Breaking Through with AI March 1, 2024 Medical manufacturers use machine learning to boost patient care.
Women Leading the Way in Additive Manufacturing October 27, 2023 Diversity of skills, backgrounds and perspectives is key to innovation
Geoff Karpa Geoff Karpa is a team lead in the manufacturing technology organization at Lockheed Martin Aeronautics’
Digital Twins for the Machining Process June 28, 2022 Digital twins are breathing life and innovation into increasingly more areas of manufacturing as well as solving challenges for machine shops of all sizes. With the skilled labor shortage and an ongoing effort to reshore high-tech manufacturing to the U.S., digital twins have a lot to offer.
The Heart of Modern Manufacturing August 3, 2020 Controls help make modern manufacturing go. Controls help shop floor employees monitor Industry 4.0 technology. Controls also boost productivity on the shop floor. Technology companies are highlighting improvements designed to maintain the forward momentum of advanced technology.
Laser, Fabrication and Automation Power Ahead June 26, 2020 Laser 3D printing and marking systems are among the heavy-duty cutting and welding systems that had been scheduled for the IMTS Fabricating and Laser Pavilion—testament to the growing impact of what once might have been viewed as ancillary processes.
Tooling Technology Past, Present and Future April 14, 2020 The history of cutting tools goes back a ways—a long, long way. Our prehistoric ancestors were pretty good at making stone tools, and the technology has improved from there. I saw how much on a February visit to the Deutsches Museum in Munich, which has an exhibit on the history of machining.
Energy Parts Machining November 7, 2019 Multi-tasking machines, ceramic inserts, additive manufacturing and automation help produce ... produce a large mix of energy industry parts By Geoff Giordano Contributing Editor, SME Media The ever-volatile
What’s Happening? Check the Auto Industry! September 11, 2018 The U.S. auto industry is a good indicator of a lot of current trends. Like many industries, it has to continually reinvent itself to keep up with consumer and manufacturing trends, as our lead feature by Bill Koenig on page 41 explains.
Advanced Technologies Drive New Cylindrical Grinding Capabilities May 29, 2018 While cylindrical grinding has been used for some time, its capabilities may not be fully appreciated. New grinding wheel technology, controls, materials and dressing processes, coolant and pump options—as well as smarter software—make today’s machines worth getting acquainted with.