Inventor of ‘Negative Pressure Helmet’ for COVID-19 Battle Searching for Manufacturing Partners May 12, 2020 Sridhar Kota, a professor of mechanical engineering at the University of Michigan, is looking for manufacturers to produce en masse a “negative pressure helmet” he invented to prevent intubation and “help provide a more positive outcome for thousands of (COVID-19) patients and healthcare workers alike,” he said.
Practices and Pitfalls of 3D Printing for COVID-19 May 4, 2020 A panel of experts and startups in medical 3D printing provided insights into efforts to help the COVID-19 pandemic in a webinar organized by 3DHEALS
Manufacturing in April Contracts at Fastest Rate in 11 Years May 1, 2020 Manufacturing last month contracted at the fastest rate since April 2009 as the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) walloped the economy, the Institute for Supply Management said today.
ServiceMax, Krios Open Job Board to Aid in Pandemic May 4, 2020 ServiceMax, an asset-centric field service management firm, and Krios, the AI-powered job and freelance platform, opened the ServiceMax Field Service Finder.
Trillium Machine finds a way to effectively train newbies May 12, 2020 One of the biggest challenges that any shop faces in 2020 is finding skilled workers to backfill those baby boomers who are retiring, or simply finding staff to meet the demand of a healthy manufacturing economy.
Remote Monitoring Reveals How to Boost Uptime on Laser Machines April 27, 2020 East Iowa Machine Co. (EIMCo) in Farley, Iowa, is a full-service machine and fabrication shop. It is an ISO 9001:2015 certified manufacturing company, employing about 150 people on three shifts at its single 130,000 ft2 (12,077 m3) location, and converts raw metals into finished component parts and assemblies using a wide variety of CNC equipment and state-of-the-art manufacturing processes.
Digital Twin Powers Accurate Program Simulation April 27, 2020 What makes a CAM system “good,” in our opinion, is the quality of its post processor and the technical support provided by the vendor. When programming questions are answered quickly and accurately, and the system produces good code, programming is simplified and machine utilization goes up, while both setup and cycle times drop.
Live Tooling: Basic Concepts, Recent Developments April 24, 2020 Live tooling, as the name implies, is driven by the CNC and the turrets of various spindle and powered sub-spindle configurations on CNC lathes.
Measurement Accuracy: What You Need to Know April 23, 2020 It’s an old challenge: You’re a manufacturer whose customer needs you to assure that the part you’ve contracted to make for them will be held to specified tolerances. So, what’s the best method for making sure the part is within spec?
How Indexable Tools Keep Their Edge April 22, 2020 Sales figures don’t lie: indexable cutting tools—featuring removable cutting tips called inserts—are a smash hit with machine shops.
