Modern Machine Shop News
Methods Customer Wins Five-Axis Competition
Machine tool supplier Methods Machine Tools (Sudbury, Massachussetts) has announced that one of its customers has been named the winner of the Matsuura 2008 International Five-Axis Machining Competition. MAC Machine (Baltimore, Maryland) earned the award based on its successful process development of an extremely complex aerospace part.
Read MoreVollmer Marks Centennial
Vollmer of America (Carnegie, Pennsylvania), a provider of sharpening and eroding machines for tool production and maintenance, celebrates its 100th anniversary this year. Since its founding, the company has evolved into a global entity with machines supplied to a variety of industries.
Read MoreMTConnect Institute Seek New Members
The MTConnect Institute, an organization that seeks to promote manufacturing system interoperability, is looking for new members to assist in developing and promoting the standards and materials required to fully implement MTConnect. MTConnect is an open, royalty-free standard designed to improve the ability to collect data across manufacturing technologies.
Read MoreLead Time For Gantry Automation Cut By 50%
Doosan’s new pre-drilled bed castings can reduce lead time for gantry-equipped turning centers from six or seven months to as little as three months, says Bill Carr, director-applications & systems team for Doosan Infracore. This capability is a result of engineering castings for 11 models of the company’s Lynx and Puma turning centers at the factory to accommodate gantry load/unload systems.
Read MoreHainbuch Brings Manufacturing To United States
Workholding supplier Hainbuch America has begun construction on its new North American headquarters in Mequon, Wisconsin. The 13,000-square-foot facility will bring manufacturing of the company’s workholding equipment to the United States for the first time.
Read MoreSandvik Under New Leadership
Sandvik Coromant has appointed Tom Erixon as president of its global operations in Sandviken, Sweden. Effective September 1, 2009, Mr.
Read MoreMori Tapped As Supplier to WorldSkills Competition
Machine tool builder Mori Seiki has been selected to serve as an official supplier to the WorldSkills Calgary 2009 competition. Scheduled for September 1-7 in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, the biennial competition was created to promote increased technical proficiency within participating countries.
Read MoreERP Provider To Host Virtual User Conference
As indexes remain volatile, manufacturers are continuing to keep a watchful eye on spending. In response, enterprise resource planning (ERP) software provider Global Shop Solutions will use a virtual platform to host its 2009 users conference.
Read MoreBig Kaiser Breaks Ground on New Headquarters
Cutting tool manufacturer Big Kaiser Precision Tooling recently began construction of a new corporate headquarters in Hoffman Estates, Illinois. The new facility, which will be nearly three times larger than the company’s current headquarters, will be used for administration, application engineering, inventory, testing and training.
Read MoreFlow, Omax Settle Patent Litigation
Waterjet manufacturers Omax and Flow International recently announced that patent litigation between the two companies has been settled and that there will be no merger between the companies. Additionally, a cross-licensing agreement has been reached for the patents involved in the litigation.
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