Using Advanced Cutting Tool Technology to Improve Productivity November 13, 2019 Cutting tool technology continues to advance, and manufacturers can take advantage of a wide range of new cutting tool products. In this episode, Alan Rooks, Editor in Chief of Manufacturing Engineering magazine, talks with Tim Easton, National Sales Manager for NTK Cutting Tools.
Building a Multigenerational Manufacturing Workforce November 8, 2019 Today's workforce is changing and workers stretch across four different generations. Chris Mahar, associate editor of Manufacturing Engineering, talks with Denise Ball, Workforce Education Specialist at Tooling U-SME, about how manufacturers can succeed in this new environment. Offering tips on how to attract and retain new generations of workers without alienating more experienced employees and their contributions.
Velo3D Exec on Releasing Parts From the Build Plate November 1, 2019 Velo3D’s Will Hastings talks about the ultimate in “support free:” FreeFloating.
What EMAG Showed at Westec 2019 October 23, 2019 EMAG USA CEO Peter Loetzner reviews all that EMAG displayed at Westec 2019
Learning Best Practices Of Metal-Based Additive Manufacturing With Stratasys Direct October 9, 2019 Andrew Carter, Senior Manufacturing Engineer for Stratasys Direct, the 3D printing manufacturing services company talks with Bruce Morey, Senior Technical Editor for Manufacturing Engineering magazine about the context and current best practices of metal-based additive manufacturing.
How Changes in Manufacturing Operations Lead to Changes in Tooling July 2, 2019 There have been important changes at manufacturing companies, and that has led to changes in how they approach tooling and workholding.
SME PRIME: Developing Workforce Skills for Industry 4.0 Industry 4.0 ushered in new technologies, new products and new ways of working. It's imperative that high schools keep pace with the skills they teach students to prepare them for the manufacturing workforce. SME PRIME schools give manufacturing students a head start, as they inspire them to use and test the skills they learn in the classroom during regular class projects as well as occasional special assignments.
SME Education Foundation Awards 222 Extraordinary Manufacturing and Engineering Students with Scholarships The SME Education Foundation awarded 222 scholarships totaling nearly $550,000 to graduating high school seniors, undergraduates and graduate students currently or planning to attend colleges, universities across the United States and Canada.
The Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan: Driving Regional Opportunity The Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan has been instrumental in the SME PRIME schools’ program in two Southeast Michigan communities. Since its inception in 1984, the Foundation has distributed more than $1 billion through more than 67,000 grants to nonprofit organizations.
