TCAT Elizabethton taking applications for training
Applications are now being accepted for a machine tool training program at the Tennessee College of Applied Technology Elizabethton this fall.
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Bunting Magnetics selects new territory manager
Bunting Magnetics Co., Newton, Kan., named Wendy Doll territory manager for Oregon, Washington, Montana, Idaho, Wyoming, Utah, Colorado, and portions of California and Nevada. The company makes magnetic separation and material handling equipment.
EMAG’s laser lab gears up
Farmington Hills, Mich.-based EMAG LLC held an open house and ribbon-cutting ceremony June 8 to celebrate the opening of its new laser welding laboratory. The facility features equipment and a staff of experts to enable automotive supply-chain companies to better fabricate differential gears, camshafts and other components using laser welding technology.
PACE helps finance green facility upgrades
Heller Machine Tools, Troy, Mich., is the first manufacturer to finance energy upgrades through a 2010 program authorized by the state of Michigan that allows municipalities to fund energy-efficiency improvements through a special assessment on a property.
Florida county boasts strong mfg community
Holmes County, Fla., home to a cluster of metal machining and fabrication outfits that employ skilled machinists and welders, has seen the manufacturing industry provide a solid foundation for economic opportunity and demand for a skilled workforce.
Titanium-gold alloy is 4x harder than steel
Titanium is the leading material for artificial knee and hip joints, but a discovery by Rice University physicists shows that the gold standard for artificial joints can be improved with the addition of some actual gold.
Penn State opens Advanced Mfg. & Innovation Center
Penn State Behrend's new Advanced Manufacturing and Innovation Center, a $16.5 million, 60,000-sq.-ft. building, will house Penn State Behrend's mechanical engineering program, the college's largest major, in terms of enrollment, and the industrial engineering program.
SCT brings coating in-house
Scientific Cutting Tools (SCT), Simi Valley, Calif., has added the capability of coating its own cutting tools on premises in the form of a new coating machine from Platit which enables the coating of up to 500 tools in 4 hours.
GTI Spindle’s new repair facility fully operational
GTI Spindle Technology Inc., Manchester, N.H., recently opened a state-of-the-art facility in North Carolina that the company said is capable of repairing and rebuilding high-precision spindles, including those made by Makino, Mazak, Kessler, Gamfior, Enshu and OKK.
Mitutoyo America celebrates grand openings
Mitutoyo America Corp., Aurora, Ill., recently celebrated the grand opening of its newly renovated M3 Solution Center in City of Industry, Calif.
Face Driver Free Trial Program
Riten Industries offers a free 30-day, risk-free trial program to metal workers who are undecided about committing to this different type of workholding tool. Face driving can completely turn or grind a workpiece in a single cycle, without stopping to flip and rechuck the part, reducing cycle time and increasing productivity.
Dormer Pramet impacts the railway industry
It is a matter of course for manufacturers of rail and train components to ensure that quality products and services continue to be delivered to the industry every day. Increasing reliability through new tools, materials and machining techniques, as well as supporting productive and cost effective maintenance of existing infrastructure, is crucial.
