Presented by the Penn State Materials Research Institute, the Materials Spotlight Series is designed to create connections and spark discussions between industry and Penn State faculty and students that lead to productive research collaborations. This month’s installment on Powder Processing of Metals, looks at the 2-, 5-, 10-year challenges for the Powdered Metal and Powder Read More

This half-day course will highlight lockout/tagout hazards found in manufacturing facilities, and how to effectively prevent lockout/tagout accidents by implementing an effective energy control program. COURSE TOPICS: OSHA’s Lockout/Tagout Standard Energy Control Programs Case Studies Energy Control Procedures HOW YOU WILL BENEFIT: Gain insight on OSHA’s lockout/tagout standard Know the elements of an energy control Read More

The COVID-19 pandemic took the world by storm. Under unprecedented circumstances, employers were forced to make decisions that may impact their workforce for years. Skilled leadership took center stage during these tumultuous times. Great leaders thrived. Others failed. Businesses are beginning to reopen, presenting employers with new challenges as part of the next phase of Read More

In food processing facilities, raw materials are stored, transferred, and processed into consumable products. All of these processes can result in waste material, lost product, and wastewater. In this webinar, PennTAP will provide ideas and suggestions for ways food manufacturing facilities can both reduce water, chemical and energy use, and operate more efficiently while saving Read More

The American manufacturing sector is undergoing a digital transformation. However, as manufacturers explore the idea of digitizing their own factories, they must sift through vast amounts of information and determine what is just “noise” versus what is practical. Join DVIRC and MxD for a training that will address practical application of Industry 4.0 in a Read More

As a safety professional, you know how important training is. Pulling employees away from productive work can be hard, but the alternative—having untrained employees—just isn’t an option. Training is critical to your employees’ safety and your company’s safety culture. We know one of the most challenging areas for any EHS professional is safety training. This Read More

The transportation of goods and material is critical to a company’s growth and even survival. Supply chain can be considered the “life blood” of a company. To insure that goods and material get to where they need to be, when they need to be there, and at an acceptable price, it is important that a Read More

For decades, the manufacturing industry has used physical robots to assemble, test, and package their products. These robots help in streamlining the assembly line, but the industry still struggles to keep back-office processes fast and simple due to complex user interfaces of core legacy applications. Manufacturing companies are turning to Robotic Process Automation (RPA) to Read More

Many manufacturers depend on resellers, dealers, and distributors in their sales efforts. If this applies to your manufactured products, you know it's critical to build relationships with these parties who ultimately recommend your product to end-users. These partners hold power in their choice of which products to recommend to their customers. In addition to sales, these resellers Read More

Advanced Industrial Analytics enables manufacturers to identify real problems, quantify their financial impact and solve them within weeks, not months. In an ideal world, long-term breakthroughs should flow from your continuous improvement process, but Gemba walks, Kaizen events and Six Sigma techniques are often manual efforts focused on past performance data. There is a better Read More

The last 8-10 months have brought enormous changes to our lives, especially on the job, and it looks like some of these changes will stick around for some time. In the FR safety industry, the pandemic adds a new challenge to our mission to protect those who power the world. Now, in addition to protecting Read More