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Manufacturing Engineering: July 2022

The July 2022 edition of Manufacturing Engineering is available as a digital magazine. Links to individual articles are below.
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

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    Cary Gitter November 10, 2025
    Boston-based Vicinity Energy, which is said to be the largest district energy provider in the United States, has begun construction for a 35-megawatt river-based industrial heat pump, the company announced. Located at its Kendall Square facility in Cambridge, Mass., the pump will enable “carbon-free steam generation for more than 70 million sq ft (6.5 million sq m) of building space,” according to Vicinity.
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    Additive manufacturing has many great stories to tell. It’s a rewarding, attractive and in-demand career. So how does the industry get the word out about it all?
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    Make Way for the World’s Largest Heat Pump

    Cary Gitter November 10, 2025
    Boston-based Vicinity Energy, which is said to be the largest district energy provider in the United States, has begun construction for a 35-megawatt river-based industrial heat pump, the company announced. Located at its Kendall Square facility in Cambridge, Mass., the pump will enable “carbon-free steam generation for more than 70 million sq ft (6.5 million sq m) of building space,” according to Vicinity.
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    Boeing Reaches Plea Deal For 737 Max Crashes

    Rachael Thomas November 7, 2025
    The Boeing Co. will avoid prosecution following a federal judge’s ruling to dismiss a criminal conspiracy charge regarding two 737 Max jet crashes that killed 346 people.

Up Front

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    Make Way for the World’s Largest Heat Pump

    Cary Gitter November 10, 2025
    Boston-based Vicinity Energy, which is said to be the largest district energy provider in the United States, has begun construction for a 35-megawatt river-based industrial heat pump, the company announced. Located at its Kendall Square facility in Cambridge, Mass., the pump will enable “carbon-free steam generation for more than 70 million sq ft (6.5 million sq m) of building space,” according to Vicinity.
  • NEWS DESK

    Boeing Reaches Plea Deal For 737 Max Crashes

    Rachael Thomas November 7, 2025
    The Boeing Co. will avoid prosecution following a federal judge’s ruling to dismiss a criminal conspiracy charge regarding two 737 Max jet crashes that killed 346 people.

SME Speaks

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    AM Technical Community Advisers Tackles Workforce Development, Advocacy, Adoption Challenges

    Staff Writer November 10, 2025
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    Make Way for the World’s Largest Heat Pump

    Cary Gitter November 10, 2025
    Boston-based Vicinity Energy, which is said to be the largest district energy provider in the United States, has begun construction for a 35-megawatt river-based industrial heat pump, the company announced. Located at its Kendall Square facility in Cambridge, Mass., the pump will enable “carbon-free steam generation for more than 70 million sq ft (6.5 million sq m) of building space,” according to Vicinity.
  • NEWS DESK

    Boeing Reaches Plea Deal For 737 Max Crashes

    Rachael Thomas November 7, 2025
    The Boeing Co. will avoid prosecution following a federal judge’s ruling to dismiss a criminal conspiracy charge regarding two 737 Max jet crashes that killed 346 people.

Advanced Manufacturing Now

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    Additive manufacturing has many great stories to tell. It’s a rewarding, attractive and in-demand career. So how does the industry get the word out about it all?
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    Make Way for the World’s Largest Heat Pump

    Cary Gitter November 10, 2025
    Boston-based Vicinity Energy, which is said to be the largest district energy provider in the United States, has begun construction for a 35-megawatt river-based industrial heat pump, the company announced. Located at its Kendall Square facility in Cambridge, Mass., the pump will enable “carbon-free steam generation for more than 70 million sq ft (6.5 million sq m) of building space,” according to Vicinity.
  • NEWS DESK

    Boeing Reaches Plea Deal For 737 Max Crashes

    Rachael Thomas November 7, 2025
    The Boeing Co. will avoid prosecution following a federal judge’s ruling to dismiss a criminal conspiracy charge regarding two 737 Max jet crashes that killed 346 people.

Voices AMplified

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    AM Technical Community Advisers Tackles Workforce Development, Advocacy, Adoption Challenges

    Staff Writer November 10, 2025
    Additive manufacturing has many great stories to tell. It’s a rewarding, attractive and in-demand career. So how does the industry get the word out about it all?
  • NEWS DESK

    Make Way for the World’s Largest Heat Pump

    Cary Gitter November 10, 2025
    Boston-based Vicinity Energy, which is said to be the largest district energy provider in the United States, has begun construction for a 35-megawatt river-based industrial heat pump, the company announced. Located at its Kendall Square facility in Cambridge, Mass., the pump will enable “carbon-free steam generation for more than 70 million sq ft (6.5 million sq m) of building space,” according to Vicinity.
  • NEWS DESK

    Boeing Reaches Plea Deal For 737 Max Crashes

    Rachael Thomas November 7, 2025
    The Boeing Co. will avoid prosecution following a federal judge’s ruling to dismiss a criminal conspiracy charge regarding two 737 Max jet crashes that killed 346 people.

Viewpoints

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    Staff Writer November 10, 2025
    Additive manufacturing has many great stories to tell. It’s a rewarding, attractive and in-demand career. So how does the industry get the word out about it all?
  • NEWS DESK

    Make Way for the World’s Largest Heat Pump

    Cary Gitter November 10, 2025
    Boston-based Vicinity Energy, which is said to be the largest district energy provider in the United States, has begun construction for a 35-megawatt river-based industrial heat pump, the company announced. Located at its Kendall Square facility in Cambridge, Mass., the pump will enable “carbon-free steam generation for more than 70 million sq ft (6.5 million sq m) of building space,” according to Vicinity.
  • NEWS DESK

    Boeing Reaches Plea Deal For 737 Max Crashes

    Rachael Thomas November 7, 2025
    The Boeing Co. will avoid prosecution following a federal judge’s ruling to dismiss a criminal conspiracy charge regarding two 737 Max jet crashes that killed 346 people.