New President and CEO Named at TRUMPF Inc. February 2, 2022 Lutz Labisch to Become President and CEO for TRUMPF in North America
The Strategic Impact of Choosing the Right Tooling February 3, 2022 The right tooling can have a profound effect on a shop’s competitiveness and future growth.
Guill Offers Machining and Fabricating Manufacturing Services for Aerospace January 24, 2022 Guill Tool has announced its intent to offer merchant machining services to the global aerospace industry.
Uses of Robotics in Maintenance Management January 22, 2022 There are many key benefits from investing in robotics to help manage maintenance and repairs of manufacturing equipment.
Implementing and Expanding Use of Presetters January 19, 2022 Presetters can make life easier on the factory floor. When is the time to step up their use?
Tips, Tricks and Best Practices for Efficiently Generating Productive CNC Programs January 12, 2022 Automated feature recognition, knowledge-based machining, advanced toolpath simulation and digital twins are a few CAM technologies making programming more of a technical exercise than the tribal knowledge-inspired art form it has long been.
Thanks for the Memories! January 7, 2022 Manufacturing Engineering editor-in-chief Alan Rooks is retiring.
The Science of Diffusion Bonding or Joining together Dissimilar Metals January 3, 2022 Metal diffusion bonding is an essential joining method for achieving a high-purity interface when two similar metals require superior structural integrity. The process involves applying high temperature, and pressure to metals mated together in a hot press causes the atoms on solid metallic surfaces to intersperse and bond.
Lasers Target New Medical Applications November 2, 2017 Lasers — well-established tools in the manufacture of medical devices—are continuing to break ground by producing smaller, more precise and more functional parts thanks to faster pulse speeds at lower cost, new applications and the marriage of laser processing to Swiss-style machining.
Lasers on the Cutting Edge November 1, 2017 In the last seven to eight years, solid-state lasers have come to dominate laser welding and cutting,” said Tom Bailey, product specialist for Trumpf Inc. (Farmington, CT). While Trumpf still produces CO2 lasers, for most applications solid-state lasers literally outshine them.