Baker Installs Five-Axis Machining Giant for Big Aerospace Projects January 31, 2018 At Baker Industries (Macomb, MI) the large scale five-axis EMCO Mecof PowerMill has gone operational.
Auburn University Will Create Two New Additive Manufacturing Centers March 21, 2018 Alabama Live (3/20, Thornton) reports that Auburn University has announced that it “is partnering with NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center and ASTM International to create two new research
Arconic Strengthens 3D Printing Collaboration with Airbus December 14, 2016 NEW YORK–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Arconic (NYSE:ARNC), a global technology, engineering and advanced manufacturing leader, has entered into two agreements to supply Airbus 3D printed metal parts for the
A powerful new battery could give us electric planes that don’t pollute November 1, 2018 Brightly colored molecular models line two walls of Yet-Ming Chiang’s office at MIT. Chiang, a materials science professor and serial battery entrepreneur, has spent much of his career studying
Airbus, Rolls-Royce, Siemens Collaborating to Develop Hybrid Plane November 29, 2017 The AP (11/28, McHugh) reports, “Airbus, Siemens and Rolls-Royce are teaming up to develop a hybrid passenger plane that would use a single electric turbofan along with three conventional
Aerospace Manufacturing Is Flying High March 15, 2020 Aerospace manufacturing has influenced our world in innumerable ways, including employment and the global economy. In fact, it’s one of the world’s largest manufacturing industries in terms of
Aerospace OEM Takes on Challenges of 3D Metal Printing April 30, 2018 The Boeing 787 aircraft flies with two 3D-printed metal parts. There is a fuel nozzle made by a century-old, $120-billion-a-year industrial giant, and a galley fitting made by a 140-person firm
Zapping waste at a critical juncture in history July 9, 2020 The economic challenges brought forth by COVID-19 are causing a more intense focus in manufacturing on the need for the kind of alacrity achieved with digital tools and the kind of digital savvy achieved with strong partnerships.
On-Machine Metrology Drives Efficiencies In Large-Scale AM June 23, 2020 In the cornfields of southern Indiana, Thermwood Corp. is making unique large-scale additive manufacturing (LSAM) equipment. LSAM machines produce large- to very-large-sized components from reinforced thermoplastic composite materials, creating industrial tooling, masters, patterns, molds and production fixtures used in the aerospace, automotive, foundry, and marine industries.
Top Professors Offer Career Advice Gold June 19, 2020 If manufacturing is your passion but a lecture hall is more your style than a shop floor, SME Media’s “20 Most Influential Professors” (see June issue of Smart Manufacturing) want to talk.
