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Articles • February 19, 2025 • Jamie Flerlage

Learn To Ride The Technology Wave

Debut Software Savvy column urges industry leaders to look for tell-tale signs that it's time to modernize their software portfolios to remain competitive.

Articles • February 19, 2025

Bringing Generative Designs To Life

Shop asked to machine a capture lid mechanism designed using generative AI that was to play a role in collecting Mars samples and returning them to Earth.

Articles • February 19, 2025 • Jeffrey A. Badger, Ph.D.

Exit Nozzle: A Good Idea?

Shop asks the Grinding Doc to address whether mounting a nozzle at the wheel/workpiece exit point can improve coolant effectiveness in grinding operations.

Articles • February 19, 2025 • Christopher Tate

Keep The Machine Doors Closed

The ultimate goal of tool-monitoring technologies is to help shops keep their machine tool doors closed longer — because open doors let the money out.

Articles • February 19, 2025 • Brandt Taylor

Working Smarter

Machinist's Corner column notes that shops today have computer-controlled feedback loops because they need to work smart to remain competitive.

Articles • February 19, 2025 • William Leventon

Designed For Change

When parts are small and space is tight inside sliding head machines, a new holding system offers fast tool changes and a wide variety of cutting options.

News • February 18, 2025

Motion to acquire California-based industrial distributor

Motion Industries Inc., a distributor of maintenance, repair and operation replacement parts, and a premier provider of industrial technology solutions, signed a definitive purchase agreement to acquire the net operating assets of Thompson Industrial Supply, Inc.

News • February 14, 2025

C.R. Onsrud hosts Factory Demo Day in expanded 80,000-square-foot facility

C.R. Onsrud, Inc., a USA manufacturer of CNC machinery, is hosting its Factory Demo Day on March 19, 2025, from 9 a.m.–2 p.m. in its newly completed 80,000-square-foot addition to its Troutman, North Carolina, campus.

News • February 11, 2025

Mazak event targets job shop production

Mazak will highlight its extensive range of machine tool technology and automation that boosts job shop production and profitability during its three-day DISCOVER MORE WITH MAZAK event May 6 – 8, at its Midwest Technology Center in Schaumburg, Illinois.

News • February 10, 2025

Boeing commits to expand South Carolina operations

Boeing plans to expand its operations in Charleston County, South Carolina. The company plans to invest $1 billion in infrastructure upgrades at its existing site and create 500 new jobs over the next five years.

Videos • February 7, 2025

Switch between vertical and horizontal tapping with new Flex arm

With barely a touch, the multi-axis FlexArm REM-24D electronic tapping arm with a multi-position head moved gracefully around the part, making it easy to tap a part where needed and helping to eliminate operator fatigue and reduce the possibility of repetitive motion injuries.

News • February 5, 2025

‘Miss Vollmer,’ Sieglinde Vollmer, has died

Vollmer, daughter of company founder Heinrich Vollmer, was an integral member of the company's management team who also founded the Sieglinde Vollmer Foundation