Good morning! Experienced operators are getting harder to find, so Haitian's fifth-generation injection molding machines come equipped with a suite of artificial intelligence tools designed to help optimize processes. (But don't worry, if you're lucky enough to have veterans on your floor with wizard-like skills, you can turn the AI off and let them do their thing.) Read the latest in our series on smart factory advancements.
From The Journal of Blow Molding, learn about new technologies for capturing preform behavior. Dukane has been bought by the Crest Group, Baumer has a new encoder, and there's good news from the Manufacturing PMI report for July.
Lynne Sherwin, editor
