A recent study showed that container glass production grew by 18.6 percent since 2012, with manufacturers producing 83.3 billion bottles and jars in 2021 alone. As many companies embrace sustainability, glass is becoming a more environmentally friendly alternative to plastic, and accurate inspection processes can help production facilities reduce their footprint further by reducing waste.
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How automation can improve inspection accuracy and reduce costs
Manufacturing sheet metal parts is challenging: the cost of each component is lower than in other industries like metal machining, which drives down the resources available to invest in quality control. Nevertheless, inspection remains critical for every sheet metal application. Here, Matt Parry, Applications Engineer at The Sempre Group, and Olivia McNeill, Sales & Marketing Manager at InspecVision, explains why automating inspection is critical.
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Delivering the latest in 5-axis measurement technology
To help Irish manufacturers benefit from faster scanning times when using coordinate measuring machines (CMM), industrial metrology supplier The Sempre Group recently became an approved supplier for LK Metrology and Renishaw in Ireland.
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Removing measurement bottlenecks
While bottlenecks outside of a facility are difficult to control, manufacturers can take measures to prevent bottlenecks on the assembly line.
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Sempre introduces new CT scanning services
To provide manufacturers with access to equipment and data to inspect entire components and assemblies fully, The Sempre Group now offers CT systems as well as industrial CT scanning and data analysis services from its Ireland office.
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Bridging the great resignation gap
According to Make UK, the manufacturing labour turnover rate hit a record high of 17.6 percent in 2020, an early indicator of what was to come. We are now in the midst of the Great Resignation – a time when employees are quitting their jobs at historic rates.
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Why we need a culture change in data collection
According to TechJury, each person on Earth created 1.7MB of data every second in 2020. Thanks to smartphones and tablets making the everyday digital, the volume of data collected has skyrocketed — so, when will the same be universally true in manufacturing?
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The Sempre Group partners with Third Dimension to strengthen automated metrology offering
The Sempre Group has announced a partnership with non-contact gauging systems manufacturer, Third Dimension.
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