Modern Machine Shop News
Workholding Provider Adopts “Green” Quoting Process
Master WorkHolding (Morganton, North Carolina) invites customers to take advantage of its new project quoting process, which includes cost-effective “green” product options and a recycling plan for the reuse of obsolete fixtures. The company says customers can now discount their fixture price by selecting energy-saving options, including recycled and rebuilt hydraulic components; optional black oxide; un-machined edges on non-critical surfaces; exterior hydraulic plumbing; hardened components on only sliding or part-touching details; and electronic drawings rather than paper drawings.
Read MoreWaterjet Manufacturer Marks 25-Year Milestone
Jet Edge (St. Michael, Minnesota), a manufacturer of industrial waterjet cutting and surface preparation systems, celebrates its 25th anniversary this year.
Read MoreProject Aims To Boost UK’s Remanufacturing Competitiveness
A recently unveiled £1 million project in the United Kingdom will work to develop an integrated production system incorporating processes required for cost-effective, rapid and reliable remanufacturing of high-value engineering components. The Reclaim project involves a consortium of eight organizations, including Delcam, Renishaw, Electrox, TWI, Precision Engineering Technologies, Cummins Turbo Technologies, Airfoils Technology International and De Montfort University.
Read MoreZeiss Collaborates With Gantry CMM Frame Builder
Carl Zeiss (Maple Grove, Minnesota), has agreed to combine Torino, Italy-based Coord3 Industries’ gantry CMM frames with its sensors, software and other technology for marketing in North America. The collaboration between the two companies began in early 2004 with a contract for a development and distribution venture.
Read MoreWorkholding Shipments Down In First Quarter
At $43. 4 million for the first quarter of 2009, shipments of workholding equipment were down 31.
Read MoreFaro Offers Technology “Test Drive”
According to Faro, the economic crisis has created a catch-22 for many manufacturers—purchasing new technology requires securing new contracts, but new contracts can’t be secured without purchasing new technology. To help shops deal with this issue, the company has unveiled a new program designed to put its 3D measurement devices on customers’ shop floors without capital expense.
Read MoreAnnual Conference Highlights Portable Metrology
The Coordinate Metrology Society (CMS) will host its 25th Coordinate Metrology Systems Conference (CMSC) from July 20-24 at the Louisville Marriott Downtown in Louisville, Kentucky. To commemorate the 25th anniversary of the annual event, the association for measurement professionals has launched a new Web site at
Read MoreStaffing Firm Expands Amid Skilled Worker Shortage
A National Association of Manufacturers (NAM) report compiled in conjunction with Deloitte & Touche predicts that manufacturers will need as many as 10 million new skilled workers by 2020. To address the growing shortage, Michigan-based Diversified Industrial Staffing is expanding into new markets throughout the United States. The company, which provides CNC programmers, machinists and other skilled workers to the manufacturing, construction and logistics industries, has operated in metropolitan Detroit since 1997.
Read More“Toolkit” Helps Shops Succeed In Down Economy
Two prominent industry associations have put together a “toolkit” of ideas to help manufacturers innovate, compete and succeed in the midst of the economic downturn. Dubbed the Competitive Manufacturing Toolkit, the initiative was unveiled by The Society of Manufacturing Engineers (SME) and the National Institute of Standards & Technology’s Manufacturing Extension Partnership (NIST/MEP) at the Westec show in Los Angeles earlier this year. “Manufacturing has been the backbone of our nation’s economy for more than a century, and we’re not going to get out of this economic crisis without a strong, innovative manufacturing sector,” says Mark C.
Read MoreAerospace Shop Purchases World’s Largest Face Driver
LMC Workholding (Logansport, Indiana) recently installed the world’s largest Neidlein face driver at TST Inc. in Ontario, California. The specialty FSB 85 face driver, which weighs more than 20,000 pounds and measures 40 inches in diameter and 10 inches long, will be used to machine bar stock into billets for aerospace and defense applications.
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