Automotive

Articles • September 1, 2013 • Alan Richter

How 3D Printing Speeds Up Automotive Prototyping

Producing prototype automotive parts via 3-D printing helps reduce time to market while boosting vehicle quality and fuel efficiency.

Articles • October 1, 2012

Help wanted: humans need not apply

There's no doubt that the U.S. manufacturing boom has created jobs. The question is, are they for humans or robots?

Articles • September 1, 2012 • Kip Hanson

Fueling improvements

Using continuous improvement to reach automotive fuel-economy goals.

Articles • September 1, 2012

Calling George Jetson!

Alan Rooks, Cutting Tool Engineering's editorial director, looks forward to the day he can sit in a traffic jam alongside George Jetson in his September editorial.

Articles • December 1, 2011

Are the Stars Aligned?

Manufacturing was a star in 2011 and looks to shine brightly in 2012.

Videos • September 11, 2011

Making magnesium auto parts

Video submitted by Fraunhofer Institute shows a testing geometry, or tank, being formed using a tool with different radii at die and punch for researching critical dimensions.

Videos • September 11, 2011

FANUC Connectivity: A Focus on Fast Atom

FANUC FA America's Paul Webster provides a tour of the company's Fast Atom plant floor management/connectivity system. In addition, Webster explains how the company is extending its assistance to help keep legacy equipment connected.

Articles • September 1, 2011

Which way to recovery?

CTE Editorial Director Alan Rooks laments the long and winding road to economic recovery in this Lead Angle editorial in the September 2011 issue of Cutting Tool Engineering magazine.

Articles • September 1, 2011 • Alan Richter

Mag Miles

'Lightweighting' vehicles through the use of magnesium parts can improve vehicle mileage and impact resistance, among other benefits.

Articles • April 1, 2011

Washed Away

With a substantial portion of the U.S. manufacturing base in earthquake-prone California, we would be wise to study how Japan orchestrates this recovery, suggests CTE Editorial Director Alan Rooks in his April 2011 Lead Angle editorial.

Articles • September 1, 2010

P/M powers auto parts

Machining P/M steels for powertrain parts is tough, but answers abound.

Articles • December 1, 2009

Proactive progress

Productives Times: Proactive progress. End user: Ford Motor Co., Lima Engine Plant. Challenge: Improve productivity and maximize quality when machining aluminum heads. Solution: Replaceable-head reamers with PCD cutting edges. Solution provider: Mapal Inc.