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MetalTek Reorganizes to Push Growth Strategy
To solidify its growth strategy in key target high performance global markets, the manufacturer has created three new global business units that better focus its machining, fabrication and welding capabilities in centrifugal, sand, investment and continuous castings.
Big Steps Forward for Aluminum Machining
A number of different tool criteria must be fulfilled in order to meet the increasingly stringent cost and quality demands associated with the successful machining of aluminum aerospace components. Advanced cutting tool technology from Sandvik Coromant is helping aerospace manufacturers do exactly that.
Miyachi Unitek Explores Laser Micro Welding Technology at Workshop
The laser technology manager covered the basics of laser micro welding, material and plating selection, part fit-up considerations, and ideal fiber and pulsed Nd:YAG micro welding applications.
Statistically Capable Machining
In a manufacturing age of limited resources and rising costs, machining decisions made on probabilities, as opposed to limits, can offer a significant benefit. By implementing modern statistical process control, this primer from Makino shows how machinists can ultimately improve quality and reliability, and reduce operating costs.
Lincoln Electric Names Director of Marketing for North America
Bruce Chantry will oversee all core functions for North American marketing of arc welding products, robotic arc welding systems, fume extraction equipment, plasma and oxyfuel cutting equipment.
Methods Machine Tools Announces Two New Appointments
The supplier of machine tools adds a technical sales manager to cover its Western region and a sales support engineer to address increased demand for its Nakamura machine tools in the Midwest.
YTD U.S. Manufacturing Technology Orders Up 4.1 Percent Over 2011
Carried by big increases in order volume in the Midwest and Western regions and other manufacturers working down earlier backlogs, the overall demand for tools that enable production of all manufactured goods may still hit a peak this year.
ESAB Hosts Legendary Racer at SEMA
Rod Saboury will be the special guest at the show as he receives a 1968 Chevrolet Corvette street racer with a customized 800 hp crate motor that was built using ESAB welding equipment and filler metals.
Okuma Hosts Multiple Showcase Events for CNC Machine Tools
Attendees can bring their challenging parts and machining problems to this series of open house events, where engineers will showcase new and existing CNC machine tool and control technology, tooling, gauging, software and other machine tool accessory equipment.
Business Conditions Forecast: Steady Near Term, Some Concerns
The latest report from the Equipment Leasing & Finance Foundation shows that many key executives from the $628 billion equipment finance sector believe prevailing business conditions and expectations will remain steady over the next four months, but some have concerns.
Metal Supermarkets Revamps Strategy for Growth
The distributor of small quantity metals to tool and die makers, fabricators and machine shops adds a franchise management veteran to bring international expertise in business-to-business, business-to-consumer models to its operations.
GPI Prototype Adds Third Direct Metal Laser Sintering Machine
Installing this new DLMS system from EOS for building metal parts additively offers the manufacturer a competitive advantage in metal rapid prototyping by expanding its material selection to include aluminum.
