Move over Gutenberg and make room for Scott Crump. Mr. Crump is now a member of the Minnesota Inventors Hall of Fame for his work developing 3D printing/ additive manufacturing.
In this case, the regulation regarding lead-free replacement materials is having an effect on companies in the precision machined parts industry that manufacture parts for the plumbing industry.
Vero Software, a British based provider of CAD/CAM/CAE solutions for the manufacturing industry, has been awarded the Queen's Award for Enterprise in International Trade for 2014.
The company’s high efficiency roughing strategy, called Vortex, has been awarded the winner in CAD/CAM category at the MWP Advanced Manufacturing Awards held in England as part of the MACH exhibition held in early April.
Brothers Arnot and Matt Heller are 30-something, degreed engineers running Central Screw Products and Detroit Gun Works. They are also fourth generation, hands-on machinists and know a thing or two about machine tools, automation and the critical role of new technology in business growth.
The Reshoring Initiative led by founder Harry Moser was honored recently by Frost & Sullivan’s Leadership Council in the category of Industry Advocacy.
As much as 95 percent of materials in typical carbide inserts can be recovered and reused to make more for long-term sustainability of these critical metalworking tools in Seco's carbide recycling program.
As precision part designs become more complex and the economic pressure to complete more operations in a single setup increase, turning center designs are changing.