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Aerospace Supplier Shifts to Tight-Tolerance Ventilator Parts: "We Weren't in This Business Two Weeks Ago"
Skilled Manufacturing Inc. is running seven days a week to produce ventilator parts that will help healthcare workers battle the coronavirus.
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One Auto Parts Supplier's Shift to Ventilators: Now Making 1000s of Parts per Week on Die Delivered in Days
GM applying its supply chain expertise to enable successes such as aiding this ventilator maker to expand sourcing for 700 parts.
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How Job Shops Can Generate Accurate Estimates in Minutes
New geometry-driven quoting technology lets job shops generate estimates in as little as 15 minutes. It enables them to respond faster to RFQs, drastically reduces time wasted on jobs they don’t get, and lets them focus on more profitable work.
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World Machine Tool Report Shows Manufacturing Shift to North America
After increasing machine tool purchasing for the past two years, 12 of the top 15 machine tool consuming countries decreased in 2019 in the midst of a worldwide downturn. But in a sign of reshoring, the U.S. increased its share overall, and machine tool purchasing by Mexico increased.
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German Precision Tool Industry Projects Decline in Consumption
The economic impact of the coronavirus is predicted to draw a negative effect on Germany’s precision tools industry in 2020.
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Sometimes the Trickiest Part of CNC Machining Is Holding the Part
Finding a way to fixture contoured marine propellors proved to be this shop’s biggest challenge in developing an effective automated machining cell.
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Orderfox Platform Now Free of Charge
As companies across all industry supply chains are affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, Orderfox offers its digital marketplace for the CNC industry free of charge.
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Manufacturers Begin Making Significant Adjustments to Production
As automotive OEMs closed facilities and states closed non-essential businesses to help combat the coronavirus, significantly more manufacturers made adjustments to production/capacity in last week’s survey.
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Ruby the Riveter and a Reminder for the Times
During WWII, Ruby Shuman helped repair bombers. Her memories have a lesson for a country facing a crisis today.
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Traceability Without Serial Numbers: Vision Technology Makes Every Part Its Own Identifier
Off-the-shelf imaging technology is now so good it can pick up the distinct surface features of seemingly identical parts. This startup company’s technology leverages what cell phones and other imaging devices can now do, identifying parts by their own unique features so that no serial number is needed.
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US Trade Associations Send Open Letter to Manufacturers Addressing Coronavirus
The open letter addresses manufacturing CEOs, suggesting that they turn to member companies in the case of supply chain disruptions from the coronavirus.
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Manufacturers Adjusting in Third Week of Coronavirus Survey
In the third week of the of the COVID-19 survey, manufacturers started making more significant adjustments to contingency plans, budgets/spending and staffing/hiring. However, production and capacity were relatively unchanged.
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