Manufacturing Engineering

Why manufacturing will make or break the future of energy

At GreenBiz, Mark Johnson, director of the Department of Energy's Advanced Manufacturing Office, describes the importance of manufacturing innovation to the burgeoning U.S. clean-energy industry.

Hybrid fusion/FSW tech provides flexible joining solution

Researchers are developing a prototype welding system that will demonstrate the field deployment capabilities of flexible hybrid friction stir welding technology.

Non-profit engineering research group adds electron beam system to toolbox

EWI, a Columbus, Ohio-based non-profit organization dedicated to innovating and implementing advanced manufacturing technologies for industry, soon will add an Electron Beam Additive Manufacturing (EBAM) system to its R&D toolbox. Chicago-based Sciaky Inc. announced the sale of its EBAM system in a news release issued July 20.

Sluggish economy puts pinch on mfg. technology orders

Manufacturing technology orders for April 2016 were down 27.5 percent from the same month a year ago, according to the latest U.S. Manufacturing Technology Orders report compiled by AMT – The Association For Manufacturing Technology. Year to date, orders are down 16.6 percent compared to the same point in 2015.

ITAMCO discusses Industrial Internet of Things

Joel Neidig, the business development and technology manager at Indiana Technology and Manufacturing Companies (ITAMCO), Plymouth, Ind., was among several guest speakers selected to present at the third innovation forum of "Building Tomorrow's World," which was part of Autodesk University 2015 in Las Vegas.

The Mirage of a Return to Manufacturing Greatness

In America’s factories, jobs are inevitably disappearing. But despite the political rhetoric, the problem is not mainly globalization. Manufacturing jobs are on the decline in factories around the world.

Small makes it big

06/01/2011

CTE Editorial Director Alan Rooks ponders the good news about U.S. manufacturing of late.

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Assistance from a distance

08/01/2011

Author:

Alan Richter

Cutting Tool Engineering Editor Alan Richter mentions a new augmented reality system that offers on-site technicians assistance from a distance in his Look Ahead column for the August 2011 issue.

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David A. Dornfeld, manufacturing expert, dies of a heart attack

David A. Dornfeld, mechanical engineering professor, founding faculty director of the Jacobs Institute for Design Innovation and a leader at the College of Engineering, died of a heart attack on March 27. He was 66. Dornfeld was a renowned manufacturing expert, widely admired as a teacher and well-regarded as a thoughtful leader.

Inventing enthusiasm for manufacturing

When Zach Kaplan visited the White House last June for a National Week of Making event, he had no idea it would mean giving away 50 of his company’s 3D carvers (tabletop milling machines). The CEO of Inventables Inc. (www.inventables.com), Chicago, Kaplan and 99 other conference attendees were challenged to provide ideas on how they could help President Barack Obama with his “Nation of Makers” initiative. Kaplan’s suggestion? Put an Inventables 3D carver in one school in each of the nation’s 50 states. What’s more, Kaplan wants to have a 3D carver in every school in the U.S. by the end of this decade.