Many organizations in the manufacturing industry have shifted assets in order to innovate and produce solutions that are contributing to the protection of medical personnel on the front lines of the COVID-19 fight. In this article, we highlight two of these innovative engineering solutions that are keeping these crucial personnel safe

How to Handle a New Norm for Plant Operations

By Andreas Eschbach
Some measures deemed temporary, such as “social distancing” may become permanent to some extent if in effect long enough to take root and become the new norm.  Certainly, social distancing will become a consideration and action-item on every risk analysis and health and safety checklist going forward.
 

Hyster-Yale Group announces free lift truck operator training video content

The videos are available at no cost for a limited time through the company’s Yale and Hyster brands. The content covers characteristics of class I-V lift trucks, operating environment considerations, requirements of OSHA 1910.178 and safe operating practices.

Koch Engineered Solutions announces acquisition of DarkVision

In conjunction with the acquisition, KES has also made a significant growth equity investment in DarkVision to fund future growth, R&D and expansion. DarkVision is an early stage industrial acoustic imaging company.

ARC Advisory Group Report: Geographic Information Systems (GIS) key to successful rollout of 5G networks

This ARC research explores current and historical market performance and related technology and business trends, identifies leading technology suppliers, and provides five-year global forecasts for the Geographic Information Systems market. 

Coordinate Metrology Society announces 3D Measurement U online video training resource

The resource offers a first wave of informational videos containing best practices, tricks of the trade, and other themes presented by experts in the field who are members of the CMS.

Pico Technology announces PicoScope 6000E Series of oscilloscopes

With dimensions of 245 x 192 x 62 mm (9.7 x 7.6 x 2.5 inches), the 6000E Series oscilloscopes fit on any workbench. Pico PC-based instruments are designed for engineers who need professional-grade test equipment that fits in limited available space, whether in a laboratory or at their home office.

Microchip Technology releases Switchtec PAX Advanced Fabric Gen 4 PCIe switch family

Microchip’s Switchtec PAX PCIe family of switches provides a fabric solution for systems requiring multi-host sharing of Single Root I/O Virtualization (SR-IOV) Non-Volatile Memory (NVMe) Solid State Drives (SSDs), Graphics Processing Units (GPUs) and other PCIe endpoints.