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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.

For CMMs, the good times continue to roll. “One of the surprising things that has happened in just the last three to four years is the sheer volume of CMMs that we are shipping,” said Angus Taylor, president of Hexagon Manufacturing Intelligence, North America (North Kingstown, RI). “The market seems to be really exploding.”

Should you coat in-house? Factors to consider include costs, supply chain issues and the ability to make proprietary coatings.

The world of quality measurement devices and software continues to expand, and IMTS years are especially exciting times. If there is a theme in the many offerings—new devices, new software—it might be how quality devices are continuing to burrow their way into the heart of manufacturing on the shop floor.

It’s easy to become dazed by the continuing stream of buzz words. For those of us in manufacturing, all this buzz creates a sense of impending change, but no clarity on what that change might be. Uncertainty means anxiety.

Quality assurance while a part is being made could be key for AM acceptance

Digital twins, digital thread leverage data to improve manufacturing.

As Norton | Saint-Gobain celebrates the 40th anniversary of its partnership with the USA Luge Team, a range of activities sponsored by Norton are slated to take place.

The true story of AM—it’s current and potential abilities and the people who continue to develop it—deserves to be heard.

Automation, a new applications lab and new vistas for centrifugal barrel units take part finishing to the next level.