Industry News

Vero Software has hired Application Engineer Jarimie Barnes to support customers of its powerful Radan sheet-metal solution.

NORTH KINGSTOWN, R.I. — Supfina Machine Company, Inc., a manufacturer of surface-finishing systems and equipment, has promoted Dalaney Algiere to Product Engineer from her previous position as a Mechanical Engineer.

DRESDEN, NY, June 6, 2018 -- Abtex Corporation has recently added four professionals with varied skills in manufacturing and business.

NEW HAMPTON, Iowa (June 27, 2018) – ATEK Metal Technologies, a permanent mold foundry, has appointed Cheol Ro as vice president of operations.

Sudbury, MA, U.S.A. (June 22, 2018) – Methods Machine Tools, Inc., a supplier of precision machine tools and automation, has announced two key management appointments.

Meister Abrasives USA is pleased to announce the appointment of Pat Roberts to the position of Sales Manager, effective July 1st2018.

HARTLAND, Wis., (June 25, 2018) — Kelly J. Tebon has been named to lead the expansion of Dorner's Aftermarket Sales program.

Jane Hardy, the chief executive of a company that makes lawn care equipment, says she had to lay off 75 employees this summer because of President Donald Trump's trade war. As she fights to keep her southern Indiana business going, Hardy is one of the manufacturers warning the White House that, unless they see relief from the tariffs soon, job losses will mount and factory closures are likely.

Researchers at the University of Waterloo have found a better way to identify atomic structures, an essential step in improving materials selection in the aviation, construction and automotive industries.

By its very nature, high-nickel, iron or cobalt alloy steels, including Monel, Inconel, Incoloy, Invar, Rene and Hasteloy, are some of the most difficult materials to machine. Because these superalloys are designed to deliver high strength at extremely high temperatures in components often found in "hot" sections of engines and turbines, the stresses and heat generated during machining are considerable.

Your everyday permanent markers, glue sticks and packing tape may offer a surprisingly low-tech solution to a long-standing nuisance in the manufacturing industry: Making soft and ductile, or so-called "gummy" metals, easier to cut.

Are you guilty of believing the aluminum extrusion myth? Many design engineers looking for cost savings often overlook extruded aluminum manufacturing for stamped or machined parts, believing it to be an expensive and/or challenging process. This can be a costly mistake. Extruded aluminum allows manufacturers to produce complex profiles with as few parts as one and can save companies real money on production and overall product life cycle costs.