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Mazak Establishes World Research & Development Center
Mazak Corporation (Florence, KY) recently established a new 167,000 sq ft Mazak World Research & Development Center in Oguchi, Japan, to reduce design-to-market time by three to five months for new products and units, including assembly, testing and evaluation. Prior…
Only One Aluminum Producer Makes Dow Jones Sustainability World Index
Hydro Aluminum (Linthicum, MD) was named the top aluminum company in the new Dow Jones Sustainability Index (DJSI) and is the only aluminum producer to make the DJSI-World Index. The DJSI World list comprises the top 10 percent of performers…
Motoman Inc. and Agile Planet, Inc. Enter Partnership
Industrial robot manufacturer Motoman Inc. (Dayton, OH ) and robotics software developer Agile Planet, Inc. (Austin, TX) recently entered into a partnership that will provide commercial users with a leading-edge hardware and software solution for dual-arm robots. The technology partnership…
QCMI Awarded United Technologies Corp. Supplier Gold Status
Quality Controlled Manufacturing Inc. (QCMI; San Deigo, CA) recently received Supplier Gold status, a prestigious honor from United Technologies Corp. (UTC; Hartford, CT) and its subsidiary Hamilton Sundstrand (Windsor Locks, CT). UTC's Supplier Gold status recognizes suppliers for exceptional performance…
Partmaker Inc. and Gital America Enter Strategic Partnership
PartMaker Inc. (Fort Washington, PA) and Gital America (Chicago, IL) recently entered into a strategic partnership to greater enhance the productivity of programming Gital?s line up of multi-axis Turn-Mill centers and Swiss-type lathes. Many leading Gital users around the U.S….
CHOOSING AN ELECTROHYDRAULIC CONTROLLER
Machine builders once had misconceptions about hydraulic-based motion as not being exceptionally precise nor able to support highly complex, synchronized multi-axis applications. Not anymore. The team at Bosch Rexroth examines how the advent of closed-loop electrohydraulic motion controllers has changed the equation.
USING MANUFACTURING ECONOMICS TO NAVIGATE A HAZARDOUS ENVIRONMENT
John Israelsson of Sandvik Coromant USA shows how to use the current economic uncertainty as motivation to evaluate your operations and implement new technology where it provides quantifiable benefits.
SHEET METAL: SHAVING A PUNCHED WORKPIECE
Dr. Vukota Boljanovic examines the engineering of the shaving process and how it is used to clean holes in a blanked and punched workpiece.
A NEW ROLE FOR MICROALLOYED STEELS
Adding Economic Value: Michael Korchynsky of U.S. Vanadium Corporation shows how replacing cheaper carbon steels with microalloyed high-strength steels allowed automakers to reduce the weight of an auto body at the same or at potentially lower costs, and how those same economic principles apply to other applications.
WHEN TWINS CONSUME LESS
Going Greener: This technology profile explores the special energy efficient systems integrated into a new Stama twin spindle machining center and how they dramatically reduce electrical and pneumatic energy consumption.
A NEW THRESHOLD IN SURFACE FINISHING
Randy Pearson of Siemens Energy & Automation shows how unique approaches in CNC technology are making mold & die operations more productive while yielding significant improvements in surface quality.
LESSONS FOR A POST RECESSION WORLD
No Return To Normal: Facing reduced revenues, manufacturers are struggling to find deeper cost cuts that will save them until the recovery. But if the automotive industry serves as an indicator of things to come, Mike Riley identifies some other lessons that every business might consider to prepare for a very different future.
