Energy & Power Generation

Articles • June 1, 2015 • Alan Richter

Aluminum Alloy Growth Reflects Expanding Applications

New aluminum alloys can pose machining challenges, but they can be mastered with sound cutting strategies.

Videos • April 11, 2015

DOE report highlights collaboration behind 3D-printed car

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) produced this video report to highlight some of the backstory behind building a 3D printed electric car in full view of everyone who attended IMTS 2014 in Chicago. The video notes that the collaboration among Local Motors, Cincinnati Inc., the Oak Ridge National Laboratory and DOE's Advanced Manufacturing Office helped spur the advancement of 3D printing technology.

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.

Videos • March 10, 2012

Making parts for hydraulic fracturing equipment

Making parts for hydraulic fracturing equipment presents opportunities but requires the right tools, as noted in the cover story of the March 2012 issue of Cutting Tool Engineering magazine.

Videos • March 10, 2012

Makino Machining Complex

A Makino Machining Complex integrated with two a71 horizontal machining centers is used to produce conveyor chain assemblies for the coal mining industry in this video report shot at Cincinnati Mine Machinery.

Articles • March 1, 2012 • Alan Richter

Pumping Up Production

As the U.S. strives to become less dependent on foreign energy sources, energy producers are increasingly employing hydraulic fracturing, or "fracking," to drill shale deposits and extract natural gas and some oil. That booming market requires a range of parts from shops around the country.

Articles • March 1, 2012

Drill, Ye Tarriers, Drill!

States near the Marcellus Shale, a huge natural gas formation centered in Pennsylvania, are feverishly pursuing a $4 billion ethane "cracker" to be built by Royal Dutch Shell. The cracker will process ethane-rich gas from the Marcellus Shale into ethylene, and the ethylene will be used by the pharmaceutical, chemical and plastics industries. The plant will create 10,000 construction jobs and several hundred permanent jobs.

Articles • February 1, 2012 • Alan Richter

Look, no batteries

A wirelessly powered machining sensor system.

Articles • December 1, 2011

Are the Stars Aligned?

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

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

Cleared for takeoff

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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.