Orange County Choppers Creates Hydromat’s 40th Anniversary Bike on ‘American Chopper’ Show in February January 31, 2019 St. Louis-based Hydromat Inc. is celebrating its 40th anniversary (1979 -2019). As part of this celebration, the company engaged Orange County Choppers (OCC) to build a custom motorcycle to commemorate this milestone.
UAW to Begin Labor Talks Amid Slowing Industry, Internal Issues July 5, 2019 The United Auto Workers union this month commences labor negotiations with General Motors Co., Ford Motor Co. and Fiat Chrysler Automobiles. The timing isn’t the best.
Machine Tool Orders Plunge in April June 10, 2019 Machine tool orders plunged in April to their lowest level in three years, the Association for Manufacturing Technology said today.
2020 Digital Manufacturing Challenge Winners Sponsored by the Direct Digital Manufacturing Tech Group, part of SME’s Additive Manufacturing Community
2019 Digital Manufacturing Challenge Winners Sponsored by the Direct Digital Manufacturing Tech Group, part of SME’s Additive Manufacturing Community
2022 Digital Manufacturing Challenge Winners Sponsored by the Direct Digital Manufacturing Tech Group, part of SME’s Additive Manufacturing Community
Eight key blockchain challenges for manufacturers to overcome Author: Karen Haywood Queen and Brett Brune January 31, 2019 Because blockchain was designed and intended first as a secure, public ledger for Bitcoin, some challenges have emerged with early applications in manufacturing, Microsoft’s Diego Tamburini said. “Originally, blockchain wasn’t intended for enterprise systems. Establishing smart contracts and integrating blockchain with new manufacturing systems is difficult because blockchain wasn’t born in the enterprise.”
Additive manufacturing primed for blockchain adoption Author: Karen Haywood Queen and Brett Brune January 31, 2019 Blockchain in additive manufacturing (AM) offers immediate opportunities for military use, said Kenneth Church of nScrypt.
The Key Role of Post Processing in CAD/CAM Software May 23, 2019 In this podcast, Alan Rooks, Editor in Chief of Manufacturing Engineering magazine, talks with Don Davies, vice president, DP Technology Corp., the developer of Esprit CAM/CAD software about how post-processing in CAM is key to success in machining, DP Technology’s approach to post processing, and how the Esprit solution differs from similar products in the market.
Q&A: Grant Lawton SME recently spoke with Grant Lawton, engineer at W.L. Gore & Associates, to discuss how to better understand cable performance in tethered drone applications. He specializes in cable engineering and design that supports aerospace data and power systems, including Ethernet, Fibre Channel, FireWire, and Databus, among many other protocols. He is a featured presenter at this year’s AeroDef event.
