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Dassault Systemes Partners with Focus:HOPE
Dassault Systèmes (Vélizy-Villacoublay, France), a world leader in 3D and Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) solutions, recently announced that Focus: HOPE?s Center for Advanced Technologies (CAT; Detriot, MI) is implementing its DELMIA digital manufacturing and CATIA digital design solutions as part…
Sandvik Coromant Donates Support and Resources to SkillsUSA Championships
Cutting tools manufacturer Sandvik Coromant (Fair Lawn, NJ) recently donated time, support and resources to the 2009 SkillsUSA Championships, demonstrating its commitment to the education and development of America?s skilled workforce for the ninth straight year. SkillsUSA, a national, nonprofit…
PTM Corporation hires Military Defense Specialist
PTM Corporation, an industry leader in metal stamping, fourslide and progressive die manufacturing, and Modified Technologies Advanced Engineering and Tooling Group recently announced the addition of their new military division, piloted by Samra Weindl. Weindl was recently hired by PTM…
Bystronic Canada Celebrates its One Year Anniversary
Bystronic Canada (Mississauga, ON) recently celebrated its one year anniversary with its new service and spare parts location in Mississauga. ?Bystronic Canada has had a very successful first year in providing a quick service response and spare parts availability to…
September Industry Watch – People
Dave Lucius Methods Machine Tools Inc. (Sudbury, MA) . . . expanded its sales organization to include three new Regional Technical Sales Manager positions and appointed Dave Lucius as Vice President of Sales to oversee the entire North American sales…
September Industry Watch – Business
The North Branch tubing plant received ISO 9001:2000 and PED certifications. Rathgibson (Lincolnshire, IL) . . . was awarded ISO 9001:2000 management system and Pressure Equipment Directive (PED) certifications for its North Branch, NJ, manufacturing plant that is involved in…
QUALITY IS STILL KING: OPEL REPLACES ITS METAL PRETREATMENT SYSTEM
A New Technology Changes Everything: This German manufacturer of automobile chassis components improved their quality and achieved significant savings by changing from a zinc-phosphate pretreatment to a new technology.
QUALITY IS STILL KING: RUNOUT AND CONCENTRICITY INSPECTION SYSTEM
Time Is Money: In GD&T, concentricity is a complex tolerance used to establish a tolerance zone for the median points of a cylindrical or spherical part feature. To reduce the time involved in this measurement, a new affordably priced runout and concentricity inspection system verifies cylindrical runout or concentricity in both part specific and universal applications.
QUALITY IS STILL KING: HOW INSPECTION CHANGES IN A 3D WORLD
Blind Ambition: Moving from 2D to 3D design impacts inspection requirements because typical 3D drawings include few explicit dimensions and make curved free-form surfaces almost impossible to verify using traditional tactile measurement techniques. What is the solution?
QUALITY IS STILL KING: TOOL GRINDING FUNDAMENTALS
Part Two of Stop Losing Money: When you sharpen your cutting tools, make sure they retain the highest quality. To do this, let?s explore how to prevent burning the tools, shine up the cutting faces, keep the top rake angles as acute as possible and highly polished, and reduce relief angles to an absolute minimum to give the best edge support and grind life.
QUALITY IS STILL KING: FIRST OFF THE BLOCK
Carbon Fibers Hit The Road: Talk about advanced quality ? check out how the breathtaking speeds in Formula One are achieved with the help of advanced tooling block technology.
QUALITY IS STILL KING: HOW UHPT CAN TRANSFORM U.S. MANUFACTURING
Maximizing Machine Efficiencies: The potential impact of UHPT engineering is staggering. Consider that every U.S. manufacturing plant could revamp the quality of its operations by doubling its machining output, reducing material and utility requirements, offsetting moves to manufacture overseas, and helping to improve national employment and economic conditions. Here?s how.
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