Industry

Supply chain bottleneck will continue without intervention, change in consumer behavior The current supply chain slowdown is wreaking havoc as we move into the holidays, causing shortages that will impact gift buying and what we put on the Thanksgiving table. There is not just one single issue or breakdown in the supply chain that has caused these bottlenecks, say University of Delaware professors Bintong Chen and Caroline Swift. The slowdown is the result of a perfect storm of factors on the supply and demand side and the unique challenges and problems presented by the COVID-19 pandemic. "Someone should write a children’s book,...

  Printed Electronics in 2021: Emerging Applications Accelerate Towards Adoption     Printed/flexible electronics has long been touted as the technology that will make electronics ubiquitous. Promised applications include wireless sensors in packaging, skin patches that communicate with the internet, and buildings that detect leaks to enable preventative maintenance. However, until recently such applications have largely remained in the prototyping and development stages.   However, 2021 has been an exciting year for printed electronics, with multiple applications reaching commercial adoption and significant funds flowing into the sector. Even where technologies are not yet commercialized, companies are increasingly transitioning from developing...

FPT INDUSTRIAL IS THE SUSTAINABLE POWER BEHIND THE 1,064 IVECO S-WAY CNG TRUCKS ORDERED BY AMAZON TO SUPPORT EUROPEAN OPERATIONS FPT Industrial will supply 1,064 Cursor 13 Natural Gas engines to IVECO for the fleet of IVECO S-WAY CNG trucks to be delivered to Amazon.  Amazon has already taken delivery of the first batch of 216 units to be operated by its partners in Europe, and another 848 units are on order with deliveries to start in mid-2022. Built in the WCM Gold-Level Plant in Bourbon-Lancy (France), FPT Industrial’s Cursor 13 NG engine represents the best low environmental impact alternative for...

The SIM turns 30 Munich, November 2021 – 30 years ago, Giesecke+Devrient (G+D) delivered the world's first commercial SIM card to a telecommunications company in Finland. At the time, hardly anyone could have imagined the success this smart card would achieve. But growth did not stop there – further innovations are on the horizon and the success story will continue. The IoT sector in particular is rapidly driving the SIM evolution. The SIM card connects the world and stores data securely – this fundamental basis has not changed in the last 30 years, even though the range of functions has...

Chip Thinning for Increased Metal Removal Rates in CNC Machining In today’s competitive machined component market, companies seeking to get more out of existing CNC Machines constantly look for ways to increase Metal Removal Rates (MRR) i.e. removing more metal in less time. One of the best ways to increase MRR is through more aggressive spindle speeds and feed rates. To accomplish this, it takes more than simply turning up the parameters in the CNC program – one must account for chip formation. Creating proper metal chips and getting them out of the way of the cutting tool is critical to...