As AMT’s Vice President & Chief Technology Officer, Tim Shinbara heads R&D, develops data-centric strategies, and supports technology discovery. A 2020-2021 ASME Congressional Fellow, Tim also serves in the U.S. Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship. He has served on executive and leadership committees for public-private partnerships such as America Makes and is a board officer for the MTConnect Institute.
As AMT’s Vice President & Chief Technology Officer, Tim Shinbara heads R&D, develops data-centric strategies, and supports technology discovery. A 2020-2021 ASME Congressional Fellow, Tim also serves in the U.S. Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship. He has served on executive and leadership committees for public-private partnerships such as America Makes and is a board officer for the MTConnect Institute.
Designing for Durability: Longer-Lasting Parts Reduce Costs and Waste
With new advanced technologies and materials in development, product engineers will have more options to design durable parts that serve a dual purpose: lower cost over time and less waste in landfills.
Finding Manufacturing’s Role in the Circular Economy
Industry-wide recycling and reclamation have the potential to conserve resources and reduce production costs. Some new initiatives are underway to offer guidance.
Real Open-Source Standards for Manufacturing
Discover how MTConnect bridges the innovation lag between consumer tech and manufacturing. As a unifying open-source standard, MTConnect streamlines machine communications and fuels emerging tools like digital twins.
Greener Manufacturing: Sourcing Materials More Responsibly
How much do you know about where your materials come from? When choosing a more environmentally friendly material, that designation starts when raw components are pulled from the ground. Learn more about sourcing materials with sustainability in mind.
Efficient Evolution
A digital twin is more than a computer approximation or simple 3D model – it is an ever-evolving, data-driven digital representation of a system.
Sustainability: Sustain Resources To Sustain Your Business
Sustainability is not a one-time goal or short-term program that can be forgotten once accomplished. Sustainability is continuous improvement exemplified.
Infographic: A Sustainable Future Requires Manufacturing
Take a look at the many advances in alternative energies, sustainable supply chains, carbon capture and sequestration, and more that are powered by manufacturing technology.
Why Manufacturers Care About Saving Water
Reducing water use is not a big concern for most manufacturers, but there are solid reasons to look at better water efficiency now before challenges arise in the future.
Sustainable Requires Ingenuity and Stewardship
As manufacturing technology providers, we have the power to make a big impact on the health of our planet. AMT is embarking on a series of articles investigating the issues surrounding sustainable manufacturing.
MTConnect Institute Releases Version 2.0 of the MTConnect Standard
The MTConnect Institute announces the release of MTConnect Version 2.0. The 2.0 version of the free, open, model-based standard that supports semantics for discrete manufacturing is a significant advancement from previous versions.