China’s future economic potential hinges on its productivity

China’s future economic potential hinges on its productivity

NOBLELIFT, BASED in Changxing, a town on the banks of Tai Lake, provides robotic tools for warehouse management: self-driving pallet jacks and sorting systems that make picking and fetching quicker and less dependent on humans. The factories in which it builds its wares are themselves a blur of robot arms. “There’s no comparison with the

GE shows 3D printing potential by switching four casted parts

GE shows 3D printing potential by switching four casted parts

GE Aviation is switching from investment casting to 3D printing for four bleed air parts from a land/marine turbine, despite already having a paid-for casting mould. This decision was made based on cost and time to market. A collaboration between GE Aviation and GE Additive is proving that metal additive manufacturing can go toe-to-toe with