Terry Iverson, president of Iverson and Company and founder of ChampionNow!, is working to change the perception of manufacturing in the United States by writing a book for parents, mentors and educators. The goal is to highlight the quality manufacturing career opportunities that are available to today’s youth.
The July 2018 digital edition of Modern Machine Shop covers topics such as large-part machining, horizontal machining centers and workforce development.
While reflecting on the past can be a helpful exercise in benchmarking progress, we must focus our attention on the technology, innovation and leadership that is changing the industry today and keeping machine shops modern.
The June 2018 digital edition of Modern Machine Shop covers topics such as die/mold machining and circle-segment tools. This issue also looks back at nine decades of covering machining practices.
Outsourcing molds to make a new boat would’ve been expensive and slow, so Hudson Boat Works acquired a Datron MLCube VMC capable of machining large molds in house to slash time from its projected product launch.
The December 2017 digital edition of Modern Machine Shop covers topics such as coordinate measuring machines and scanning, the Capital Spending Forecast and dry grinding.
Seeing your company as a boring-mill shop is a problem when only 20 percent of your jobs are actually boring-mill related. It’s also a problem to have the space and potential to produce large parts when you only win 6 to 14 percent of the large-part jobs you quote.