Industry News

News • November 25, 2022

Sandvik appoints marketing manager of sales area Americas

Regional Sales Manager Nick Falgiatano has been promoted to marketing manager of sales area Americas effective Dec. 1.

News • November 23, 2022

Veterans play key role in workforce development at Mazak

The company relies on veterans for their transferrable skills and rock-solid work ethic.

News • November 22, 2022

Additive manufacturing amps up fuel cells, drives down costs

Mohawk Innovative Technology teams with Velo3D to boost efficiency and durability, taking 60% off the price of anode off-gas recycle blowers.

News • November 21, 2022

U.S. robot installations exceed pre-pandemic level

The World Robotics Report shows that robot installations in the United States were up by 14% to 34,987 units in 2021 -- the second most successful year for the robotics industry in the U.S.

News • November 18, 2022

Bystronic gets a ‘mega’ productivity boost

Bystronic Laser AG, working jointly with EMCO GmbH from Hallein/Salzburg, undertook a complete redesign of the machine frame machining process so that it could be carried out by EMCO Mecof's Megamill high-gantry milling machine.

News • November 17, 2022

Abrasive Technology names managing director

Abrasive Technology LLC has named Guy Topping as its managing director of Abrasive Technology Ltd.

News • November 16, 2022

ANCA signs distributor for portions of Mexico

Representatives from ANCA and Fravic Daunert signed a distribution contract at IMTS 2022 to sell ANCA products in portions of Mexico.

News • November 15, 2022

Lotus Cars Ltd. launches its most accurate sports car ever

Lotus Cars Ltd. is known for the design and manufacture of high-performance cars born out of legendary success on the racetrack. Its latest sports car, the Emira, is by far the most accurate model ever built by Lotus thanks to the use of a 5-axis HC-90TR twin-arm coordinate measuring machine from LK Metrology.

News • November 14, 2022

Optimal cleanliness leads to the next optimal step

Parts cleaning is critical to achieving precision, process reliability and high efficiency in processes and production technologies.

News • November 11, 2022

Solvents for parts made of different materials

The production of high-precision parts with complex interior geometries requires top quality along the entire production chain. In order to be optimally prepared for future cleanliness requirements, a Swedish manufacturer replaced one of its existing solvent cleaning systems. They chose an Ecoclean EcoCcompact fitted with Ultrasonics PLUS, to mention only one of the system's features.

News • November 10, 2022

Post-processing AM parts with wet blasting

Additive manufacturing is not perfect, and one area where significant issues reside is in the surface finish of AM parts as they come out of the build chamber or off the build plate.

News • November 9, 2022

Helping electric vehicle manufacturers compete

Power skiving is the fastest-growing method of gear machining.