Business Services
Filter by Process Zone:
ASTM Releases R&D ‘Roadmap’
The document articulates upcoming AM standards, how to participate in AM R&D for standardization, and how the AM CoE is supporting industry needs by filling standard gaps. Mahdi Jamshidinia, Additive Manufacturing R&D project manager, says the roadmap provides a vision for the future of AM research and development.
Managing a Manufacturing Plant Through the Coronavirus Crisis
From McKinsey & Company: Manufacturers can follow three guiding principles to keep their workers safe while preparing for increased uncertainty and long-lasting changes to the work environment. Principle No 1: Protect the workforce.
Nickel Institute Refreshes 30 Technical Publications
An extensive knowledge base about nickel-containing materials has been re-released in cooperation with INCO and AISI and is available for free downloading. Free nickel-related technical help is also offered to aid practitioners in such areas as architecture, building & construction, welding, process engineering and structural engineering.
Boston Engineers Develop Low-Cost ‘Robotic Lung’ – Seek Manufacturers for Mass Production
To help tackle ventilator shortages both in the U.S. and around the world, two robotics experts founded The Ventilator Project, and, with a cast of many partners – corporate manufacturing to garage innovators – they’ve built a prototype for rapid FDA approval. They hope to recruit more manufacturing partners and achieve production of 60,000 units a month by the end of summer.
Alliance for American Manufacturing Wants President to Modify ‘Tariff Relief’
In a white paper this week, the association says U.S. deferment of tariff payments and other fees by importers will hurt factory workers and encourage offshoring. AAA finds the decision troublesome in light of the current manufacturing environment fraught with plant closures, layoffs and furloughs.
April 2020 Business Conditions Report: Unprecedented Decline in Outlook For Economic Activity
On the positive side, many PMA member companies are continuing operations in order to supply parts for a wide range of medical equipment needed during the pandemic. Some have even stepped in to convert their manufacturing processes to produce personal protective equipment for the health care industry, according to PMA President David Klotz.
Is Your Shop Still on the Job? Show Us How You’re Doing It
With everyone here at Fabricating & Metalworking hunkered down and working from home, we hope you, your loved ones, and your employees (often one and the same) are safely navigating these uncertain, unsettling times. How are you coping?
Why Hackers Love the Pandemic
Employees are the weakest link in your data’s security. With hackers using smaller companies to break into larger supply-chain partners, a cybersecurity expert recommends simple-to-implement (and often free) safeguards that’ll maintain everyone’s integrity.
American Welding Society Answers Questions Amid COVID-19 Changes
AWS has published the following responses to FAQs as they navigate the uncharted territory of coronavirus. Seminars, certifications, FABTECH, hardship relief and more are addressed in their official web statement.
COVID Counterattack: Best Practices from the Manufacturing Trenches
Living under the shadows of coronavirus, no one has all the answers; but everyone’s in the same boat as we work toward the ‘new normal.’
Coronavirus and Global Supply Chains: What You Need to Know Now
A MODEX 2020 podcast seminar moderated by ALAN Executive Director Kathy Fulton covers COVID-19’s impact on global supply chains.
We’re One Step Closer to Keeping Production-Disrupting Failures from Ever Happening
An estimated 10% to 20% of tools are changed out too soon to avoid failure during cutting. Edge computing is giving machine tool builders and manufacturers the tool they need to avoid such unnecessary expense.
Industry News
