General Shop Equipment & Supplies

Takumi USA, Indianapolis, recently unveiled its new technology center and showroom to distributor partners to kick off the introduction of Takumi USA to the North American market.

Dr. Jeffrey Badger explains the significance of "size effect" in the latest episode of the Grinding Doc Video Series.

Patrick M. Ryan, Vice President of Manufacturing for Kankakee, Ill.-based Stor-Loc, passed away June 25, 2016. A founder of the Stor-Loc Modular Drawer System, Pat recently celebrated 25 years in business.

Most manufacturers offer at least occasional in-house instruction as factory work has become more about brains than brawn. But Tooling U-SME, an organization focused on manufacturing education that's part of an industrial nonprofit in Dearborn, Mich., found in a recent survey that just 25 percent have a structured training program.

Economists have been debating the performance of business investment during the current recovery. Much of the debate has centered around the relative importance of policy (such as regulation) and demand. Meanwhile, from a company's perspective, it probably doesn't make sense to invest when its existing plant and equipment are already underutilized.

GTI Predictive Technology Inc., creators of the VibePro iPad Data Collector, announce X-Phase for iPad. The new application enables cross channel phase analysis on the iPad.

CNC Software announces the release of Mastercam 2017. Mastercam 2017 brings a new suite of programming tools focused on delivering speed, automation, and efficiency for all machining jobs.

Sound website design and integration attracts new business and simplifies operations for manufacturers, internet marketing professional Gary Sargent said.

NCG CAM Solutions Ltd. has released NCG CAM v15.0. This major release includes a number of new features including additional functionality to UV passes and UV passes linking, tool sheets now include images, 5-axis roughing, T-slot cutters can now be used in 5-axis, as well as many new user interface features and enhancements.

Refresh Your Memory Inc. offers the FactoryWiz DNC communication package. FactoryWiz DNC has always had the ability to communicate to RS232 serial controls. However, the current release now offers a more powerful and varied Ethernet connection option providing data transfer to/from machines acting as FTP clients, FTP servers, or Microsoft SMB servers.