Water and Moisture Control: Building It Right the First Time
//feeds.backtracks.fm/global/client/marketscale/embed.min.js Two of the biggest threats to any structure are water and moisture. Once water permeates walls, it can lead to mold and rot. Ideally, you want to build the...
What Manufacturers Can do to Maximize the Ability of Self-Supporting Machines
Production managers lean on their machine operators to optimize the line. As these workers adjust settings, swap components and troubleshoot faults, their agility and skill keep the line in...
What Manufacturers can do About the Growing Workforce Skills Gap
The world of work is changing rapidly. As manufacturers upgrade to more intelligent machines that can produce goods faster and more cheaply, they’re faced with a people problem. Human...
Reinforcing the Bottom Line with Sustainable Strategies
Sustainability, transparency, wellness and resiliency are the pillars of the green building world. Host Daniel Huard, the Godfather of Sustainability, collaborates with the experts around the world focusing on...
Meeting Valve Sizing and Noise Requirements with Innovative Software Solutions
https://fast.wistia.com/embed/medias/y3jro4wjpn.jsonphttps://fast.wistia.com/assets/external/E-v1.js On this episode of Valve Chronicles, a Cla-Val podcast, Daniel Litwin hosts Roger Lah, Technical Product Specialist for Cla-Val. The duo explored how technical software can help industrial water...
Understanding OEE and How it Applies to Manufacturing
//feeds.backtracks.fm/global/client/marketscale/embed.min.js Overall Equipment Effectiveness, or OEE, is a metric that attempts to identify the percentage of planned production time that’s truly productive – but does it even come close to...
Equitable Cities IV: How the Business Community Impacts City Development
Navigating the infrastructure, land and relationships in construction. Host Adam Morrisey interviews global leaders in the built environment exploring the people, ideas and innovations guiding the construction and civil...
European Researchers Bring Innovative Robotics to Construction
https://fast.wistia.com/embed/medias/l66le1e8lh.jsonphttps://fast.wistia.com/assets/external/E-v1.js New advancements in autonomous systems are poising the construction industry for a robot revolution. One of the oldest and most vital industries in the world, the construction industry is...
Elevating Valve Service with Thorough Data and Scheduling
https://fast.wistia.com/embed/medias/oa2ehysxdc.jsonphttps://fast.wistia.com/assets/external/E-v1.js In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, water management facilities have had to figure out how to keep systems up and running while avoiding putting their technicians and other...
Amping Up Electrical Construction Projects with BIM
From drones and bleeding-edge technology to the end-to-end processes that drive efficiency, modern construction is undergoing a renaissance. Host Shaun MacIntosh talks with the top leaders in construction and...
How the Combination of Artificial Intelligence and IoT makes the Smart Factory a Reality
Augsburg / Munich, December 1, 2020 – Part 4 of the digital press conference series “Join us for a coffee...” took a look into the future of manufacturing and...
How Link2Valves Can Modernize Your Water System Management
https://fast.wistia.com/embed/medias/r1547jjwrt.jsonphttps://fast.wistia.com/assets/external/E-v1.js Mark Gimson has seen it all when it comes to valves. Now Director of Marketing and International Sales for Cla-Val, Gimson has worked with control valves for more than 35...
Why Going Electric with Your Valve Control Can Be a Smart, Economic Choice
https://fast.wistia.com/embed/medias/og4qs788ri.jsonphttps://fast.wistia.com/assets/external/E-v1.js It’s comfortable to stick with a known commodity, but that can lead to becoming stuck in the past. That’s becoming the case with many water districts that aren’t exploring...
What’s the Right Metrology for My Parts?
https://fast.wistia.com/embed/medias/qs00xwuss7.jsonphttps://fast.wistia.com/assets/external/E-v1.js For this installment of Metrology Matters, Srini Varre, Technical Specialist at Global Power-Train, and Dave O’Leary, Director of Quality Assurance, at Accumold lent their expertise to help break down...
Pulling Back the Curtain on Worthen’s R&D Process
https://fast.wistia.com/embed/medias/nqy44crz2g.jsonphttps://fast.wistia.com/assets/external/E-v1.js When it comes to research and development, a chemist’s work is never done. And Ian Churcher, R&D Laboratory Manager for the foam fabricating division of Worthen Industries with 27 years...
Connecting Workers in Construction with New Opportunities
https://fast.wistia.com/embed/medias/1c0v0nns53.jsonphttps://fast.wistia.com/assets/external/E-v1.js Racism and bias still impact most industries. The construction industry is no different, but many leaders in the industry are taking a stand. Di-Ann Eisnor, Co-founder and CEO of Core,...
Constructing a Modular Building from Start to Finish
//feeds.backtracks.fm/global/client/marketscale/embed.min.js A potential Vanguard Modular customer may know they need a modular building but not what the process will entail. When Vanguard constructs a modular building, it runs through these steps...
Equitable Cities III: Addressing Inequality and Enacting the Change Our Cities Need
https://fast.wistia.com/embed/medias/boi698oypi.jsonphttps://fast.wistia.com/assets/external/E-v1.js On this episode of Dirt Work, host Adam Morrisey continued the show’s series on the topic of equitable cities by discussing the role that real estate developers, bankers and...
Orange Intelligence: Why Mobile Robotics Is An Exciting Field
//feeds.backtracks.fm/global/client/marketscale/embed.min.js Denise Ebenhoech is naturally curious. That’s not unique in the automation community, but the Regional Head of Advanced Robotic Applications at KUKA Robotics has explored plenty of different avenues of...
Front-End Loading Is Key to Planning Automation Projects
//feeds.backtracks.fm/global/client/marketscale/embed.min.js An automation project has plenty in common with a house. No matter how grand the idea starts, it’s unlikely to be a successful project if the blueprints and foundation...
New Hexagon “CMM as a Service” Helps US Manufacturers Gain Competitive Edge with Easy...
A new program, announced by Hexagon’s Manufacturing Intelligence division, provides businesses in the US and Canada access to best-in-class metrology equipment as a service so they can benefit from...
How Technology Is Helping Construction Remain Agile
https://fast.wistia.com/embed/medias/f4pe8gkyxq.jsonphttps://fast.wistia.com/assets/external/E-v1.js On this episode of Track.Map.Measure with host Shaun MacIntosh, Finning Canada Regional Technology Manager, Alberta and Saskatchewan Core Industries Kris Troppman dove into the state of heavy equipment, labor...
Worthen Building On a Rich History of Adhesive Innovation
https://fast.wistia.com/embed/medias/jr5aac2lmj.jsonphttps://fast.wistia.com/assets/external/E-v1.js Innovation is always hard. Keeping on the forefront of the industry is even harder when you can trace your origin back to 1866. That’s exactly the case with the Upaco...
Signs of Recovery After COVID-19 Shutdown: KUKA Robotics Orders Received Increase in the Third...
Following the downturn due to COVID-19, positive developments between July and September. Orders received in third quarter 20.4% higher year-on-year. Book-to-bill ratio at 1.09 (Q3/19: 0.75). CEO Peter Mohnen: “KUKA has...