Workforce Development
Know How Much Quality is Costing You
In a way, quality is less valuable than you think. It’s also more expensive than you think.
Read MorePartMaker Training Initiative Aims To Reduce Skills Gap
PartMaker (Fort Washington, Pennsylvania), a division of Delcam, is offering free and reduced-cost training for its knowledge-based CAM system in an effort to help manufacturers take full advantage of Swiss-type and Turn-mill machine capabilities. Any new or existing customer that orders more than $10,000 worth of software from the company before the end of the year will receive free training for one student (these customers can take the training in 2012 if they wish). Customers seeking only training will receive a 20 percent discount on standard rates.
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Making Lean Connections
When Nilpeter embarked on a lean initiative 14 months ago, no one at the printing press manufacturer had any inkling that they had already taken an important first step.
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Job Fair: General Tool
Machinists with experience on five-axis machines, horizontal boring mills or VTLs are invited to stop by for an interview and a tour.
Read MoreHurco, Partners Support University Program
The delivery of a TM8 slant-bed turning center from Hurco (Indianapolis, Indiana) to Ferris State University marks the latest in a continuing collaboration among industry partners to support students studying manufacturing technology. The machine, a slant-bed lathe that is said to provide short-run versatility, will be housed in a hands-on applications lab at the university’s campus in Big Rapids, Michigan.
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Coming Soon: Universal, CAM-Independent Cutting Tool Library
Software relying on the ISO standards for cutting tools aims to dramatically simplify tool selection.
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Kids These Days…
A recent survey points to bad attitude as one of the chief difficulties in finding and hiring skilled workers. Could there be something to the view that society has somehow failed to impart in young people the characteristics that made older generations so successful?
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Collet-Ready Rotary Tables, Indexers Reduce Job Cost
Collet-ready spindle rotary tables and indexers manufactured by Hardinge accept a variety of standard tooling to grip parts of various shapes and sizes.
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Who Will Follow the 60,000?
A large part of the manufacturing workforce is starting to retire. Here’s how one group is encouraging a new generation to join the industry.
Read MoreExhibition to Deliver Interactive, Educational Experience
Organizers of an upcoming manufacturing exhibition intend to depart from the traditional tradeshow model to deliver a more interactive educational experience. imX—the interactive manufacturing eXperience (pronounced i-m-x) is said to combine the best features of the corporate open house, customer training sessions, client appreciation events and new product announcements in a single event. Scheduled for September 12 through 14 in Las Vegas, Nevada, the event is the result of years of collaboration between the American Machine Tool Distributors Association (AMTDA), the Society of Manufacturing Engineers (SME), and what have been dubbed eXperience partners.
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