The third annual Manufacturing Day will be held Friday, October 3, this year and will feature more than 1,500 manufacturing events nationwide, according to event organizers. The purpose of Manufacturing Day is to introduce as many people as possible to the important role manufacturing plays for both local communities and the nation as a whole. … Read more
ProTec Polymer Processing — a materials handling drying systems solution firm based in Behneim, Germany — will unveil a new type of modular drying equipment at the Fakuma plastics trade show, to be held October 14 to 18 in Freidrichshafen. Among the products to be on display will be a new generation of stationary module … Read more
A brewery in the UK has developed an innovative way to save money on the taxes it is required to pay on the beer it produces: Backwash. In the UK, breweries are required to pay a tax called a “beer duty” on every barrel of beer that leaves the facility. But Marston’s — a brewery … Read more
This week’s Video of the Week takes a lighter side look at construction freaks, failures and misfits. Epic Construction Fails In this video, entitled “Epic Construction Fails”, you will see a compilation of some of the funniest — and dumbest — engineering, architectural and construction failures from around the globe, including: A bridge across a … Read more
The number of Australian iron ore mines using driverless vehicles will increase from 32% to 45% over the next ten years, according to a new report issued by the information solutions and technologies company Timetric. The report, entitled “Technology Investment Priorities in Australian Mining, 2014,” was based on data compiled from more than 110 mine … Read more
Here’s a special sneak preview of some of what you will find this week on the Bahrns blog: One of the country’s biggest railroads has developed an innovative new way to keep freight trains rolling even when breakdowns occur. We’ll share their secret with you … A brewer in the UK has figured out a … Read more
The nation’s rail freight system has many moving parts. So when a single cog in this enormously complicated machine breaks down, it can lead to delays and work stoppages which can quickly add up to millions of dollars in lost productivity. That’s one of the reasons the rail freight line CN has developed a new … Read more
It seems like people do everything on their smart phones these days — from watching their favorite TV shows to exchanging text messages with friends to ordering a pizza. All you need to do is touch an app on your mobile device’s screen and you can do practically anything! Now there’s a new app that … Read more
Detank announced recently that is is building a new manufacturing facility near London and that it is drawing up plans to build another facility in Mexico. Never heard of them? Maybe that’s because the company has only been around since 2010. Also, it is headquartered in Wuhu, China. Yet the company is making an aggressive … Read more
The USA is poised to be a manufacturing leader again. US companies are now selling more US-made goods than ever before. Does this sound far-fetched? Hardly. There are a lot of good reasons for the rebound of US manufacturing-the many techniques that have revolutionized material handling and logistics-both key to the success of any manufacturing … Read more
