August 2018 The August 2018 edition of Manufacturing Engineering includes feature articles, shop solutions, and other stories from various departments, with a focus on IMTS pavilion coverage.
November 2018 The November 2018 edition of Smart Manufacturing includes feature articles, guest columns, and other stories from various departments.
September 2018 The September 2018 edition of Smart Manufacturing includes feature articles, guest columns, and other stories from various departments.
Lightweighting’s New Phase September 3, 2019 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.
CNC Shop Excels at Grinding Unique, One-Off Tools September 6, 2019 When it comes to specialized machining, Milwaukee Broach tops a list all its own. Its flagship products meet unique needs with one-of-a-kind tools that has earned it a reputation for customer-centered quality backed by skillful engineering.
How Cognitive Assistants Will Transform Our World September 5, 2019 Could this be the time? Ever since I started my first job as a design engineer, I’ve heard it phrased in one of many ways, but the basic premise was always the same. We are going paperless in the factory. No more 2D drawings, shop traveler sheets or written step-by-step assembly instructions.
Shops Continue to Rethink Brass and HSM August 14, 2019 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.
IoT Demonstration Project at UNH Based on Open Standards September 6, 2019 We know that there is a lot of apprehension by small and medium businesses to really jump into Industry 4.0, IoT and automation. There are a lot of reasons why, including the big financial investment. So we took up a project at the University of New Hampshire’s John Olson Advanced Manufacturing Center to create a demonstration cell that would show how a small/medium manufacturer could embark on the journey toward getting to full automation and IoT data utilization.
New Sinker Technology to be Featured at MC Machinery EDM/Milling Open House September 3, 2019 MC Machinery Systems will be hosting an EDM and Milling open house on September 26, 2019 at its Elk Grove Village, Illinois headquarters.
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