The concept of "zero waste" is becoming increasingly popular. That's why many industries have created plans to reduce the majority, if not all, of the materials that would otherwise end up in ...

Turning 3-dimensional product models into manufacturing process designs is no easy task. Kevin Marseilles, senior process designer with Delphi Corp.’s Saginaw Steering Systems Division, used to spend ...

I’ve been working in and around outsourced manufacturing for a lot of years now, so long in fact that I remember when it was simply referred to as “contract manufacturing.” Back then most contract ...

According to the National Association of Manufacturers, U.S. manufacturers produce 12.2 percent of U.S. gross domestic product, equating to $1.8 trillion annually. Manufacturing tends to be more ...

In-silico design facilitates process optimization and evaluation of process control strategies. The pharmaceutical industry has recognized the value of implementing a systematic approach to drug ...

Although some aspects of process validation for continuous processes are the same as those for traditional batch processes, there are some unique considerations. Although some aspects of process ...

Among the almost limitless use cases for commercial-scale graphene is filtration. MIT engineers say they've now developed a scalable production process for precisely tailored graphene filtration ...

Additive Manufacturing (AM) is a term used to identify the manufacturing processes performed by 3D printing through layer-by-layer construction. In addition to avoiding the generation of waste through ...