Next Generation of American Manufacturing
In 1984, Richard Kennedy owned Midwest Specialties, a stamping facility that got its start producing water can brackets for Humvees and Jeeps. To help...
Mastering Operational Processes
The Minerva group, created in 1996, designs and manufactures complex parts for the energy, transport and defense industries. The group has developed several integrated...
Built Layer by Layer
Machine shops create complex metal parts using thin sheets of similar or dissimilar metals along with diffusion bonding; conformal cooling, heat exchangers, liquid/gas dispensing...
EMAG Apprenticeship Program: A Model for Success
While the skills gap continues to make headlines and millennials in the workforce is an increasingly debated topic, more and more manufacturers are looking...
FABTECH 2015 Partners With Art Institute of Chicago for 3D Scanning and Printing of...
WHAT:
FABTECH 2015, North America’s largest collaboration of technology, equipment and knowledge in the metal forming, fabricating, welding and finishing industry, will bring 3D scanning...
Embedded 3D Vision
High-resolution 3D data directly from the camera.
If large volumes or several object views are to be checked automatically by 3D cameras, e.g. on constantly...
Industrial HVAC Application – Thinking Outside the Box
HVAC systems play a crucial role in many industrial cooling applications. These systems – composed of cooling towers, chillers and air handlers – are...
Machining Large Components for Wind Turbines
“As yet the wind is an untamed, unharnessed force, and quite possibly one of the greatest discoveries hereafter to be made will be the...
Wet Dust Collectors: The Need to Scrub
The Wet-Type dust collection market has been steadily growing over the past ten years for several reasons. Companies’ awareness of NFPA Guidelines has increased...
Holemaking: How to Choose the Best Drill Type for the Next Job
Holemaking is a common procedure in any machine shop, but selecting the best type of cutting tool for each job is not always clear....
