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European Steel Output Projected to Grow 10 Percent in 2010
In a recent interview, Wolfgang Eder, president of the European Confederation of Iron and Steel Industries (Eurofer; Brussels, Belgium), expressed optimism that the European steel market will witness an increase in real demand, which will lead to an estimated 5…
Wolverine Tube and Wieland Group Form Heat Transfer Technology Company
Wolverine Tube, Inc. (Huntsville, AL) and the Wieland Group (Ulm, Germany) recently formed Wolverine/Wieland Heat Transfer Technologies, LLC, a joint venture which will develop innovative and energy efficient heat transfer technology. The new company, with facilities in Huntsville and Ulm,…
Flow International Receives Orders for Aerospace Projects
Flow International Corporation (Kent, WA) recently received approximately $11 million of orders for several new projects in its Advanced segment. These orders are for Composite Machining Center abrasive waterjet and routing machine tool systems to be completed over the next…
Order Received for Largest-Ever All-Electric Tube Bending Machine
Unison (Scarborough, UK) won an order from BAE Systems Surface Ships for a large tube-bending machine to support ongoing projects, including the construction of the Royal Navy's Queen Elizabeth Class Aircraft Carriers. Capable of handling tube and pipe diameters up…
U.S. Machine Tool Companies Celebrate Century-Plus Anniversaries
Reports of the "death of U.S. manufacturing" have circulated since the passage of NAFTA, but two U.S. machine tool makers ? each in operation for more than 125 years ? continue to be relevant as key enablers for improving world…
SICK Launches New Website
SICK (Minneapolis, MN), a leading manufacturer of sensors, safety systems, machine vision, and automatic identification products for factory and logistics automation, recently launched a new website at www.sickusa.com,. The new site offers enhanced navigational features and functionality designed to make…
Organizations Team Up to Promote Thermal Spray to Industry
The International Thermal Spray Association (ITSA; Fairport Harbor, OH) and the ASM Thermal Spray Society (TSS; Materials Park, OH ) launched a cooperative effort to aggressively promote the adoption of thermal spray technology throughout industry. Both organizations include the promotion…
Machine Tool Industry Revitalization Recommendations Presented to Obama Administration
Manufacturing industry leaders recently conveyed ideas for revitalizing American industry to vice president Joe Biden and other administration officials at a recent meeting of Biden's Middle Class Task Force. The group included representatives of Harley-Davidson, Spirit AeroSystems, Honeywell, Dow Corning,…
4th Quarter Workholding Shipments Down from 2008 Levels
At $46.2 million for fourth quarter 2009, shipments of workholding equipment were down 19.0 percent from fourth quarter 2008 according to the Advanced Workholding Technology (AWT) Group of AMT ? The Association For Manufacturing Technology (McLean, VA). Workholding equipment shipments…
APPLICATION-SPECIFIC COLD-FORMING TAPS
These Cold-forming Taps from Emuge Corporation are specially designed with unique geometric designs, coatings, and styles for chipless production of internal threads in a wide range of specific applications.
OCTAGONAL TOROID INSERTS ARE EXCELLENT FOR GENERAL FACE MILLING
These inserts from Dapra Corporation feature a 45 deg lead angle that increases feed capacity for face milling, profiling, helical interpolation and chamfering.
MILLING CUTTER REDUCES OPERATIONS ON STEELS, CAST IRONS AND HARD MATERIALS
The Square 6? shoulder milling cutter from Seco Tools uses trigonal inserts with six cutting edges to boost productivity and lower the cost per edge, delivering parts for less.
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