White Paper on Manufacturing-X

whitePaper | August 1, 2022

The story of manufacturing is one of constant technological change and evolution. It is also a story with a sweeping geopolitical arc from the industrial revolution in 19th century Britain to modern day China accounting for nearly 30% of the world’s manufacturing1 . The march of the machines is relentless and for large portions of society, alarming. Today’s technology is even imbued with the ability to learn – Blake Lemoine, a software engineer at Google, believes a chatbot his firm has created is capable of conscious thought2.

whitePaper | October 21, 2022

The adoption of Industry 4.0 technologies into production facilities and throughout operations, such as automation, 3D printers, cloud computing, robotics, machine learning, and IIoT devices, is gaining momentum across smart manufacturing

whitePaper | July 17, 2020

We launched a new product back in late 2019 called GrabCAD Shop. The idea was simple. We wanted to build a solution to make the 3D printing work order management process better—less manual, more integrated, and more cost effective.Now, GrabCAD Shop is the only 3D printing work order management software on the market. It’s the only solution built specifically for 3D print shops. It’s proven to streamline 3D printing workflows, easy to set up with little to no IT involvement, and secure.

whitePaper | August 5, 2022

New technologies have woven their way into the manufacturing industry in recent years, particularly spurred by the advent of the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT). Just as consumers have been able to integrate technologies such as smart thermostats and doorbells into their homes, American manufacturing firms have leveraged new technological tools to make their workflow more automated and interconnected—improving efficiencies and output.

whitePaper | August 15, 2022

It is clear that for many businesses, with legacy assets and requirements for urgent investment in other areas, the goals of Industry 4.0 can seem further away than ever. Many of the smart manufacturing ideas and strategies that are discussed assume a base level of automation and integration that are much easier to achieve in greenfield sites that have be

whitePaper | June 3, 2022

Instantly appears in many people’s minds is of a production plant run entirely by robots. But robotics is only part of the overall technology stack that will enable today’s factories meet the demands of tomorrow’s markets. In just a few decades, industrial manufacturing has changed dramatically in the continuous effort to keep pace with ever increasing market demands. Basically, this transition has occurred in three distinct phases, each with its own pathway to success.