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Biden Defends “Buy American” Provision in Stimulus
Alliance for American Manufacturing (AAM) Executive Director Scott Paul praised Vice President Biden?s comments in support of ?Buy American? provisions in an economic stimulus bill: ?Vice President Biden had it right. Domestic sourcing is not protectionism. It is a longstanding…
WORLD'S LARGEST AND STRONGEST SIX AXIS ROBOT
FANUC Robotics America Inc. offers its M-2000iA super heavy-duty robot. Designed to meet customer requirements for handling truck, tractor, and automotive frames and parts, the M-2000iA/900L robot offers a 900 kg payload.
Hydro Aluminum Goes Live with Quintiq Strategic Planning Solution for European Supply Chain Optimization
Quintiq (Hertogenbosch, the Netherlands) and Hydro Aluminum (Oslo, Norway) have announced that Hydro Aluminum Rolled Products has gone live with the selected Quintiq solution to provide comprehensive strategic planning for its European aluminum rolled products supply chain. The ?Quintiq Macro…
American Industrial Hygiene Association Sends Open Letter to President Obama
The American Industrial Hygiene Association (AIHA) has sent an Open Letter to President Obama concerning worker safety: Dear President Obama: On behalf of the American Industrial Hygiene Association (AIHA) we commend you and offer our support for your proposal to…
Hexagon Metrology Acquires 3D Software Company
Hexagon Metrology (London, UK) has announced the acquisition of Technodigit SARL, (Lyon, France), developer of 3DReshaper® software, a software package designed for 3D point cloud and 3D mesh manipulation for reverse engineering, rapid prototyping, product design and industrial inspection. 3DReshaper…
Methods Machine Tools Celebrates 50th Anniversary
In 2009, Methods Machine Tools Inc. (Sudbury, MA) is celebrating the 50th anniversary of their company. Originally founded in November of 1958, with 3 employees and a few refurbished machines, Methods has grown into one of the largest precision machine…
INNOVATIVE DUAL PNEUMATIC SPOOLING UNIT
Mid-South Control Line presents their Dual Pneumatic Spooling Unit. Designed exclusively by Mid-South, the unit enables users to run two different fluids at different pressures simultaneously with complete control and safety.
COMPACT VMC OFFERS VERSATILITY, HIGH PRECISION MACHINING OF COMPLEX PARTS
Kitamura offers a more compact version of their best-selling Mytrunnion-5, the Mytrunnion-1 5-axis vertical machining center.
UNMANNED PRODUCTION AT AN AFFORDABLE PRICE
Fastems’ medium-sized flexible manufacturing system (FMS), the flexible pallet magazine (FPM) is especially designed for small and medium-sized plants and is an ideal way to benefit from unmanned production at an affordable price.
SAVE ON COSTS WHILE INCREASING PRODUCTIVITY
Fuji offers its TN-3500 Series of horizontal turning centers. Ideal for job shop applications, the Fuji TN-3500 can perform all turning, facing, drilling, threading, grooving and boring operations in addition to automatic loading and unloading of parts with minimum operator intervention.
ACHIEVE HIGH PRODUCTIVITY WITHOUT COMPROMISING ACCURACY
Okuma offers its MA-800H horizontal machining center. When your business calls for a machine that delivers high productivity without compromising on accuracy, look to the MA-H Series of HMCs. The machines boast a series of engineering features guaranteed to achieve results.
FIVE AXIS MACHINING CENTER IDEAL FOR UNMANNED MACHINING
Kitamura offers the SuperCell 400 5-axis machining center. This machine is ideal for both unmanned one-off and high quantity production, with flexibility for single-setup, unmanned machining.
