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Dassault Systèmes and Granta Design add materials data to innovation platform

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Dassault Systèmes is collaborating with Granta Design to help product innovation teams make more informed decisions about the materials they use for the products they are developing and the experiences they want to deliver.

Dassault Systèmes’ 3DExperience platform will integrate with Granta Design’s Granta MI system for materials information management,  so approved information from a company’s materials database will be directly available to its product innovation teams on the 3DExperience platform.

Designers, engineers, simulation analysts and other stakeholders will be able to quickly access accurate and consistent information on materials and their properties, and check that requirements on their structural behaviour, cost, application, compliance or sustainability are fulfilled.

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Schunk introduces fast depanelling machine

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Schunk Electronic Solutions has developed Magnoplate – a universal workpiece holder for depanelling machines that is claimed to speed up the process.

Depanelling is the process when product-relevant PCBs produced together on a board are broken up to be inserted into the product during assembly.

The workpiece holder of Magnoplate  places magnetic carrier pins with a milling head on a support plate. This results in lightning-fast brackets for new assembly groups.

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Yamaha Motor to open advanced technology centre for robotics, AI and IT 

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Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd. is to open the Yamaha Motor Advanced Technology Center in Yokohama City, Japan, to further advanced technology development in the robotics, artificial intelligence, and IT fields.

As a hub for development of advanced technology such as AI/IoT, motion control, and image processing in the robotics field, Yamaha Motor plans for the Center to progressively commit, recruit, and develop advanced specialist human resources in each field.

At the same time, Yamaha Motor is also positioning the Center as a hub for open innovation, promoting linkages and collaboration with companies, universities, and research institutions which possess knowledge and strengths in advanced technology fields.

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DJI introduces V2.0 edition of the Phantom 4 Pro

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Fans of the DJI Phantom drone can look forward to the release of the Phantom 4 Pro V2.0 (P4P V2.0), the latest variation of the Phantom 4 Pro.

The P4P V2.0 uses DJI’s OcuSync transmission technology for high-resolution and low-latency digital video transmission and improves the flight experience by reducing propeller noise by up to 60%, says the company.

Users with the first-person-view experience can directly connect the P4P V2.0 with their DJI Goggles for an immersive FPV flying experience.

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CarSmartt to develop driverless vehicle package delivery service

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Car-sharing company CarSmartt has entered in to an agreement with Archer Robotics, LLC. to establish a project and implementation plan to provide an autonomous vehicle platform for CarSmartt, focused on parcels delivery with driverless cars.

Over the past 4 months, Archer through its Aitheon team has been running a very successful ICO and to date has raised over $23,500,000.

Carsmartt, with the help of Aitheon, will launch the Carsmartt ICO, which is expected to be completed in approximately three months’ time.

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ClassOne sees upturn in plating sales for VCSEL devices

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Semiconductor equipment manufacturer ClassOne Technology has been selling its Solstice electroplating systems to the industry’s leading providers of VCSEL (Vertical-Cavity Surface-Emitting Laser) devices in recent months.

“This is an important trend. We’re observing unprecedented demand for VCSEL manufacturing capacity to support 3D sensing, fibre-optic communications, and laser-based materials processing,” said ClassOne Group CEO, Byron Exarcos.

“At the same time, we see that compound semiconductor manufacturers are migrating production from wet-benches to automated single-wafer plating. The strong upturn in our Solstice sales reflects this.”

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Trimble acquires Stabiplan to expand its European MEP engineering solutions

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US-based Trimble now owns Stabiplan B.V., based in the Netherlands, a 3D Computer Aided Design and Engineering (CAD/CAE) software and Building Information Modelling (BIM) content provider for the Mechanical, Electrical and Plumbing (MEP) industries in Europe.

The Stabiplan acquisition broadens Trimble’s existing construction solutions for MEP contractors and engineers that enable automated estimating, project management, modelling, detailing, layout and construction.

Stabiplan’s solutions include Stabicad software and the MEPcontent BIM content library. Stabicad is a 3D CAD/CAE software solution for Revit and AutoCAD, which integrates design, drawing and engineering calculation/analysis, supporting workflows from engineering to construction.

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Partnership launched for 5G mobile networks for industry

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The 5G Alliance for Connected Industries and Automation (5G-ACIA), which was established in April 2018, strives to successfully establish 5G in industrial production and to design it for industrial capability from the outset.

5G makes it possible to implement Industries 4.0 even faster and to take it to the next level. This technology enables an unprecedented degree of flexibility, versatility and mobility in industrial production.

There are many advantages to 5G, including a very powerful wireless networking technology that is suitable even for critical industrial applications.

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National Instruments introduces software aimed at simplifying automated test systems

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National Instruments, the provider of a software-defined platform that helps accelerate the development and performance of automated test and automated measurement systems, has announced the release of its InstrumentStudio software for NI PXI modular instruments.

InstrumentStudio improves the live, interactive use model for modular instruments and makes debugging while running tests more intuitive, says the company.

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Rockwell launches network operations and maintenance software

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Rockwell Automation has released new software designed to simplify network operations and maintenance and give  centralised visibility into networked assets.

The new FactoryTalk Network Manager software is designed for monitoring and maintaining a growing number of IoT devices on networks.

It allows monitoring of Allen-Bradley Stratix managed switches, troubleshooting switch issues and configuration of new managed switches from one software interface.

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