The ‘drive’ is on to cut energy use, increase efficiencies, and reduce carbon emissions globally. National governments, the United Nations, the European Union and others are all pressing ahead with ever more stringent goals and policies.
Since its inception, additive manufacturing (AM) has been lauded for its ability to speed up the prototyping process by bypassing the need for an extensive production line or custom tooling.
In this Q&A, Zohair Mehkri, Director of Digital Twin at Flex, chats to DPA about the biggest improvements to simulation software technology over the past few years, the benefits of remote connectivity and networking, and what the future holds for simulation.
The automation industry is currently experiencing unprecedented supply issues for items such as semiconductors, alongside shortages of materials including copper and aluminium. These essentials were in abundant supply only a couple of years ago.
When we talk about the state of the manufacturing industry, there is often, reasonably, a lot of doom and gloom. But, finally, it seems that there is light at the end of the tunnel.