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Manufacturing Engineering: March 2024

The March 2024 edition of Manufacturing Engineering is available as a digital magazine. Links to individual articles are below.
: Development of the SoftVue 3D whole breast ultrasound tomography system included developing algorithms for better resolution and contrast in the images it produced, and optimizing the instructions’ coding to make them as efficient as possible in terms of compute time and memory used. (Provided by Delphinus Medical Technologies Inc

Breaking Through with AI

March 1, 2024
Medical manufacturers use machine learning to boost patient care.
Ilene Wolff
By Ilene Wolff Contributing Editor, SME Media
Many of the projects that Mayo Clinic Engineering’s Additive Manufacturing Facility sees involve electronics, and ESD material printed in vat photopolymerization is an important component in prototyping its devices.

Additive Provides a Leg Up in Healthcare

February 9, 2024
A trio of industry experts lend their insights on the latest advances, challenges and opportunities.
Steve Plumb
By Steve Plumb Senior Editor, SME Media
Hexagon’s HP-L-10.10 laser-scanning sensor checking a knee implant.

Measuring Health

February 26, 2024
Ensuring the accuracy, reliability and consistency of medical devices and their many components is serious business.
Kip Hanson
By Kip Hanson Contributing Editor, SME Media
A PUMA SMX -2600ST multitasking lathe cutting a helical gear.

Tasked with Success

March 7, 2024
Turning the turning world on its head with multitasking CNC lathes.
Kip Hanson
By Kip Hanson Contributing Editor, SME Media

Voices AMplified

  • NEWS DESK

    Steel Warehouse Appoints Doug Rathburn Business Unit Manager

    PRESS RELEASE: Steel Warehouse June 17, 2026
    Steel Warehouse, a family-owned steel solutions provider and service center with 18 facilities in North America and internationally, announced Doug Rathburn as Business Unit Manager for its newest facility in Hickory, North Carolina, which opened in 2025 and is expected to employ 58 people.
  • GOVERNMENT AND ECONOMICS

    Supreme Court Lets 2018 Tariffs Stand

    Michael McConnell June 17, 2026
    The U.S. Supreme Court has turned down a challenge to President Donald Trump’s China tariffs that he put in place in 2018. Those levies cited a different law than those the court struck down earlier this year.
  • NEWS DESK

    Parsec Automation Appoints Suzanne Rudnitzki CEO

    PRESS RELEASE: Parsec Automation June 17, 2026
    Parsec Automation, LLC (Parsec), a global Manufacturing Execution System (MES) software provider, announced that Suzanne Rudnitzki has been appointed Chief Executive Officer, effective June 1.

Shop Solutions

  • NEWS DESK

    Steel Warehouse Appoints Doug Rathburn Business Unit Manager

    PRESS RELEASE: Steel Warehouse June 17, 2026
    Steel Warehouse, a family-owned steel solutions provider and service center with 18 facilities in North America and internationally, announced Doug Rathburn as Business Unit Manager for its newest facility in Hickory, North Carolina, which opened in 2025 and is expected to employ 58 people.
  • GOVERNMENT AND ECONOMICS

    Supreme Court Lets 2018 Tariffs Stand

    Michael McConnell June 17, 2026
    The U.S. Supreme Court has turned down a challenge to President Donald Trump’s China tariffs that he put in place in 2018. Those levies cited a different law than those the court struck down earlier this year.
  • NEWS DESK

    Parsec Automation Appoints Suzanne Rudnitzki CEO

    PRESS RELEASE: Parsec Automation June 17, 2026
    Parsec Automation, LLC (Parsec), a global Manufacturing Execution System (MES) software provider, announced that Suzanne Rudnitzki has been appointed Chief Executive Officer, effective June 1.

Up Front

  • NEWS DESK

    Steel Warehouse Appoints Doug Rathburn Business Unit Manager

    PRESS RELEASE: Steel Warehouse June 17, 2026
    Steel Warehouse, a family-owned steel solutions provider and service center with 18 facilities in North America and internationally, announced Doug Rathburn as Business Unit Manager for its newest facility in Hickory, North Carolina, which opened in 2025 and is expected to employ 58 people.
  • GOVERNMENT AND ECONOMICS

    Supreme Court Lets 2018 Tariffs Stand

    Michael McConnell June 17, 2026
    The U.S. Supreme Court has turned down a challenge to President Donald Trump’s China tariffs that he put in place in 2018. Those levies cited a different law than those the court struck down earlier this year.
  • NEWS DESK

    Parsec Automation Appoints Suzanne Rudnitzki CEO

    PRESS RELEASE: Parsec Automation June 17, 2026
    Parsec Automation, LLC (Parsec), a global Manufacturing Execution System (MES) software provider, announced that Suzanne Rudnitzki has been appointed Chief Executive Officer, effective June 1.

SME Speaks

  • NEWS DESK

    Steel Warehouse Appoints Doug Rathburn Business Unit Manager

    PRESS RELEASE: Steel Warehouse June 17, 2026
    Steel Warehouse, a family-owned steel solutions provider and service center with 18 facilities in North America and internationally, announced Doug Rathburn as Business Unit Manager for its newest facility in Hickory, North Carolina, which opened in 2025 and is expected to employ 58 people.
  • GOVERNMENT AND ECONOMICS

    Supreme Court Lets 2018 Tariffs Stand

    Michael McConnell June 17, 2026
    The U.S. Supreme Court has turned down a challenge to President Donald Trump’s China tariffs that he put in place in 2018. Those levies cited a different law than those the court struck down earlier this year.
  • NEWS DESK

    Parsec Automation Appoints Suzanne Rudnitzki CEO

    PRESS RELEASE: Parsec Automation June 17, 2026
    Parsec Automation, LLC (Parsec), a global Manufacturing Execution System (MES) software provider, announced that Suzanne Rudnitzki has been appointed Chief Executive Officer, effective June 1.

Advanced Manufacturing Now

  • NEWS DESK

    Steel Warehouse Appoints Doug Rathburn Business Unit Manager

    PRESS RELEASE: Steel Warehouse June 17, 2026
    Steel Warehouse, a family-owned steel solutions provider and service center with 18 facilities in North America and internationally, announced Doug Rathburn as Business Unit Manager for its newest facility in Hickory, North Carolina, which opened in 2025 and is expected to employ 58 people.
  • GOVERNMENT AND ECONOMICS

    Supreme Court Lets 2018 Tariffs Stand

    Michael McConnell June 17, 2026
    The U.S. Supreme Court has turned down a challenge to President Donald Trump’s China tariffs that he put in place in 2018. Those levies cited a different law than those the court struck down earlier this year.
  • NEWS DESK

    Parsec Automation Appoints Suzanne Rudnitzki CEO

    PRESS RELEASE: Parsec Automation June 17, 2026
    Parsec Automation, LLC (Parsec), a global Manufacturing Execution System (MES) software provider, announced that Suzanne Rudnitzki has been appointed Chief Executive Officer, effective June 1.

Cutting Edge

  • NEWS DESK

    Steel Warehouse Appoints Doug Rathburn Business Unit Manager

    PRESS RELEASE: Steel Warehouse June 17, 2026
    Steel Warehouse, a family-owned steel solutions provider and service center with 18 facilities in North America and internationally, announced Doug Rathburn as Business Unit Manager for its newest facility in Hickory, North Carolina, which opened in 2025 and is expected to employ 58 people.
  • GOVERNMENT AND ECONOMICS

    Supreme Court Lets 2018 Tariffs Stand

    Michael McConnell June 17, 2026
    The U.S. Supreme Court has turned down a challenge to President Donald Trump’s China tariffs that he put in place in 2018. Those levies cited a different law than those the court struck down earlier this year.
  • NEWS DESK

    Parsec Automation Appoints Suzanne Rudnitzki CEO

    PRESS RELEASE: Parsec Automation June 17, 2026
    Parsec Automation, LLC (Parsec), a global Manufacturing Execution System (MES) software provider, announced that Suzanne Rudnitzki has been appointed Chief Executive Officer, effective June 1.

Viewpoints

  • NEWS DESK

    Steel Warehouse Appoints Doug Rathburn Business Unit Manager

    PRESS RELEASE: Steel Warehouse June 17, 2026
    Steel Warehouse, a family-owned steel solutions provider and service center with 18 facilities in North America and internationally, announced Doug Rathburn as Business Unit Manager for its newest facility in Hickory, North Carolina, which opened in 2025 and is expected to employ 58 people.
  • GOVERNMENT AND ECONOMICS

    Supreme Court Lets 2018 Tariffs Stand

    Michael McConnell June 17, 2026
    The U.S. Supreme Court has turned down a challenge to President Donald Trump’s China tariffs that he put in place in 2018. Those levies cited a different law than those the court struck down earlier this year.
  • NEWS DESK

    Parsec Automation Appoints Suzanne Rudnitzki CEO

    PRESS RELEASE: Parsec Automation June 17, 2026
    Parsec Automation, LLC (Parsec), a global Manufacturing Execution System (MES) software provider, announced that Suzanne Rudnitzki has been appointed Chief Executive Officer, effective June 1.