Smart factories are new factories. They use machines, computers, and programs to make snapshots faster and more accurately.

A Nexen roller-pinion drive positions the plasma-cutting head on the HP Whistler, a cutting table from Pinnacle Industrial Automation. The roller-pinion drive uses bearing-supported rollers within a ...

Getting a machine to market faster ultimately helps improve the bottom line, so machine builders often try to save valuable time in the design phase. Other pressures also spur machine builders to ...

Surely, if you’re reading this website you’ve teased the thought of building your own 3D printer. I certainly did. But from my years of repeated rebuilds of my homebrew laser cutter, I learned one ...