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SME Media Manufacturing Engineering & Technology Magazine July 2022

Manufacturing Engineering: July 2022

The July 2022 edition of Manufacturing Engineering is available as a digital magazine. Links to individual articles are below.
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This YASDA PX30i five-axis machining center from Methods Machine Tools is equipped with quick-change workholding as part of its pallet changing system, although there’s nothing stopping anyone who owns similar equipment from adding quick-change to their existing machinery.

Navigating High-Mix, Low-Volume Manufacturing

July 27, 2022
Want to decrease setup times and become more competitive? Before investing in quick-change tooling or a new machine tool, take a look in the mirror: The roadblock might just be you.
Kip Hanson
By Kip Hanson Contributing Editor, SME Media
By infiltrating a steel plant’s IT system with email spear phishing, hackers migrated to the plant OT system and overrode a blast furnace’s temperature controls, causing it to explode and kill two workers.

Driving Cultural Change in Manufacturing Cybersecurity

July 27, 2022
As hackers become more sophisticated and dangerous, manufacturers need to step up their cybersecurity efforts.
Ray Chalmers
By Ray Chalmers Chalmers Industrial Communications
Although cloud computing and outsourcing of IT needs to regional data centers might seem less secure than “on-prem” hardware and software systems, the opposite is often true.

Safe & Secure?

July 27, 2022
Black hats, script kiddies, phishers, and hostile nation-states. Bad actors are out there, fervently working to sabotage your factory and steal your stuff. What are you doing about it?
Kip Hanson
By Kip Hanson Contributing Editor, SME Media
Loading the Oerlikon Balzers PVD coating vessel at Better Edge.

What's New With Cutting Tool Coatings?

July 27, 2022
Should you coat in-house? Factors to consider include costs, supply chain issues and the ability to make proprietary coatings.
Ed Sinkora
By Ed Sinkora Contributing Editor, SME Media

Shop Solutions

  • Zeiss Opens New Quality Excellence Center in North Carolina
    NEWS DESK

    Zeiss Opens New Quality Excellence Center in North Carolina

    PRESS RELEASE: Zeiss Industrial Quality Solutions April 10, 2026
    Zeiss Industrial Quality Solutions will celebrate the grand opening of its new Quality Excellence Center in Huntersville, N.C., with a special one-day event dedicated to bringing together manufacturers across the southeastern United States to learn, connect, and experience a facility built to power manufacturing growth.
  • Budget Slashes NIST, Ends Manufacturing Partnership Program
    GOVERNMENT AND ECONOMICS

    Budget Slashes NIST, Ends Manufacturing Partnership Program

    Michael McConnell April 10, 2026
    The 2027 White House budget proposal calls for eliminating funding for the Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MEP), a 38-year-old program that supports small and midsize businesses.
  • AI, Crypto to Drive Record Energy Use
    ENERGY

    AI, Crypto to Drive Record Energy Use

    Michael McConnell April 9, 2026
    After marking all-time highs in 2024 and 2025, U.S. energy demand is expected to hit records for the next two years.

IMTS Preview Coverage

  • Zeiss Opens New Quality Excellence Center in North Carolina
    NEWS DESK

    Zeiss Opens New Quality Excellence Center in North Carolina

    PRESS RELEASE: Zeiss Industrial Quality Solutions April 10, 2026
    Zeiss Industrial Quality Solutions will celebrate the grand opening of its new Quality Excellence Center in Huntersville, N.C., with a special one-day event dedicated to bringing together manufacturers across the southeastern United States to learn, connect, and experience a facility built to power manufacturing growth.
  • Budget Slashes NIST, Ends Manufacturing Partnership Program
    GOVERNMENT AND ECONOMICS

    Budget Slashes NIST, Ends Manufacturing Partnership Program

    Michael McConnell April 10, 2026
    The 2027 White House budget proposal calls for eliminating funding for the Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MEP), a 38-year-old program that supports small and midsize businesses.
  • AI, Crypto to Drive Record Energy Use
    ENERGY

    AI, Crypto to Drive Record Energy Use

    Michael McConnell April 9, 2026
    After marking all-time highs in 2024 and 2025, U.S. energy demand is expected to hit records for the next two years.

Up Front

  • Zeiss Opens New Quality Excellence Center in North Carolina
    NEWS DESK

    Zeiss Opens New Quality Excellence Center in North Carolina

    PRESS RELEASE: Zeiss Industrial Quality Solutions April 10, 2026
    Zeiss Industrial Quality Solutions will celebrate the grand opening of its new Quality Excellence Center in Huntersville, N.C., with a special one-day event dedicated to bringing together manufacturers across the southeastern United States to learn, connect, and experience a facility built to power manufacturing growth.
  • Budget Slashes NIST, Ends Manufacturing Partnership Program
    GOVERNMENT AND ECONOMICS

    Budget Slashes NIST, Ends Manufacturing Partnership Program

    Michael McConnell April 10, 2026
    The 2027 White House budget proposal calls for eliminating funding for the Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MEP), a 38-year-old program that supports small and midsize businesses.
  • AI, Crypto to Drive Record Energy Use
    ENERGY

    AI, Crypto to Drive Record Energy Use

    Michael McConnell April 9, 2026
    After marking all-time highs in 2024 and 2025, U.S. energy demand is expected to hit records for the next two years.

SME Speaks

  • Zeiss Opens New Quality Excellence Center in North Carolina
    NEWS DESK

    Zeiss Opens New Quality Excellence Center in North Carolina

    PRESS RELEASE: Zeiss Industrial Quality Solutions April 10, 2026
    Zeiss Industrial Quality Solutions will celebrate the grand opening of its new Quality Excellence Center in Huntersville, N.C., with a special one-day event dedicated to bringing together manufacturers across the southeastern United States to learn, connect, and experience a facility built to power manufacturing growth.
  • Budget Slashes NIST, Ends Manufacturing Partnership Program
    GOVERNMENT AND ECONOMICS

    Budget Slashes NIST, Ends Manufacturing Partnership Program

    Michael McConnell April 10, 2026
    The 2027 White House budget proposal calls for eliminating funding for the Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MEP), a 38-year-old program that supports small and midsize businesses.
  • AI, Crypto to Drive Record Energy Use
    ENERGY

    AI, Crypto to Drive Record Energy Use

    Michael McConnell April 9, 2026
    After marking all-time highs in 2024 and 2025, U.S. energy demand is expected to hit records for the next two years.

Advanced Manufacturing Now

  • Zeiss Opens New Quality Excellence Center in North Carolina
    NEWS DESK

    Zeiss Opens New Quality Excellence Center in North Carolina

    PRESS RELEASE: Zeiss Industrial Quality Solutions April 10, 2026
    Zeiss Industrial Quality Solutions will celebrate the grand opening of its new Quality Excellence Center in Huntersville, N.C., with a special one-day event dedicated to bringing together manufacturers across the southeastern United States to learn, connect, and experience a facility built to power manufacturing growth.
  • Budget Slashes NIST, Ends Manufacturing Partnership Program
    GOVERNMENT AND ECONOMICS

    Budget Slashes NIST, Ends Manufacturing Partnership Program

    Michael McConnell April 10, 2026
    The 2027 White House budget proposal calls for eliminating funding for the Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MEP), a 38-year-old program that supports small and midsize businesses.
  • AI, Crypto to Drive Record Energy Use
    ENERGY

    AI, Crypto to Drive Record Energy Use

    Michael McConnell April 9, 2026
    After marking all-time highs in 2024 and 2025, U.S. energy demand is expected to hit records for the next two years.

Voices AMplified

  • Zeiss Opens New Quality Excellence Center in North Carolina
    NEWS DESK

    Zeiss Opens New Quality Excellence Center in North Carolina

    PRESS RELEASE: Zeiss Industrial Quality Solutions April 10, 2026
    Zeiss Industrial Quality Solutions will celebrate the grand opening of its new Quality Excellence Center in Huntersville, N.C., with a special one-day event dedicated to bringing together manufacturers across the southeastern United States to learn, connect, and experience a facility built to power manufacturing growth.
  • Budget Slashes NIST, Ends Manufacturing Partnership Program
    GOVERNMENT AND ECONOMICS

    Budget Slashes NIST, Ends Manufacturing Partnership Program

    Michael McConnell April 10, 2026
    The 2027 White House budget proposal calls for eliminating funding for the Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MEP), a 38-year-old program that supports small and midsize businesses.
  • AI, Crypto to Drive Record Energy Use
    ENERGY

    AI, Crypto to Drive Record Energy Use

    Michael McConnell April 9, 2026
    After marking all-time highs in 2024 and 2025, U.S. energy demand is expected to hit records for the next two years.

Viewpoints

  • Zeiss Opens New Quality Excellence Center in North Carolina
    NEWS DESK

    Zeiss Opens New Quality Excellence Center in North Carolina

    PRESS RELEASE: Zeiss Industrial Quality Solutions April 10, 2026
    Zeiss Industrial Quality Solutions will celebrate the grand opening of its new Quality Excellence Center in Huntersville, N.C., with a special one-day event dedicated to bringing together manufacturers across the southeastern United States to learn, connect, and experience a facility built to power manufacturing growth.
  • Budget Slashes NIST, Ends Manufacturing Partnership Program
    GOVERNMENT AND ECONOMICS

    Budget Slashes NIST, Ends Manufacturing Partnership Program

    Michael McConnell April 10, 2026
    The 2027 White House budget proposal calls for eliminating funding for the Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MEP), a 38-year-old program that supports small and midsize businesses.
  • AI, Crypto to Drive Record Energy Use
    ENERGY

    AI, Crypto to Drive Record Energy Use

    Michael McConnell April 9, 2026
    After marking all-time highs in 2024 and 2025, U.S. energy demand is expected to hit records for the next two years.