Modern Machine Shop News
De-Sta-Co Appoints New President
Brian Nadel has been appointed president of De-Sta-Co (Auburn Hills, Michigan), a manufacturer of clamping, gripping, indexing, transfer and robotic tooling solutions for workplace and automation needs.
Read MoreSpanish Show To Host More Than 1,000 Exhibitors
The 26th BIEMH International Machine Tool Exhibition will host more than 1,000 international manufacturers, importers and distributors.
Read MoreRegistration Opens for Metrology Conference
Registration is now open for the 26th annual Coordinate Metrology Systems Conference (CMSC), which is said to be the only North American event of its kind that caters to professionals using portable 3D coordinate measurement technology on manufacturing floors and in science laboratories.Scheduled for July 12-16 at the Grand Sierra Resort in Reno, Nevada, the five-day event is sponsored by the Coordinate Metrology Society (CMS), a membership association for measurement professionals.
Read MoreDoosan and Joe Gibbs Racing Renew Sponsorship
For the 12th straight year, Doosan Infracore remains the official machine tool supplier for Joe Gibbs Racing.
Read MoreSoftware Facilitates Faster Production of F135 Component
Third Wave Systems (Minneapolis, Minnesota) says it has manufactured an F-135 engine component 2.4 times faster than the baseline standard using its physics-based process optimization software.
Read MoreManufacturing Education Centers for High Schools
Continuing its mission to encourage young people to focus their education on science, technology, engineering and math, the SME Education Foundation is introducing Computer Integrated Manufacturing (CIM) courses at 400 manufacturing education centers across the country.The CIM program is intended to introduce high school students to careers in manufacturing while engaging industry partners and SME chapter members.
Read MoreWaste Disposal Service Helps EDM, Waterjet Users Avoid Liability
As the sheer volume of industrial byproducts and waterborn waste from EDM, waterjet and other processes has increased in recent years, so have the costs—and liabilities—associated with its disposal, according to ABA Water Systems (Plainview, Minnesota). Thus, it’s even more important for manufacturers to ask any provider of deionized resin regeneration services whether it is licensed to dispose of the range of materials that are trapped in the resin during water filtering and demineralizing processes.ABA, which provides products and services for a range of water purification applications, was recently licensed for the 16th year in a row by state and federal agencies to treat and dispose of these wastes. “Because we’re licensed, we can accept the customer’s exhausted resin for treatment, regenerate the resin and then dispose of the controlled-substance-laced wastes that could otherwise be forced on the manufacturing operation,” says Neil Weaver, company president. “We make it easier to avoid the potential liability of noncompliance.”Mr.
Read MoreTE-CO Acquires Parlec Workholding Line
Workholding supplier TE-CO (Union, Ohio) has announced that it has concluded its purchase of the workholding line of Parlec (Fairport, New York). The company says the acquisition will complement and strengthen its current offering of jig and fixture components; spring and ball plungers; CMM fixturing; the Toolex Vise workholding system; and other products.
Read MoreWIDIA Offers Free Reconditioning of Solid Carbide Drills
Customers that purchase an eligible WIDIA solid carbide drill from the company’s new Advances or Holemaking catalogs will receive a card entitling them to a free reconditioning from the Latrobe, Pennsylvania-based cutting tool manufacturer.
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