5 ways to extend CNC spindle life
For most manufacturers, the productivity of their CNC equipment can be measured in fractions of seconds when it comes to things like cutting or grinding cycle times and the intervals between tool…
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Conference offers 'Global View' of cutting tool industry
The 2016 World Cutting Tool Conference offered informative, entertaining speakers and social events that provided ample opportunities to meet with and learn from colleagues from around the world. Imported from the CTE…
Methods Machine Tools appoints new chief
Methods Machine Tools Inc., Sudbury, Mass., recently announced the appointment of Jerry Rex as Chief Operating Officer of all Methods Machine Tools operations, effective May 3. Rex, a manufacturing industry veteran with…
Cheryl Bush awarded Women in Manufacturing STEP Award
Cheryl Bush, Director of Global Strategic Pricing at Kennametal Inc., Latrobe, Penn., recently received honors at the 4th Women in Manufacturing STEP (Science, Technology, Engineering and Production) Awards, which is presented by…
AMT announces 2016-17 officers, directors
The AMT Board of Directors, which represents the American manufacturing technology industry, recently named Richard L. Simons, President and CEO of Hardinge Inc., Elmira, N.Y., to serve as its Chairman. Imported from…
Mahr Federal names new sales director
Mahr Federal, Providence, R.I., recently named Stuart Manser Director of Sales, Precision Gages for North America. , Manser will be responsible for planning and directing the sales team for the Precision Gage…
American National Carbide restructures management team
American National Carbide (ANC), which manufactures tungsten carbide products for the metalworking, agricultural, and energy industries, recently announced a major reorganization, according to a news release issued by the Tomball, Texas-based company.…
Dorner acquiring Geppert-Band
Dorner Holding Corp., the parent company of Dorner Mfg. Corp., Hartland, Wis., on May 12 announced the acquisition of Jülich, Germany-based Geppert-Band, a leading European manufacturer of belt and modular belt conveyors.…
Koepfer America names David Harroun new sales manager
David Harroun, recently named Sales Manager of Koepfer America, South Elgin, Ill., is tasked with strengthening the company's sales efforts of all gear manufacturing products, comprising hobbing machines, shaping machines, worm milling…
Okuma adds two new industry experts
Okuma America Corp., Charlotte, N.C., recently added two industry experts to its Sales and Product Specialist Teams. With more than 50 years of combined experience in the CNC machine tool industry, Brian…
USCTI: March billings up 5.7% among U.S. cutting tool cos.
March billings among 40 U.S. cutting tool companies increased 5.7 percent over February and 15.4 percent over January, according to a recent report from the U.S. Cutting Tool Institute (USCTI), which surveys…
GF Machining Solutions to acquire Microlution
GF Machining Solutions, , will purchase micromanufacturing machine builder Microlution Inc., Chicago, according to a comany news release issued May 11. Described as a specialist of micro-machining based on milling and laser…
IBAG North America Launches New Website
IBAG, which offers a broad line of machine tool spindles, has launched a new website at www.ibagnorthamerica.com featuring content-rich product coverage about high-speed spindles. Imported from the CTE archive to seed discussion…
Abtex Corp. hires new Operations Manager
Abtex Corp., Dresden, N.Y., recently hired Christian Donovan as Operations Manager in response to "dramatic growth in all lines of business," according to an April 29 company news release. Imported from the…
Bunting Magnetics creates COO position
Jana Davis steps into a new role as Chief Operating Officer at Bunting Magnetics Co. effective May 30. Davis, who joined the company in 2011 as Chief Financial Officer, will oversee day-to-day…
Saudi Aramco Energy Ventures Invests $10 Million into NanoMech
NanoMech announced that it has secured $10 million in capital for leading its Series C Financing round from Saudi Aramco Energy Ventures (SAEV), the corporate venturing subsidiary of Saudi Arabia's national oil…
MQL as a complement to flood coolant?
Standing in front of a ma-chining center, waiting for the drilling cycle to end so you can squirt some tapping compound into the holes is a big waste of time. But with…
German manufacturer to open 1st plant in U.S.
The Berghoff Group, a German manufacturer, recently announced plans to open its first U.S. plant, which will be located in Auburn, Ala. The company reportedly will invest $30 million to open the…
Small shop with new tech on aerospace radar
Once word got out that PTooling, a self-described small, family-owned machine shop in Amherstburg, Canada, had added a Lasertec 65 3D laser deposition welding and milling machine to its arsenal, major aerospace…
Slow business can have a silver lining
Doug Wetzel, managing director at contract manufacturer Protomatic, Dexter, Mich., is finding business to be slower than he wishes. Like many other U.S. job shops, the 45-year-old company is experiencing a slowdown…
The Mirage of a Return to Manufacturing Greatness
In America's factories, jobs are inevitably disappearing. But despite the political rhetoric, the problem is not mainly globalization. Manufacturing jobs are on the decline in factories around the world. Imported from the…
GM plans 'positive' manufacturing announcement at Bay City plant
General Motors officials are expected to make a "positive plant manufacturing announcement" at the Bay City Powertrain factory this week. Imported from the CTE archive to seed discussion on MFGAxis. Originally published…
MachiningCloud adds Mitsubishi and Destiny Tool
MachiningCloud GmbH, a product content provider for cutting tools, CNC machines and workholding, today announced partnerships with Mitsubishi Materials and Destiny Tool to make product data from both companies available through its…
David A. Dornfeld, manufacturing expert, dies of a heart attack
David A. Dornfeld, mechanical engineering professor, founding faculty director of the Jacobs Institute for Design Innovation and a leader at the College of Engineering, died of a heart attack on March 27.…
Exhibition for Ceramic Manufacturing Supply Chain
Ceramics Expo takes place April 26-28, 2016, in Cleveland and is dedicated to providing a marketplace for all raw materials, equipment, machinery and technology used within the ceramic manufacturing supply chain. Ceramics…