Additive Manufacturing

Articles • January 17, 2018 • Michael C. Anderson

Machine monitoring lets manufacturers improve future processes

Machine monitoring lets manufacturers gather, analyze and share data to improve future processes.n

Articles • January 12, 2018 • Michael C. Anderson

In Digital Manufacturing, the Product Is Intellectual Property

In the digitized manufacturing world that is being born, the product that a job shop produces is less a piece of machined metal and more a piece of intellectual property.

Articles • January 3, 2018 • Keith Jennings

Learn and don’t repeat

Whether or not you believe in New Year's resolutions, starting any new year with optimism and a positive attitude is a worthy idea and can't hurt anything. An important element is applying key lessons learned from the previous year.

Articles • December 19, 2017 • Alan Richter

Manufacturing Parts in Outer Space

The ultimate goal for Made In Space Inc. is that everything in space will be made in space, according to Matt Napoli, the company's vice president of in-space operations.

Articles • December 11, 2017 • Greg Bartlett

As economic outlooks go, 2018 is looking up

As 2017 winds down, economists and experts agree that manufacturing has had a good year and growth should continue throughout 2018 in the U.S. and globally.

News • November 8, 2017 • Alan Richter

The sound of hybrid machining is heard at FABTECH

As part of the newly created 3D/Additive Manufacturing Pavilion at the FABTECH 2017 trade show held Nov. 6-9 at Chicago's McCormick Place, Fabrisonic LLC's exhibit showcased the company's hybrid ultrasonic additive manufacturing (UAM) and subtractive machining capabilities.

News • November 2, 2017

Sandvik Coromant hosts digitization panel

Sandvik Coromant hosted a "Digitalization on Machining" panel of leading digital manufacturing industry experts on Nov. 1, 2017, at the Center for Manufacturing Innovation in Greenville, S.C. Participants included William Sobel of VIMANA and representatives from GE Power, Cisco, Sandvik, Okuma, Microsoft, Mastercam, Rockwell Automation, MakeTime, Praemo and the Commonwealth Center for Advanced Manufacturing.

News • October 26, 2017 • Alan Richter

Manufacturing parts in outer space

One day everything in space will be made in space. That's the ultimate goal for Made In Space Inc., said Matt Napoli, the company's vice president of in-space operations, during his Oct. 25 keynote presentation titled "Made in Space: Manufacturing at 17,200mph" at The Quality Show. The trade show took place Oct. 24-26 at the Donald E. Stephens Convention Center, Rosemont, Ill.

Articles • October 26, 2017 • Michael C. Anderson

Look Ahead: All together now

The toii Platform, created by thyssenkrupp Materials Services GmbH, is said to effectively communicate with a wide array of systems and devices that will help fulfill the promise of the industrial internet of things (IIoT).

Articles • October 25, 2017 • Michael C. Anderson

Look Ahead: Securing robots’ ‘personal space’

Collaborative robotics has three aspects: the human, the robot and the workspace where the task is to be completed. Much of the media coverage has focused exclusively on the robots themselves.

Articles • September 25, 2017 • Greg Bartlett

Longtime precision-machining shop adds 3D printing

With its new EOS M 290 additive-manufacturing system, Indiana Technology and Manufacturing Cos. (ITAMCO) now 3D-prints medical devices. After obtaining the system in June, the company started shipping components in August.

News • September 4, 2017

Cincinnati Inc. names vice president

Cincinnati Inc., Harrison, Ohio, named industry veteran Rakesh Kumar vice president of sales, marketing and service.