Lori Beckman Executive Editor

Measurement 12 May 2016

Quality Gaging System Cuts Production Costs

With its latest addition of a Renishaw Equator gaging system, High-Tech Enginnering is reaching 100-percent part inspection and zero scrap, which has halved the operator requirements and has reduced part production costs by 27 percent.

Data-Driven Manufacturing 19 Apr 2016

The Next Industrial Revolution Nears

Having an understanding of the term Industrial Internet of Things is important because from what I’m hearing and reading, this emerging technology gives rise to what is predicted to be the next Industrial Revolution.

CAD/CAM 15 Apr 2016

Optimizing CNC Legacy Parts with CAM

One day’s work resulted in productivity improvements that allow the equipment to pay for itself, while leaving spare capacity for additional production work.

Metalworking Fluids 16 Mar 2016

Shop Cleans up Oil Room with Storage and Dispensing System

Last year, DuPage Machine Products replaced the sprawling, inefficient and unorganized 55-gallon drums with the centralized storage and dispensing system from The IFH Group.

16 Mar 2016

Single-Stroke Honing Provides Precise Bore Size, Geometry and Surface Finish

Whether or not single-stroke honing is something your shop offers, it’s a process I find worth writing about here because, when properly implemented, it is a cost-effective method that provides a precise bore size, geometry and surface finish.

16 Feb 2016

Use Cold Forming to Produce Less Scrap and Increase Hardness

This process provides faster lead times, better surface finish and improved hardness, yield and tensile strengths. Cold forming is a forging process, such as bending, drawing, hammering or rolling, in which a metal shape is permanently deformed into a new shape at room temperature.

Toolholders 15 Feb 2016

Locking Nut Improves Tool Change-Outs

This company can run its operations safely since it has implemented a mini-nut locking system specifically for Swiss-type automatic lathes.

15 Jan 2016

Determine if Scanning is the Best Measurement Option

Think about what can potentially go wrong when scanning a component, then determine if it is the right process to use.

15 Jan 2016

Methods Engineer Receives 30 Under 30 Award

Brittany Speroni was chosen by SME for her exceptional talent and leadership in STEM.

4 Jan 2016

Workshops for Warriors Graduates Largest Class

A total of 46 veterans/wounded warriors graduated from Workshops for Warriors last month at its San Diego, California facility, making that class the largest graduating class to date for the organization.