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Sleds used in Olympic luge racing may be simple devices, but controlling machining of their half-dozen parts can spell the difference between being a medalist or an also ran. The USA Luge Team relies on the equivalent of a brand new Millmatic III three-axis knee mill equipped with an Acu-Rite MILLPWRG2 controller from Lagun Engineering (Harbor City, CA) to have complete control over machining of its parts.

Mastercam 2019 Public Beta is now open to all currently maintained Mastercam customers. Small job shops to Fortune 100 get a chance to test-drive Mastercam 2019 before it is released and provide valuable feedback to help shape the final product.

Additive manufacturing (AM), or 3D printing, is a fast-growing field that offers many advantages over traditional techniques. It can create more complex parts than either machining or casting, can fuse different materials together, and is sometimes less expensive in low-volume or prototype applications.

A fused filament 3D printer has saved a custom outdoor lighting manufacturer tens of thousands of dollars a year, improving operations and winning more business. The purchase also helped retain customers who would previously have gone elsewhere for specialized parts.

When I was at another job a few years ago, I remember watching in disbelief as all the files on my PC were encrypted. A note popped up saying that I had joined some “community” and that I had to pay a fee to see my now encrypted files. I shut down the PC and called my IT guy, who told me my files were probably toast. However, by shutting down quickly, I saved the root files; my IT hero removed the virus and restored my computer.

Merger and acquisition activity involving manufacturing slipped in 2017, consulting firm PwC said in a report. The year saw 2491 industrial M&A deals, down 1.15% from 2016’s 2520, according to the report. However, the decline in deal value was sharper: $80.8 billion in 2017, down 22% from the year before.

Flow Dry Technology (Brookville, OH) said Amit Kashyap has joined the company as national sales manager for automotive products in India. In his role, Kashyap will focus on developing and implementing growth plans for automotive desiccant products in the Indian market.

On the eve of the North America International Auto Show, FCA US LLC (Auburn Hills, MI), which includes the former Chrysler Corp., made a huge splash by announcing a $1 billion Michigan plant investment and moving a product line from Mexico to Michigan.

Meeting the needs of the evolving digital manufacturing initiative, Open Mind Technologies (Needham, MA) has recently partnered with Heidenhain TNC controls (Schaumburg, IL) to provide exclusive first use of their new NC code-based machining simulation solution hyperMILL Virtual Machining.

If NASA’s Journey to Mars project succeeds, the astronauts who make the 140 million-mile (225 million-km) trip to the Red Planet in the 2030s will need someplace to stay. The space agency is looking at 3D printing, using on-site materials, to manufacture humanity’s first deep space home.