In an effort to make your production line more efficient, look at the different ways to lay out the production line or overall manufacturing plant. Two of the most common layouts are the process ...

As we move toward 2024, manufacturing facility designs are changing to tackle new challenges and seize opportunities. From lofty ESG goals to automotive strikes and legislation changes, we expect ...

Warehouses are important pieces of a manufacturing operation due to their use in storing raw materials and finished goods. Efficient warehousing operations take careful planning and meticulous ...

Facility layout optimization concerns the systematic arrangement of machines, workstations and pathways within a manufacturing facility to enhance throughput, minimise material handling costs and ...

Increasing peptide complexity, broader portfolio diversity and rapidly changing volume requirements are placing growing constraints on conventional peptide manufacturing models. At the same time, ...

During the first half of the forum, each of the seven panelists identified what he or she saw as the most important issues in manufacturing. Some spoke broadly about manufacturing, while others ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – The “tsunami” of digital manufacturing is here – and Purdue University has a major new resource to handle it. Purdue officials held a ribbon-cutting ceremony and open house ...

Watch the overview video to learn more about the Digital Manufacturing and Design Technology series. This online, nine-course series provides a foundation in how digital advances are changing the ...

The Department of Engineering Design and Manufacturing is involved in a variety of research and training activities. The following is an overview of the areas that research teams work in, with some ...

Additive manufacturing (or 3D printing) performs well in prototyping, where speed and flexibility outweigh cost and throughput constraints. Problems begin when those same designs move into production.