Industry News

News • January 7, 2021

NAM leader slams violent attack at U.S. Capitol

National Association of Manufacturers President Jay Timmons issues statement slamming rioters who "stormed the U.S. Capitol (yesterday), attacking police officers and first responders because Trump refused to accept defeat in a free and fair election."

News • January 7, 2021

Mastercam and Edge Factor partner to inspire the future workforce

Mastercam has partnered with Edge Factor to equip organizations across North America with information to inspire students and job seekers to pursue career pathways

News • January 5, 2021

Motion controllers increase laser material throughput

Lasers are used in a myriad number of applications to cut, drill, weld, mark, or structure parts in a wide variety of applications in many industrial sectors to optimize manufacturing processes and satisfy the need for ever increasing quality of components.

News • January 4, 2021 • Marcus Ralston

Cutting tools: A 20th-century business moves into the 21st century

Marcus Ralston explains his outlook regarding three key milestones of the evolution taking the cutting tool industry into the 21st century.nn

News • December 29, 2020

Filtration systems reduce production costs

The costs of cooling lubricants in tool grinding often exceed the costs for grinding wheels. Tool manufacturers who acknowledge this can save money with ultra-fine filtration technology that is optimally adapted to a company's production capacity and manufacturing requirements. Vomat in Treuen, Germany, is a filtration specialist that offers a range of products that can reduce these costs.

News • December 28, 2020

Tooling for shaping hard and abrasive materials

Inovatools USA LLC in Hartland, Michigan, offers a broad product range of high-performance solid carbide mills that meet the exacting requirements in mold, fixture and die manufacturing.

News • December 23, 2020

Quick-change tooling boosts company profits

Many machine shops are losing tens of thousands of dollars in company profits each year by not implementing quick-change tooling on mills and lathes. Implementing this technology can easily reduce downtime an hour a day.

News • December 22, 2020

Forest City Gear engineer explores gap between helices on a double-helical gear

A new paper by Forest City Gear engineer Andrew F. Vincent, Ph.D., has been released entitled, A Note on the Design of the Gap Between Helices on a Double-helical Gear. The paper focuses on how the design and how it "imposes a necessary lower bound on the gap between the helices it is meant to produce."

News • December 21, 2020

Starrag names new regional manager

Starrag USA named Dan Matticks as its regional manager – Great Lakes for sales. His territory covers Illinois, Wisconsin, Iowa, Minnesota, Michigan, South Dakota, North Dakota and Nebraska.

News • December 18, 2020

Camfil plans to rebuild facility after tornado damage

Camfil Air Pollution Control (APC), a manufacturer of industrial dust, fume and mist collection systems, is planning to rebuid a manufacturing facility in Jonesboro, Arkansas, that was was destroyed by a tornado in March.

News • December 17, 2020

Eriez’ website showcases available refurbished equipment

Eriez in Erie, Pennsylvania, has added a feature to its Website that allows customers to view the company’s refurbished equipment currently available for sale. All of Eriez’ refurbished equipment is repaired by the experts at the company’s 5-Star Service Center, and is backed by an “as new” warranty. The fully staffed service center employs trained...

News • December 16, 2020

Marposs contributes to Henry Ford Technology Award

A tool and process monitoring system from Marposs is part of a project that was named a 2020 Henry Ford Technology Award (HFTA) winning program.