Targeting the Skills Gap in Forming and Fabricating July 24, 2020 As in other industries, U.S. forming and fabricating companies are experiencing a critical shortage of skilled labor. In this SME Media podcast, Alan Rooks, Editor in Chief of Manufacturing Engineering magazine, talks with Robert Tessier, National Director of Advanced Fabrication Technologies for Airgas about the skills gap in the forming and fabricating industry; changes needed in the education system to fill the need for skilled labor; how automation factors into efforts to reduce the skills gap; and efforts at Airgas to develop workers for manufacturing operations, including a special program for military veterans.
Metal Parts Follow Tough Plastics Act April 1, 2010 When you walk into the Redeye On Demand facility in Eden Prairie, MN, you enter into one version of the factory of the future. There you will see a bank of 100 high-end Fortus fused-deposition modeling (FDM) machines from Stratasys that provide the capacity to build real, functional parts with production-grade thermoplastics directly from CAD data.
A.I. Fuels Aerospace Manufacturing Automation December 7, 2022 Robots have become able co-pilots on the factory floor as painters, sanders, machine tenders, and materials transporters.
Tangible Future: Aluminum and BEVs July 18, 2022 Blake Zuidema, director, of automotive technical services at Novelis and technical chair of the Aluminum Association’s Transportation Group, discusses the results of a study.
Fabricating and Lasers: Merging Technologies; Boosting Efficiencies July 26, 2022 IMTS to highlight how wide-ranging processes are finding fresh ways to work together.
Ceramics Expo to Take Place in Late August July 15, 2022 The seventh edition of Ceramics Expo will take place on Aug. 30-31, 2022 at the Huntington Convention Center of Cleveland.
Talking to the Dean November 4, 2022 Looking back on a long career of learning, sharing, and always trying to do your best.
The Future of Supply Chain Operations November 4, 2022 Advanced automated solutions and predictive analytics help solve the challenges of disruption.
25 Leaders Transforming Manufacturing June 7, 2022 Our annual celebration of leaders from every aspect of manufacturing who are bringing it into the future.
AMRs Not Just New AGVs May 18, 2022 Autonomous mobile robots are more than automated material handling.