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Manufacturing Engineering Magazine
February 2022
Manufacturing Engineering: February 2022
The February 2022 edition of Manufacturing Engineering is available as a digital magazine. Links to individual articles are below.
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Developing Your Workforce in an Age of Worker Shortages
February 1, 2022
The Skills Gap was already a big challenge before the pandemic. It’s even bigger now.
By
Kip Hanson
Contributing Editor,
SME Media
Manufacturing Management
Training
Workforce Development
You Can Take it With You: Hybrid Work Methods Shift Some Tasks Anywhere
February 7, 2022
The pandemic has accelerated the visibility and viability of hybrid workforce solutions—but experts say proceed carefully
By
Geoff Giordano
Contributing Editor,
SME Media
Aerospace & Defense
Automation
Energy
MRO for HRCs: When to Maintain, Rebuild or Replace Horizontal Machining Centers
February 9, 2022
There comes a time in every machine tool’s life when something needs to be done to improve its operating ability.
By
Ed Sinkora
Contributing Editor,
SME Media
Aerospace & Defense
Energy
Machining & Metal Cutting
Cutting Tools For All Occasions
February 14, 2022
Here’s how leading cutting tool manufacturers describe the pros and cons of standard vs. custom cutting tools.
By
Jim Lorincz
Contributing Editor,
SME Media
Aerospace & Defense
Energy
Machining & Metal Cutting
Metrology Software Plugs Into Smart Manufacturing
February 4, 2022
Measurement data is an important element of the emerging smart factory. How software provides that data is the key.
By
Ilene Wolff
Contributing Editor,
SME Media
Aerospace & Defense
Automation
Energy
Shop Solutions
Tooling & Workholding
The Strategic Impact of Choosing the Right Tooling
February 3, 2022
The right tooling can have a profound effect on a shop’s competitiveness and future growth.
By
Walter USA
Aerospace & Defense
Energy
Medical
Automation
Automation Puts Rocket Part Production into Orbit
February 16, 2022
The advent of private space vehicle development companies has transformed the manufacturing environment for rocket and satellite components.
By
GF Machining Solutions
Aerospace & Defense
Automation
Up Front
Smart Manufacturing
Realities of the Virtual Kind in Manufacturing
February 2, 2022
A key enabler of virtual reality/augmented reality will be bandwidth — and the imminent adoption of 5G could make it good enough in applications where it isn’t now.
By
Bruce Morey
- Senior Technical Editor,
SME Media
Aerospace & Defense
Automation
Energy
SME Speaks
SME Speaks
Learning is a Continuing Venture
February 7, 2022
The Composites Manufacturing Technical Group of SME recognized two individuals and two prominent composites manufacturing organizations at its 2021 Excellence in Composites Manufacturing Awards program.
By
Bode Swango
- Manufacturing Engineer,
Whitney Tool Co. Inc., SME Member Since 2021
Additive Manufacturing & 3D Printing
Aerospace & Defense
Assembly & Joining
Advanced Manufacturing Now
Additive Manufacturing & 3D Printing
FDA’s 3D Printing Guru Almost Passed on the Job
February 11, 2022
FDA’s point person for 3D printing of medical devices initially dismissed the idea of working at the agency.
By
Ilene Wolff
- Contributing Editor,
SME Media
Additive Manufacturing & 3D Printing
Medical
Smart Manufacturing
Smart Manufacturing Takes Center Stage in 2022
January 31, 2022
Smart Manufacturing will come to the fore in 2022 as a holistic strategy that considers the entire process throughout a product’s entire lifecycle.
By
Rahul Garg
- Vice President, Industrial Machinery & SMB Program,
Siemens Digital Industries Software
Additive Manufacturing & 3D Printing
Aerospace & Defense
Assembly & Joining
Expert Opinion
The Past, Present and Future of Manufacturing
February 15, 2022
Manufacturing technology has a rich history in this country, one that we can all be proud of.
By
Webb Hicks
- Professor, Manufacturing Engineering Technology,
Richard J. Daley College
Aerospace & Defense
Energy
Machining & Metal Cutting
Software Update
Software
Advanced Simulations, Additive Manufacturing Drive CAD/CAM Innovations
February 10, 2022
Some of the latest technical trends CAD/CAM software.
By
Patrick Waurzyniak
- Contributing Editor,
SME Media
Additive Manufacturing & 3D Printing
Aerospace & Defense
Energy
Viewpoints
Manufacturing Management
Successful ERP Transition and the 5 Stages of Grief
February 8, 2022
Large-scale operational transitions can emulate loss to employees who are comfortable with existing systems.
By
Amy Psaris, PE, MBA, SSBB
- Continuous Improvement Director,
Brunswick Boat Group
Aerospace & Defense
Energy
Manufacturing Management