Industry News

Digital manufacturing as a service now delivers big manufacturing advantages regardless of customer size. The freshly leveled playing field is great news for upstart and small businesses no longer priced out by the costs of equipping, maintaining, operating, staffing and upgrading complex production lines.

New research by the Copper Development Association Inc., McLean, Virginia, shows that U.S. machine shops may be underutilizing the machinability of brass by as much as 85 percent in part-processing operations. The study says manufacturers can and should be machining the material at significantly higher speeds and feeds—often five to 20 times faster—to increase productivity and profitability.

MachineMetrics, which equips factories with the digital tools needed to increase productivity and win more business, announced Dec. 11 it has raised $11.3 million in Series A financing.

Founded in 1952, New Jersey-based Glebar has designed and manufactured grinding machines for many different types of metal and other components, ranging from 60- to 80-HRC stainless parts to 0.002"-dia. titanium parts. For one application, an OEM of machine tooling equipment wished to increase output for steel tap blanks used to drill threaded holes as used in the machining and tooling industry.

In connection with my article about flexible manufacturing systems for the February issue, I visited Camcraft Inc., which has a Makino Machining Complex (MMC2) automated pallet-handling system. Four Makino 4-axis a51nx horizontal machining centers are integrated into the system.

Between 1974 and 1976, polycrystalline cutting materials, such as PCD and PCBN, could show their potential for the first time. As a result of the hardness of diamond, combined with the sharpness for machining tasks, the superiority of PCD was displayed early on when turning, milling and drilling.

Troy, Michigan – December 1, 2018 - HELLER Machine Tools is pleased to announce its new strategic partnership with Ellison Machinery.

Salt Lake City, Utah, USA – SA International (SAi), a provider of software solutions for the signmaking, digital printing and CNC machining industries, has announced the appointment of Mikki Webb as Director of Customer Experience.

Erie, PA—Tim Gland has been promoted to the newly created position of Vice President & General Manager of Eriez® USA, according to an announcement from Eriez President and CEO Tim Shuttleworth.

Auburn Hills, Michigan, Nov. 28, 2018 – Marposs, a specialist in measurement and process monitoring technologies, has announced the acquisition of Elettrosystem s.r.l. based in Scurzolengo (AT) Italy, specializing in automation, assembly and industrial testing.

(Chelmsford, MA – November 27, 2018) Spectro Scientific, a supplier of fluid analysis instrumentation and software, has been purchased by AMETEK, Inc.

TROY, Mich., November 27, 2018 – Seco Tools was awarded Supplier of the Year at the 2018 gathering of the Affiliated Distributors Industrial Members, Suppliers and Service Providers in Orlando, Florida.