Industry News

News • April 3, 2019

The Whittemore Co. expands partnership with Dormer Pramet

Addison, Illinois - Effective January 1st, 2019, The Whittemore Co. (Whittemore) announced the expansion of their Dormer Pramet territories to the state of Wisconsin.

News • April 3, 2019

Five myths about manufacturing during Industry 4.0

The fourth industrial revolution is upon us, and as you may know, this means change. As an industry, it is imperative that manufacturers adopt new technologies and increased connectivity that will enable more data-driven decisions. Thankfully, this also means increased efficiency, more parts produced, more accurate bidding, happier customers and increased revenue.

News • April 2, 2019

The Whittemore Co. partners with Lyndex-Nikken Inc.

Addison, Illinois - As of January 14, 2019, The Whittemore Co. (Whittemore) announced their partnership with Lyndex-Nikken.

News • April 2, 2019

The Whittemore Co. partners with NSK America Corp.

Addison, Illinois - As of January 14, 2019, The Whittemore Co. (Whittemore) announced that it has officially partnered with NSK America, to its portfolio of products and principals it represents in the states of Illinois and Wisconsin.

News • April 2, 2019 • Sharvari Rale

Global carbide tools market – What lies ahead?

Carbide-tipped cutting tools, more popularly, carbide cutting tools, have been in use for a plethora of materials on engine lathes, CNC lathes, turret lathes, vertical turret lathes and chuckers. While excellent wear resistance of carbide tools manifests their enduring operational life, it also positions them superior to other counterparts when it comes to surviving longer production runs. Research has proven time and again that carbide tools are highly efficient in comparison with other solid cutting tools and high speed steel (HSS) tools.

News • April 2, 2019

FOBA laser marker handed over to university in Tuttlingen

The Innovation and Research Center (IFC) Tuttlingen of the Hochschule Furtwangen University of Applied Sciences (HFU) and FOBA Laser Marking + Engraving have officially launched their innovation cooperation for medical technology. At a ceremony on March 20 in the new rooms of the IFC on Katharinenstraße, a modern laser marking system was presented, which is now available to the university for its research as well as interested parties from the industry for demonstration purposes.

News • April 2, 2019

Optimizing vibration-assisted drilling

Process optimization is key to increase the productivity and quality of the machining processes and thus ensure the competitiveness of machining companies. Valid measurements of physical parameters are necessary for the ideal assessment of optimization and measures as well as the efficient use of production resources at their performance limits. MITIS, a leading manufacturer of systems for vibration-assisted drilling, relies on measuring systems from Kistler for cutting force measurement.

News • April 1, 2019

The Jordan Company acquires ARCH

ARCH, a Strength Capital Partners and Main Post Partners platform company that is focused on manufacturing precision cutting tools, precision machined industrial components and medical implants and instruments, has been acquired by The Jordan Company ("TJC") effective April 1, 2019. Eli Crotzer, president and CEO of ARCH Global Precision and the entire ARCH senior management team intend to continue operating in their current roles under TJC's ownership.

News • March 29, 2019

Second annual Zoller Inc. Open House & Technology Days scheduled

For the second time in its North American Headquarters, Zoller Inc. is hosting an Open House and Technology Days Event May 8-9.

News • March 29, 2019

Student wins $15,000 for 3D-printed steel tool that cuts titanium

A Ph.D. candidate from RMIT University in Melbourne, Australia, has been awarded a $15,000 prize for developing a 3D-printed steel tool capable of cutting titanium alloys as well as—if not better than—traditionally manufactured steel tools. The achievement marks a first and could pave the way for increased applications of 3D printing in tool production.

News • March 29, 2019

2 ways to transform your manufacturing

At many facilities, when there's a problem on the factory floor, the high-value, highly salaried engineers spend their time collecting data from different machines and systems, exporting it to spreadsheets and wrangling with it to find a solution. This process of data collection and analysis can take from days to weeks—and sometimes longer. There are two ways to transform this process: the traditional way and the intelligent way.

News • March 28, 2019

North American machine vision market grows nearly 10 percent in 2018

North American sales of machine vision components and systems that provide vision intelligence to robots and other machines reached $2.874 billion in 2018, an increase of 9.2 percent over 2017 and a new record for the market. According to statistics from the AIA, the industry trade group and part of the Association for Advancing Automation (A3), application-specific machine vision (ASMV) systems led the growth with $1.998 billion in sales in 2018, an increase of 7.8 percent over 2017, followed by smart cameras with $466 million, an increase of 14.2 percent.