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R&M Mfg, Inc. Launches New Web Site
R&M Mfg, Inc. (Milton, WI), a leading supplier of precision machined and custom assembled products, has recently launched a new website to provide customers with valuable information and technical tips. The site also features a flash sideshow module and an…
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…
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…
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…
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…
AVOIDING COSTLY AND UNNECESSARY HIRING MISTAKES IN A DOWN ECONOMY
David A. Torres of the Employer Support Services Group explores the importance of communication in the legal aspects of hiring, managing and terminating workers at a time when workforces are getting leaner and every worker becomes increasingly valuable.
WORKMAN'S COMPENSATION SHOULD NOT DRIVE YOU OUT OF BUSINESS
Donna Pearson Chadwick of Pearson Safety Services shows how to evaluate legitimate claims vs. false ones so that employers are protected from paying falsified claims.
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.
Do Your Toolholders Fit Your CNC Spindles?
Here are some reasons why your toolholder may be showing finish wear at the threaded area and at the gage line, how to inspect where the threads have expanded the toolholder, and how to prevent all of this from occurring.
AUTOMATING TRIBAL KNOWLEDGE
Curt Rellick of Kennametal shows how to implement a machine utilization strategy that reduce wastes, defines standard work, creates more flexibility and reduces machine setups.
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 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.
