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Boeing Receives Second All-Electric Tube Bending Machine for Helicopter Manufacturing
Unison recently supplied a second all-electric tube bending machine to Boeing Integrated Defense Systems (Philadelphia, PA). The order for this equipment came just two years after Unison delivered the first system. This tube bending machine is a Breeze 20 system…
Electrical Equipment Manufacturers Excel at Mixed-Mode Manufacturing
According to a new research report by software maker Cincom Systems (Cincinnati, OH), nearly half (48 percent) of electrical equipment manufacturers use an automated, integrated system to manage their mixed-mode manufacturing processes ? 18 percent more than the composite average…
Jobs: Midnight in America
On the heels of recent news that U.S. unemployment had climbed to the highest rate since April 1983, the president of International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM; Washington, DC) likened the crisis to 'Midnight in America.' "Our country…
CABLES, HOSES, AND AUTOMATION
Check out why this builder of automated fabricating and metalworking systems uses reinforced plastic cable carriers to guide and protect the moving cables and hoses in its multi-axis robots and press-transfer lines, its factory-automation equipment and its gantry robots.
SEE THE LIGHT: KEEPING THINGS SIMPLE ON THE ROAD TO RECOVERY
Grinding It Out: Manufacturing in general and the auto industry in particular have been through the wringer, but a winning strategy for recovery does not have to complex. One key is having straightforward equipment your people can operate, along with dependable partners.
SEE THE LIGHT: REINVENTING THE MANUFACTURING INDUSTRY
A Paradigm Shift: Still inspecting the finished part? Think again. New process variation monitoring systems focus on preventing errors ? rather than detecting them after they occur ? by refining and improving the manufacturing process itself.
SEE THE LIGHT: MANAGE TOOLS TO MANUFACTURE TOOLS
Permanent Setup Integration: The transparency of design and planning information in this centralized tool data management system provides processing accuracy for the NC programming, simulation activities, tool preparations and long run productivity of this German tool manufacturer.
SEE THE LIGHT: SUPER QUENCHING
Operating Inside A Vacuum: The cooling process is critical to manufacturing powdered metal products because it alters the metallurgical properties of the metal as it hardens. This subcontractor helped a new concept in vacuum furnaces take rapid cooling to a new level of precision ? another example of high tech opportunities available to contract manufacturers.
SEE THE LIGHT: WIRE EDM COMPETES OUT OF THIS WORLD
Wired For High Tech Business: An aggressive investment strategy in the latest CADCAM and machine tool technology keeps this contract manufacturer competitive in the high tech sector during the current economic climate.
SEE THE LIGHT: THE EMERGING ROLE OF ALUMINUM IN SOLAR POWER
Another Sustainable Alternative Is Generating More Than Just Energy: The growing use of aluminum support structures in concentrated solar power energy generating facilities offers new business opportunities for contract manufacturers.
Methods Machine Tools To Hold Multitasking Machining Seminars
Methods Machine Tools Inc. (Sudbury, MA), a leading supplier of innovative precision machine tools, announced they will hold two Multitasking Machining Seminars on December 16, 2009 at their Sudbury Technology Center. The complimentary seminars, offered in two convenient time tracks,…
ThyssenKrupp Nirosta Steel Mill Upgrades Scheduling System
PSI BT GmbH (Berlin, Germany) replaced its previous version of the PSImetals software system that controls the heat and caster sequence planning in the ThyssenKrupp Nirosta (Krefeld, Germany) plant that had been operating for more than ten years. The modernization…
