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Manufacturing Engineering Magazine
May 2023
Manufacturing Engineering: May 2023
The May 2023 edition of Manufacturing Engineering is available as a digital magazine. Links to individual articles are below.
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Creative Solutions for Productivity, Profitability
April 19, 2023
Navigating lingering industrywide concerns that make bottom-line sense.
By
Ilene Wolff
Contributing Editor,
SME Media
Automation
Manufacturing Management
Robotics
Automation: Today and Beyond
April 21, 2023
It’s time to rethink manufacturing and the role our workforce (or lack thereof) plays in its success.
By
Kip Hanson
Contributing Editor,
SME Media
Automation
Robotics
Pushing the Limits with Ceramics
April 24, 2023
Solutions for ceramic machining—and machining ceramics.
By
Ed Sinkora
Contributing Editor,
SME Media
Materials
Data-Driven Productivity
April 26, 2023
Advanced sensors and controllers go digital for a competitive edge.
By
Thom Cannell
Contributing Editor
Automation
Manufacturing Management
Robotics
Voices AMplified
Voices AMplified Articles
The Heart and Soul of 3D Printing
April 20, 2023
A professional involved in additive manufacturing describes how the technology is evolving.
By
Sarah Rimini
- Senior Manager, AM Center of Excellence for Healthcare,
Ricoh 3D for Healthcare
Additive Manufacturing & 3D Printing
Voices AMplified Articles
Voices AMplified Articles
That's Impossible!
April 24, 2023
Impossible Objects’ 3D-printing technology, with roots in the distant past, offers a glimpse into the future.
By
Kip Hanson
- Contributing Editor,
SME Media
Additive Manufacturing & 3D Printing
Voices AMplified Articles
Voices AMplified Articles
One Fine Fellow
April 27, 2023
Alaa Elwany shares his insights on additive manufacturing and the Department of Energy.
By
Kip Hanson
- Contributing Editor,
SME Media
Additive Manufacturing & 3D Printing
Voices AMplified Articles
Shop Solutions
Manufacturing Management
Destination Space Shop
April 20, 2023
Axiom Space Inc. won a $140 million contract with NASA in early 2020 to provide habitable spacecraft that can be attached to the International Space Station.
By
Steve Plumb
- Senior Editor,
SME Media
Aerospace & Defense
Lasers
Staying Sharpe with Laser-Focused Technology
April 21, 2023
New Berlin, Wis.-based Sharpe Fabrication Inc. has the right technology to keep pace with the speed of customer requirements.
By
Sharpe Products and BLM Group
- Contributed Article
Lasers
Up Front
Manufacturing Management
All Aboard! U.S. Manufacturing's Reshoring Course for Success
April 19, 2023
Manufacturing in the United states is on a roll, thanks in no small part to the growing “reshoring” trend of domestic companies moving operations—and jobs—back home.
By
Steve Plumb
- Senior Editor,
SME Media
Manufacturing Management
SME Speaks
SME Speaks
What Is SME?
April 12, 2023
What is SME? A member says the organization is its membership base.
By
Gregory A. Harris, PhD, PE
- Auburn University,
SME Member Since 2017
SME Speaks
Advanced Manufacturing Now
Manufacturing Management
Combating Fugitive Emissions
April 25, 2023
Fugitive emissions pose a real threat to the environment and public health.
By
Jason Kollatschny
- President & CEO,
Freudenberg Oil & Gas Technologies
Energy
Software Update
Software
Tag: Increased Safety Tracking Is It
April 25, 2023
Improving productivity and safety are two of the biggest concerns in manufacturing. Honeywell says its new Safety Watch system can increase both by tracking the whereabouts of employees.
By
M. Lapham
- Contributing Editor
Software