Transforming the Fabric of Manufacturing: AFFOA January 19, 2023 The power of highly functional fabric manufacturing brings new possibilities to life.
Putting the Pedal to the Metal — and Other Materials on the Move January 25, 2023 Recent advancements in polymers, metals, and composites are taking the manufacturing industry in bold, often unexpected directions.
Thinking Outside of the Materials Box January 10, 2023 Manufacturers and fabricators need to consider the application and performance requirements of materials.
Powerful Parts December 28, 2022 Tough materials, tight tolerances, low quantities, and complex shapes—leading suppliers offer advice for navigating the energy industry’s stringent demands.
Bigger, Lighter, Stronger, Faster December 9, 2022 As aerospace ramps up its use of advanced composites, robots and automated manufacturing systems will assume ever larger roles in building and machining these challenging materials.
In Control: Machine Tool Builders Progress with Power and Precision October 28, 2022 A professor, who visited IMTS in September, discusses trends in machine tools.
Novelis Dedicates Michigan Customer Center September 15, 2022 Aluminum producer Novelis today formally dedicated its customer solution center in southeastern Michigan.
Lightweighting’s New Phase September 3, 2019 Earlier this decade, the auto industry moved to lighten cars and trucks. It was supposed to be a competition between steel, long the dominant vehicle material, and aluminum. The latter got a boost when Ford Motor Co., Dearborn, Mich., bet big on aluminum, making aluminum bodies for its F-150 and Super Duty pickups.
Shops Continue to Rethink Brass and HSM August 14, 2019 The Copper Development Association (CDA) is eager to help shops discover and tap into the high-speed machining advantages of brass. The substantial benefits of doing so have an increasing number of shops rethinking their part materials and, when possible, converting those parts to brass.
