Articles

Measurement 19 May 2014

Measuring System Speeds Up and Simplifies Inspections

Fralsen, Timex’s entity in Besançon, France, realizes that in order to run an efficient process to the end, the time it takes to do these things without error is especially important, even during part inspection.

19 May 2014

Contributing to the Big Picture

A society tends to improve and grow through interaction among its members, sharing important information and learning from others’ successes and failures.

19 May 2014

Enough of Those Texts: Find Out What’s Coming Next

Step away from the world of 24/7 text messages, emails, Facebook posts, tweets, voicemails and so on, and set aside a few days to reconnect with your peers.

19 May 2014

CSI Group Partners for Political Advocacy and Business Success

CSI Group is a highly specialized group of companies offering unique manufacturing processes for mechanical components.

19 May 2014

Precision Machining Industry: Rebuilding Our Bench

Our industry is addressing the Skills Gap by taking positive steps to increase employee knowledge and engage talented people seeking well-paying careers.

19 May 2014

The Davenport Rebuild

The most difficult task for us was to overcome the reputation of the old Davenport for high prices, poor quality and bad attitude. In the last decade, we have done that, I think.

Grinding 16 May 2014

Studer Awarded the Gold Metal

At the recently completed Mach show in Birmingham, England, Fritz Studer AG won in the best grinding/finishing equipment category for its new S11 cylindrical grinder.

14 May 2014

Speroni a Winner in the Red Dot Award 2014

Speroni and Big Kaiser announce that the Speroni STP Futura line of tool presetters has won the 2014 Red Dot International Award for Design Quality.

13 May 2014

It's More Than Just a Phone to IT Folks

As I am just a manufacturing guy among 4,000 computer, software and systems experts, I was in a unique position to see what our world looks like from the IT side of things.

12 May 2014

Four Straight Months of Growth for the PMBI

In the first 4 months this year, material prices have increased at a faster rate than almost every month last year.

9 May 2014

3D Printer Recognized by Minnesota Investors Hall of Fame

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.

6 May 2014

OSHA Needs to Enforce its Tower Regulations

Four communications tower related deaths have already occurred this year, according to OSHA, and more were killed last year than in the prior 2 years combined. Every one of them was preventable.