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DMDII launches ‘Cyber Hub for Manufacturing’
News March 16, 2018
DMDII launches ‘Cyber Hub for Manufacturing’
The Digital Manufacturing Design and Innovation Institute (DMDII) announced today the launch of a "Cyber Hub for Manufacturing" with $750,000 in seed funding from the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD).
Shop grinds out niche and soars beyond the competition
News March 15, 2018
Shop grinds out niche and soars beyond the competition
Many manufacturers in the aerospace industry depend on high-precision, complex specialized cutting tools and want them as quickly as possible. However, not all tool grinding shops can meet that challenge. Almar Tools Inc., Camas, Wash., is one that can.
Losing my religion
News March 14, 2018 Kip Hanson
Losing my religion
There's a Sands Casino where the Bethlehem Steel Corp. once stood. The casino was completed in 2009, just 8 years after the 100-year-old steel company filed bankruptcy. Ironically, the biggest obstacle facing the casino's developer was a shortage of structural steel.
Feeling queasy about automation?
News March 14, 2018 Alan Richter
Feeling queasy about automation?
Not only is automation continuing to displace workers at manufacturing companies, the thought of being ousted by a robot is making some workers at those plants feel sick. That's according to a study by three Ball State University researchers and a Villanova University professor.
Removing tramp oil from coolant offers benefits
News March 10, 2018 Alan Richter
Removing tramp oil from coolant offers benefits
After helping customers to remove tramp oil from coolant for more than 40 years, Jim Petrucci, vice president of Oil Skimmers Inc., has yet to hear from anyone that doesn't have at least some tramp oil present in an individual machine sump or large holding tank.
17-year-old has 12 job offers
News March 6, 2018
17-year-old has 12 job offers
Julian Cornwall, a 17-year-old junior in the Butler Tech precision machine program at Colerain Career Center, has a big decision ahead of him. Companies looked at his portfolio and shop samples and talked to his instructor about his work during a recent skills competition.
Micron Manufacturing: No supervisors, and employees set schedules
News March 6, 2018
Micron Manufacturing: No supervisors, and employees set schedules
A precision machining supplier has come up with a way to address the skills shortage problem. Micron Manufacturing Co., Walker, Mich., lets workers create their own schedules. You want to be there for your first-grader's field trip? Do it. Want to have a long lunch with your aging mom? You can.
Save money with reconditioning
News March 6, 2018
Save money with reconditioning
Nearly 100 percent of the solid-carbide tool assortment is suitable for reconditioning, according to Sandvik Coromant Co. Once a solid-carbide tool has been reconditioned three times and is no longer a candidate for reconditioning, it can be recycled.
Chemetall receives Airbus SE SQIP award
News March 4, 2018
Chemetall receives Airbus SE SQIP award
The surface treatment global business unit of Ludwigshafen, Germany-based BASF SE's coatings division, operating under the Chemetall brand, was awarded the highest supplier award in the aerospace company Airbus SE, Leiden, Netherlands, Supply Chain & Quality Improvement Program known as SQIP.

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