Industry News

News • October 5, 2017

Jergens Inc. partners with MachiningCloud Inc.

Jergens Inc., Cleveland, and MachiningCloud Inc., Camarillo, Calif., partnered to provide Jergens product data in the cloud.

News • October 5, 2017

Radix Inc. acquires Automated Detection Devices Inc.

Radix Inc., Windsor, Ontario, acquired vision system integrator Automated Detection Devices Inc., Mississauga, Ontario.

News • October 5, 2017

Walter USA LLC appoints managing director

Cutting tool manufacturer Walter USA LLC, Waukesha, Wis., appointed Dan Shelton managing director of the U.S.

News • October 5, 2017 • Michael C. Anderson

RFID, barcode scanning keeps manufacturers on track

Easy, accurate tracking of items through the manufacturing process is becoming more and more important in the quality-conscious 'Smart-Factory' era. RFID tagging has distinct advantages as a tracking method, but barcode scanning has its adherents too.

News • October 3, 2017

Metalcutting Corp. blog looks at honing and lapping

Both are used to achieve a smooth surface and precision dimensions on metal parts, writes MC's Joshua Jablons. "Both are usually performed at the end of the manufacturing process to remove a very small amount of material or finesse the finish on a part. The difference between honing and lapping begins to be revealed if we look at where on a part each process is performed: While honing is used where parts need a precise inside diameter, lapping is performed on an outside flat surface. And when we look at what each process is, the distinctions between the two are plain to see."

News • October 2, 2017

LiquidPlanner Inc., P3 Group target dynamic project management

LiquidPlanner Inc., Seattle, a developer of dynamic project management software, and P3 Group, Aachen, Germany, a manufacturing consultancy, partnered to deliver project management software and accelerate deployments for manufacturing customers worldwide.

News • October 2, 2017

New name for Dürr Ecoclean GmbH

Dürr Ecoclean GmbH, Filderstadt, Germany, is changing its name to Ecoclean.

News • September 29, 2017

Komet Group GmbH partners with MachiningCloud Inc.

Almost 30,000 metric tools from Komet Group GmbH, Besigheim, Germany, are now available through MachiningCloud Inc., Camarillo, Calif.

News • September 29, 2017 • Michael C. Anderson

‘New-collar’ jobs, millennial workers and Manufacturing Day

In manufacturing, the nature of the work as well as the nature of the workers are changing: What's a prospective employer to do? Some pre-Manufacturing Day discussion.

News • September 28, 2017

Report: Every third cyber-attacked computer is from the manufacturing sector

A new report from Kaspersky Lab found that in the first half of the year, the manufacturing industry was the most susceptible to cyberthreats – with the industrial control systems (ICS) computers of manufacturing companies accounting for almost one third of all attacks.

News • September 27, 2017

Absolute Machine Tools Inc. hires general manager

Absolute Machine Tools Inc., Lorain, Ohio, hired Jeff Sturtevant as general manager of the Mason Technical Center in Mason, Ohio.

News • September 27, 2017

Machinery that repairs itself

In the EU-funded project SelSus, Fraunhofer scientists are collaborating in a consortium with partners from research and industry to develop maintenance technology capable of forecasting machine downtimes in production before they occur. This allows plant managers to rectify faults before the machine breaks down. The system even corrects some defects automatically.