Platinum Tooling President Celebrates Four Generations and 100 Years in Metal Cutting December 6, 2021 In a world where machine shops are struggling to stay open and maintain their business and in a day when “going into dad’s business” is not what it once was, Platinum Tooling is an exception to the rule.
July 2021 US Cutting Tool Orders Up 25.5% from July 2020 December 1, 2021 July 2021 U.S. cutting tool consumption totaled $162.3 million, according to the U.S. Cutting Tool Institute (USCTI) and AMT – The Association For Manufacturing Technology.
MRO for HRCs: When to Maintain, Rebuild or Replace Horizontal Machining Centers February 9, 2022 There comes a time in every machine tool’s life when something needs to be done to improve its operating ability.
Smart Biomanufacturing February 4, 2022 Developing better biosensors is one of the hurdles to be surmounted in order to bring tissue manufacturing to scale.
Shop Wins Pole Position in 5-Axis Machining January 14, 2022 For high-performance dry machining of complex composite components, Toyota Gazoo Racing Europe has added a new DMG Mori DMU 200 gantry machine to its machine fleet.
Lockheed Martin Achieves IIot Smart Factory January 11, 2022 Aegis Software, a global provider of Manufacturing Operations Management Software (MOM/MES), announces that Lockheed Martin’s Lufkin facility has connected key SMT machines of all key types using the IPC-CFX standard.
Okuma Launches MA-600HIII Horizontal Machining Center January 11, 2022 The Okuma MA-600HIII brings more machining capabilities to the MA-600H family by offering several new features.
LIMS Edge Device Expedites Entry into Industry 4.0 Production, Competitiveness September 30, 2021 LIMS—the Low Investment Manufacturing System—is an unassuming little box consisting of a computer with proprietary Solution Engine software and an I/O hub that plugs into a standard outlet. When wired at the edge of a piece of production equipment, it becomes a simple solution for collecting and sharing complex sensor-derived data.
Go for zero-downtime performance by ‘testing the machine’s blood’ September 29, 2021 Factories shopping for an AI solutions provider should do their due diligence to find just the right fit.
Get AI Projects in the Air September 28, 2021 In the AI world, fear is driven by unfamiliarity with the process, the professional impact of failure and the daunting tasks of pulling together all of the people and perspectives required just to get started. Here are three key lessons learned from our work with Rolls-Royce and Gulfstream that will clear your AI project for takeoff.