ARCH Global Precision Acquires Siem Tool Co. July 10, 2019 ARCH Global Precision, Bloomfield Hills, Mich., a Jordan Company platform company focused on manufacturing cutting tools, machined components and medical implants and instruments, has acquired Siem Tool Co., Latrobe, Pa. Siem Tool is a manufacturer of custom solid-carbide drills, end mills, reamers, thread mills and form tools. Siem Tool will join ARCH’s Cutting Tools division.
Simulation, Verification, Optimization Boost Accuracy July 2, 2019 Simulation technology must keep pace with rapid advances in manufacturing so that users can learn to use and protect new equipment. Recent advances in Vericut include support for additive manufacturing and hybrid methods, robotic welding, laser sintering, and grinding while dressing to change the shape of the grinding wheel.
Making Medical Miracles July 3, 2019 Changes in health care are driving more innovative tooling, including new machining strategies and complex cutting tools that help deliver more patient-centered solutions.
Manufacturing and AI: Promises and Pitfalls June 30, 2019 We all know the buzzwords circulating around digital data and the factory. You have heard them—Industry 4.0, smart factories, data analytics, and artificial intelligence (AI). The question we all have is how will this impact workers in the long term? What do these terms really mean? Nevertheless, both traditional software suppliers and makers of advanced manufacturing equipment are offering digital solutions.
Tool Presetters Take On Industry 4.0 June 28, 2019 For machine shops in a competitive global marketplace, keeping spindles running and making product is the only way to stay in business. Still, adding a new piece of equipment, even with the promise of improving the efficiency of your existing ones, may be a difficult sell to management.
Erie Press Systems Merges with Ajax-CECO June 28, 2019 As of June 2019, Erie Press Systems has merged with Ajax-CECO under parent company Park Ohio (NASDAQ: PKOH).
How Changes in Manufacturing Operations Lead to Changes in Tooling July 2, 2019 There have been important changes at manufacturing companies, and that has led to changes in how they approach tooling and workholding.
SME Education Foundation Awards 222 Extraordinary Manufacturing and Engineering Students with Scholarships The SME Education Foundation awarded 222 scholarships totaling nearly $550,000 to graduating high school seniors, undergraduates and graduate students currently or planning to attend colleges, universities across the United States and Canada.
The Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan: Driving Regional Opportunity The Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan has been instrumental in the SME PRIME schools’ program in two Southeast Michigan communities. Since its inception in 1984, the Foundation has distributed more than $1 billion through more than 67,000 grants to nonprofit organizations.
Smart Manufacturing: It’s Time to Get Smart July 2, 2019 With all the changes in technology over the past 20 years, many buzz words and phrases have arisen.