LOS ANGELES—In the “factory of the future,” manufacturers will adopt over-the-air software upgrades used by Carbon and Tesla as the modus operandi, Carbon CEO Joe DeSimone said yesterday at the Westec manufacturing industry conference. Carbon’s printer is performing markedly better than it was even a year ago, he said, speaking on a panel that reviewed progress in additive Read More
Innovation Institute Focused on Energy Use Finishes First Roadmap, Solicits New Members
LOS ANGELES—Eight months after establishing itself, the Clean Energy Smart Manufacturing Innovation Institute (CESMII) is rolling out the roadmap it will use to over the next 18 months begin improving the productivity, performance, efficiency and global competitiveness of U.S. manufacturing, Interim CEO Jim Wetzel, said yesterday. CESMII aims to radically accelerate the Read More
All In with Additive
How new CAD/CAM programming and simulation software can help address additive manufacturing processes. In the manufacturing realm, additive manufacturing (AM) processes are still the new kid on the block. Although additive’s been around for several decades, until relatively recently it’s been relegated mostly to prototyping applications and short-run production use. With newer Read More
Machine Tool Orders Cool in July But Continue to Outpace 2016
Machine tool orders cooled in July compared with the previous month but still outpaced 2016 levels. Orders totaled $319.7 million for the month, down 19% from an adjusted $396.35 million in June, the Association for Manufacturing Technology (AMT; McLean, VA) said in a monthly report. The July level was still 23% better than the $260.59 million of orders in July 2016, AMT Read More
Komet Tools Now Available on MachiningCloud
Komet tool items are now available on MachiningCloud. Almost 30,000 metric tool items are available. Komet Group GmbH (Besigheim, Germany) is a leading supplier of precision tools for the machining process. MachiningCloud (Camarillo, CA) is a product data provider for cutting tool manufacturers, CNC machines, and workholding. The Komet/MachiningCloud partnership is based Read More
Advances, Trends in Honing Give Messy Image the Boot
You would have to go back in time more than 80 years ago to when automobiles were still newfangled technology to trace the development of honing technology. Its earliest uses included de-glazing cylinder bores of early auto engines and imparting crosshatched surfaces for distribution of oil, an application that continues to this day to deliver important benefits to engines, Read More