Articles

Workforce Development 26 May 2016

Training the Manufacturers of Tomorrow

With help from Edgecam, Northern Maine Community College trains the next generation of skilled manufacturers.

Basics 24 May 2016

Put Employees’ Skills on Display

A shop interested in cross training publicly scores its employees according to how much time they spend with different types of equipment.

20 May 2016

Doosan Technical Center Offers Collaborative Environment

Customers, industry partners and U.S. distributors gathered recently to celebrate the opening of Doosan Machine Tools’ new site for demonstrations and collaborations.

Die/Mold 19 May 2016

Broken-Up Programs Limit Broken Tools

Posting tool paths for different operations to the machine individually rather than as a single, combined part program helps this heavily lights-out operation quickly address the causes of tool wear and breakage.

Automation 18 May 2016

Three Technology Takeaways from FANUC Tour

New CNC, automation and Internet of Things technologies stood out during a recent event at FANUC’s manufacturing campus in Japan.

13 May 2016

Meet Bandit, This Shop’s CMO

CMO—that’s “Chief Morale Officer.” Bandit is a border collie whose main occupation is keeping attitudes well-adjusted at Carolina Precision Manufacturing in Mooresville, North Carolina.

12 May 2016

Manufacturing News of Note

Jerry Rex has been appointed COO of Methods Machine Tools Inc., MakeTime receives $8 million in funding and other recent industry news.

Basics 12 May 2016

One Big Reason Your Gage Is Inaccurate

The device itself is often blamed for inaccurate measurement results, but contamination is often the real culprit. Every piece of precision measurement equipment needs to be cleaned properly in order to perform reliably.

Workforce Development 12 May 2016

Launching an Apprenticeship Program for $130

This shop uses an inexpensive plug-in for a website-hosting platform to manage its custom, in-house apprenticeship program.

Automation 10 May 2016

NTMA Members Share after Japan Manufacturing Tour

U.S. shop owners and managers comment on the plants they visited, automation and culture, and the value of getting to see manufacturers far away in the company of other shop leaders.