Metal 3D Printing for Custom Surgical Tools May 26, 2020 DanaMedInc.’s Pathfinder ACL Guide is a biocompatible surgical device enabling surgeons to better reconstruct partially or fully torn anterior cruciate ligaments (ACL) and reduce the risk of re-tearing.
Supply Chain Planning Key for Business: Survey May 27, 2020 Respondents in a survey said supply chain planning drives better business performance.
State of 3D Printing in Healthcare May 21, 2020 Formlabs was founded by MIT researchers in 2011, when high-quality 3D printing was inaccessible for most. We’ve now shipped over 50,000 machines while cementing our mission to “expand access to digital fabrication, so anyone can make anything.”
Need for PPE Launches New Non-Profit Manufacturing Firm May 7, 2020 Design engineer Glen Dobbs has talent, curiosity, resourcefulness, and perhaps the most important attribute of all—a big heart. Dobbs is the President and CEO of LoganTech, a manufacturer of several lines of communications devices for nonverbal and visually impaired individuals.
Manufacturers Unveil Industry COVID-19 Shared Practices May 21, 2020 The Manufacturing Leadership Council, a division of the National Association of Manufacturers, released a new collection of emerging strategies and operational practices that manufacturers of all sizes are implementing to keep their employees safe and facilities operating.
Crossing the digital divide key to improving labor productivity May 18, 2020 Inside an electronics factory in China as late as early 2019, workers and smart machines were building circuit boards with chips in a multi-step process using a variety of machines from different vendors.
The Association for Manufacturing Technology Elects 2020-2021 Board of Directors April 21, 2020 The Association for Manufacturing Technology Board of Directors, which represents more than 600 builders and distributors of machine tools, manufacturing machinery, and related products, announced that it elected its 2020-2021 Board of Directors at its Annual Business Meeting held virtually on April 2, 2020.
How Amber Beverage Group put a lid on its inefficiencies March 23, 2020 As we enter Industry 4.0, the lines continue to blur between the digital and the physical. With this, the workplace is rapidly changing at every level in every industry.
Crafts Steps Up Output to Aid COVID-19 Efforts April 23, 2020 Crafts Technology, Elk Grove Village, Illinois, said it is rush-producing CraftAlloy tungsten carbide pin tooling to be used in injection molding machines that make vials for COVID-19 testing.
The Connected Machine Shop August 24, 2020 Part 1 of this three-part series on the Connected Machine Shop ran in the July issue of Manufacturing Engineering.
