All manufacturers make things. Some make products for people to use—like soap, food, dishwashers, toys, cars, and other consumer goods. Others make products for businesses and specialists to use.   Then there are the manufacturers who make the machines that other manufacturers use to make whatever it is they make. These are the manufacturers of industrial […]

Automation is relieving humanity of mundane, repetitive tasks. Whether it’s a computer program automating a part set up in Fusion 360 or a robot lifting a heavy metal part and placing it somewhere else on a factory floor, the idea is the same: let’s make work safer and less tedious for people. At first glance, […]

Manufacturing always has been and always will be about tangible things: the products we make and the tools we use to make them.   In many ways, the cloud is the opposite of all that—it’s the term for data storage and computes resources made available over the internet, enabling you to store and access data and […]

The new ways we can manage, analyze, and share data are creating important new possibilities for manufacturers, enabling us to not only make better products in more efficient ways but also to build better, smarter companies.   The same also goes for the most innovative manufacturing processes and technologies available to industry, known collectively as “advanced […]

More Advanced Materials = More Advanced Manufacturing  In the world of advanced manufacturing, new processes often get the spotlight, whether you’re talking about 3D printing or new subtractive techniques like 5-axis milling. But the materials we use to manufacture matter just as much, and they’re evolving just as rapidly—if not faster.  From original composites to […]

Subtractive manufacturing has long been a foundation of modern industrial production—but that doesn’t mean it’s old school. Tools, processes, and possibilities have been evolving to keep pace with the needs of manufacturers—and that pace is only accelerating thanks to recent advances.   The term subtractive manufacturing refers to any process in which material is cut, shaped, […]

Since the early days of the First Industrial Revolution, manufacturers have moved quickly to embrace manufacturing innovation, continually progressing from traditional manufacturing. From water-powered looms to electric factories, mechanized assembly lines to industrial robots, anything that can help then be more competitive, they’ll put it to work. Greater efficiency? Streamlined operations? Increased productivity? Better quality? […]

Autodesk has offered the access for PowerMill and Fusion 360 subscribers to drive better business results. Productivity and Your Business with PowerMill and Fusion 360 Productivity and collaboration are just a few essential components that a quality organization must possess. With the recent, unprecedented world events taking place—now more than ever it is crucial that […]

You may or may not have recently heard that KETIV has recently been certified in Advanced Manufacturing by our partners over at Autodesk. A number of my fellow Application Engineers and Sales Team members had to pass a series of tests that affirm our knowledge and skills as an organization that can support Advanced CAM […]

How cool is that? In every minute of cycle time, cooling consumes the vast majority of clock-ticks. That makes it an important factor in determining the profitability of a part. Mold and part designers understand the implications, relying on some combination of expertise, experience, intuition, prototyping and CAE analysis to develop trusted cooling system designs. […]