All items tagged with manufacturing (122)
MakerBot Launches METHOD X Real ABS 3D Printer with Manufacturing Support
August 2, 2019 by audioXpress Staff

MakerBot Launches METHOD X Real ABS 3D Printer with Manufacturing Support

MakerBot, a manufacturer of 3D printers and one of the companies that helped promote affordable 3D printing, now announced the launch of METHOD X, a manufacturing workstation engineered to challenge traditional manufacturing with real ABS (acrylonitrile butadiene styrene) material, a 100°C chamber, and Stratasys SR-30 soluble supports to deliver exceptional dimensional accuracy and precision for complex, durable parts.
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Peavey Electronics Announces Auction on Inventory & Assets No Longer Needed For Ongoing Operations
August 1, 2019 by audioXpress Staff

Peavey Electronics Announces Auction on Inventory & Assets No Longer Needed For Ongoing Operations

Announced by CA Global Partners and scheduled for August 7, 2019, Peavey Electronics is clearing up a massive inventory of over 12 million USD of new and used equipment, together with all sorts of manufacturing parts for professional audio and musical instruments products, as well as machinery and large quantities of raw materials. The auction, as Peavey explains, is the result of the company's closing and consolidation of manufacturing locations in the United States.
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From Speakers to Headphones in Voice Coil June 2019
May 24, 2019 by audioXpress Staff

From Speakers to Headphones in Voice Coil June 2019

The June 2019 edition of Voice Coil is now available. This issue focuses on Headphone Measurement Equipment, including a complete directory and profiles of some of the better known vendors in the industry, while James Croft reviews a new Sealed Acoustic Suspension Chamber Enclosure design, invented in Sweden. On Test Bench, Vance Dickason characterizes the new 6” 6PR160 pro sound midwoofer from Faital Pro, and the new SW280WA-01 shallow mount 10" home audio subwoofer, from Wavecor.
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Zumi Systems Introduces Advanced Headphone Measurement Tools
April 23, 2019 by audioXpress Staff

Zumi Systems Introduces Advanced Headphone Measurement Tools

Zumi Systems, a company dedicated to the development and manufacturing of audio measurement tools, announced a new range of headphone measurement solutions which the company believes can be a dream tool for development and production operations. All ZUMI products are case specific, highly integrated instruments. The range includes the self-contained HP70 headphone measurement instrument, the EP8 earphone tester, the ZUMI DT70 portable tester for headphone drivers, and a core system board for integration in custom built test fixtures.
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Arrow Electronics and Freelancer.com Launch New Electronics & Electrical Engineering Services Marketplace
March 15, 2019 by Cristina Costa

Arrow Electronics and Freelancer.com Launch New Electronics & Electrical Engineering Services Marketplace

Arrow Electronics and Freelancer.com, the freelancing and crowdsourcing marketplace, announced the launch of ArrowPlus powered by Freelancer.com. The new platform allows companies and innovative technology creators to design and build hardware products through access to over half a million skilled electronic and electrical engineers. With the new platform, Arrow enables collaboration on a large volume of projects, from established companies, matching engineering services within 24 hours powered by Freelancer.
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SEAS Expands In-House Production and Announces Extreme Subwoofer Series
January 9, 2019 by audioXpress Staff

SEAS Expands In-House Production and Announces Extreme Subwoofer Series

SEAS Fabrikker, celebrating its 70th anniversary in the audio industry, is investing to revitalize and improve all its production and has moved part of its manufacturing from Taiwan to Norway. SEAS highly acclaimed subwoofers series has now moved to its new production line in Moss, Norway. With this transition, SEAS launched its new Extreme subwoofer series, starting with the XM001-04 model already announced in July 2018, and now complemented with the XM004-04 L26ROY, all now exclusively manufactured at their new in-house facilities.
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NTi Audio Announces Smart Measurements for Smart Devices Using the Flexus FX100 Audio Analyzer
December 18, 2018 by audioXpress Staff

NTi Audio Announces Smart Measurements for Smart Devices Using the Flexus FX100 Audio Analyzer

Responding to the challenges that were brought to the audio industry by the sweeping popularity of connected speakers and smart home devices, Swiss test and measurement specialist NTi Audio just announced an open loop test solution for its FX100 Audio Analyzer system and produced a tutorial using an Amazon Echo Dot device to demonstrate how to test the device's loudspeaker and microphone array using an open loop configuration test sequence.
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Spotlight: A Visit to SoundChip
September 12, 2018 by Mike Klasco

Spotlight: A Visit to SoundChip

In this Voice Coil Spotlight, Mike Klasco writes about SoundChip, a unique solution provider for active noise cancellation product engineering. SoundChip operates not as consultants but as solution providers and collaborators, enabling product development teams to access a vertically integrated portfolio of technologies, IPs, devices, tools, and services, needed to reliably develop and produce, at scale, high-performance noise cancelling headphones. This article was originally published in Voice Coil, July 2018.
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Get the Loudspeaker Focus You Need with Voice Coil July 2018
June 26, 2018 by audioXpress Staff

Get the Loudspeaker Focus You Need with Voice Coil July 2018

The Voice Coil July 2018 edition is now available and full of great content and insights, apart from the indispensable patent reviews and Test Bench reviews. This edition focuses on Bonding, Dispensing, Coating, and Related Aspects in Speaker Production, and features a great article by Mike Klasco on the topic, as well as an updated industry directory. James Croft reviews a patent for a “Self-bias Emitter Circuit,” awarded to Turtle Beach, while Vance Dickason looks at two interesting new high-frequency transducers, from Radian Audio Engineering, and Spanish OEM manufacturer Beyma.
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Vesper and Unisem Announce Assembly Partnership to Deliver Piezoelectric MEMS Microphones at Scale
March 7, 2018 by audioXpress Staff

Vesper and Unisem Announce Assembly Partnership to Deliver Piezoelectric MEMS Microphones at Scale

Vesper announced a partnership with Unisem, a global provider of semiconductor assembly and test services, to manufacture and produce high volumes of Vesper piezoelectric MEMS microphones at scale. The partnership will allow Vesper to seamlessly produce and deliver millions of units. Unisem currently assembles all products from Vesper’s product line, including the new VM1010 for low power applications.
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