Industry Reports

Videos • July 21, 2014

Robotics and the Ethernet

A Rockwell Automation representative talks about the Ethernet trend based on open standards and how its potential application for many industries. The video captures a robot arm sorting and aligning pucks. Driving the automation are Stratix switches, which were jointly developed by Cisco and Rockwell Automation.

Videos • January 14, 2014

Customized technical training

Like many manufacturers across the U.S., Greendale's Kinetic Company faces a shortage of skilled labor. Long-term, highly skilled employees are retiring, leaving the knife-making company with a younger, less experienced workforce. With that challenge in mind and armed with a Workforce Advancement Training (WAT) grant, managers from Kinetic Company teamed with Milwaukee Area Technical College to enhance the skills of their incumbent workers.

Videos • December 5, 2013

Machine Tooling 101

The Madison Area Technical College, Madison, Wis., addresses the value of its 2-year machine tooling program, which emphasizes moldmaking and tool and die skills in the second year.

Videos • November 5, 2013

Technology shift

New cutting technologies are about to transform the gear manufacturing industry, according to a Sandvik Coromant video report. How manufacturers respond to this new technology from indexable gear tools will shape the future competitive landscape.

Videos • October 5, 2013

Specialty status

Sandvik Coromant video report suggests that collaboration, hyperspecialization and technology can help manufacturing companies prepare for the future.

Videos • September 5, 2013

Automotive market adopts rapid prototyping

Producing prototype automotive parts via 3D printing helps reduce time to market while boosting vehicle quality and fuel efficiency.

Videos • August 5, 2013

Responding to change

Thomas W. Malone, a professor at the Massachussetts Institute of Technology Sloan School of Management, suggests in the latest Sandvik Coromant "Looking Ahead" video series that recognizing and rapidly responding to change will be critical to the success of any company in tomorrow's business environment.

Videos • July 5, 2013

Hyperspecialization age

In it's second Looking Ahead video, Sandvik Coromant gathered industry experts to talk about talent mismatch, employment outsourcing and the age of hyper-specialization.

Videos • July 5, 2013

Spindle safety

Jakob Antriebstechnik, a spindle manufacturer in Germany, recently demonstrates its Motor Spindle Safety System, which is said to prevent major damage when spindle collisions occur.

Videos • March 5, 2013

Future challenges

Sandvik Coromant takes a closer look at the macro trends influencing the future of the manufacturing industry in a brief video report that identifies four areas of special interest: rapid urbanization, sustainability, new advanced materials and new technologies.

Videos • October 9, 2012

Trends in manufacturing

Don Nelson, publisher of Cutting Tool Engineering and MICROmanufacturing magazines, interviews David J. Povich, president of Tool Alliance, Huntington Beach, Calif. Povich also was recently elected president of the United States Cutting Tool Institute.

Videos • March 10, 2012

Making parts for hydraulic fracturing equipment

Making parts for hydraulic fracturing equipment presents opportunities but requires the right tools, as noted in the cover story of the March 2012 issue of Cutting Tool Engineering magazine.