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Laser scanning offers a controlled process that gives manufacturers the edge when vying for military contracts

The chief of the Aluminum Association says his industry is committed to supporting automakers amid the shift to electric vehicles.

New process strategies have enabled the early adoption of cladding onto copper components.

Mihaela Vlasea has built a career by bringing industry and academia together. She’s just getting started.

Two NASA engineers discuss how new metal alloys will aid advanced propulsion concepts.

Investment in apprenticeships is mission critical to help to fill the skills gap.

Cobots, like other robot equipment, started in material handling applications. However, this year, Universal Robots is introducing welding applications and other heavy duty metal fabrication.

Earlier this decade, the auto industry moved to lighten cars and trucks. It was supposed to be a competition between steel, long the dominant vehicle material, and aluminum. The latter got a boost when Ford Motor Co., Dearborn, Mich., bet big on aluminum, making aluminum bodies for its F-150 and Super Duty pickups.

The Copper Development Association (CDA) is eager to help shops discover and tap into the high-speed machining advantages of brass. The substantial benefits of doing so have an increasing number of shops rethinking their part materials and, when possible, converting those parts to brass.

Sunnen Products Co. and Sweden’s Applied Nano Surfaces (ANS) have entered into a joint market development agreement to advance technology and applications based on the unique Triboconditioning process recently patented by ANS. The process reduces friction and wear on various steel and cast iron surfaces while improving surface finish, preventing seizures, and enhancing product life.