A Funnel Designed with a “Dosing Piston”

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Blim Plus, an Italian kitchenware brand formed by industrial designer Raffaello Galiotto, produces this unusual funnel of Galiotto’s design:

Called Dolina (Italian for “sinkhole”), the polypropylene funnel contains an O-ring-sealed “dosing piston” that can be controlled, via a trigger, to either completely seal the funnel, or to control the flow of the pour:

My

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ZF Engineers Sound Off On National Engineers Week

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As a German Tier 1 automotive supplier, naturally, ZF is respected for the prowess of its engineers.

But the company wanted to put the spotlight on them for National Engineers Week, so they surveyed engineers throughout the company to let them tell what they like best about the profession.

Martin Fischer, ZF Board of Management Member and President of

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The Pros and Cons of Lithium Iron Phosphate EV Batteries

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Ford’s announcement that it is building a plant to make lithium iron phosphate (LFP) EV batteries has raised the profile of this alternative EV battery chemistry. So far, it has seen little use in the U.S., but it is more widely used in other countries.

Ford has good reason to diversify away from nickel cobalt manganese (NCM) batteries despite

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A Sheet Metal Fabricator’s Nifty Snow Shovel Hack

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Lares Blechwarenfabrikation is a German fabricator that turns metal sheet goods–tin and stainless steel–into premium bakeware. Their stock-in-trade are items like this:

However, on their Instagram they posted a photo after a winter snowstorm at the company HQ in Waibstadt, Germany. And it looks to me like they’ve used their sheet-metal-fabricating skills to produce

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Manufacturing AI Use Cases and Trends – An Executive Brief

Manufacturing AI Use Cases and Trends – An Executive Brief

Almost no other sector is traditionally slower to technological adoption than manufacturing, in no small part due to the countless challenges from relying on data accrued from physical environments. Yet across industries, manufacturing business leaders are finding that data is finally “waking up” to the nuances and fundamentals of their business operations.

That awakening is fueling a slow-burning manufacturing resurgence

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What Is A Project Management Plan? – Forbes Advisor

To create a project management plan, first put together a high overview of the basics of your project, including the project’s scope, schedule and budget. Next, build on those basics to write an executive summary. Then, add a project timeline, risk assessment, stakeholder chart, communication plan and resource management plan to your executive summary. Lastly, gather and incorporate stakeholders’

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