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Workforce Engineering—How to Solve the Skills Gap
March 8, 2022
The best way to solve the skills gap is to ignite the already existing and yet dormant fuel of curiosity inside of young minds.

Aiming to Improve, Enhance Firearms Marking
March 8, 2022
Laser marking is fast, flexible, repeatable, durable and it’s a one-button operation.

Learning is a Continuing Venture
February 7, 2022
The Composites Manufacturing Technical Group of SME recognized two individuals and two prominent composites manufacturing organizations at its 2021 Excellence in Composites Manufacturing Awards program.

New President and CEO Named at TRUMPF Inc.
February 2, 2022
Lutz Labisch to Become President and CEO for TRUMPF in North America

Smart Manufacturing Takes Center Stage in 2022
January 31, 2022
Smart Manufacturing will come to the fore in 2022 as a holistic strategy that considers the entire process throughout a product’s entire lifecycle.

Custom Products, Standard Training
January 18, 2022
Tooling U-SME proves the most helpful training to Iowa’s Rosenboom because employees learn things online that are immediately applicable.
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Laser Welding for Sheetmetal Fabricators
April 18, 2017Although laser welding is a well-established manufacturing solution, many sheetmetal fabricators have been hesitant to implement the process at their shop. -
Lasers
Fiber Lasers Continue to Gain Market Share in Material Processing Applications
February 1, 2016The first kilowatt-class fiber laser for material processing was introduced by IPG Photonics in early 2002. Since that time, the adoption of fiber lasers for production applications has grown at a rapid rate. Today, fiber lasers are becoming the choice for most major production laser applications as well as converting traditional welding and cutting processes to fiber laser technologies. -
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Lasers Grow Manufacturing
June 1, 2015Today, laser technology in manufacturing touches all of our lives on a daily basis; lasers cut air bag material and weld air bag detonators for our in-car safety; lasers weld the batteries in many of our mobile devices; lasers drill aero-engine components for planes; lasers cut the glass for our smart phones and tablets screens; lasers weld the drivetrains in our cars and trucks; lasers cut medical stents that increase and enhance our lives, just to name a few.
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