Manufacturing Equipment

Technique molds large, hollow, monolithic composites

A new manufacturing technique makes hollow composite structures that have no seam

Advances in industrial robots

Industrial robots can make decisions that impact their performance

There’s an iPhone or Android control app for that

Smartphones and tablets increasingly are taking on roles as hosts for controls and data displays.

Lasers key in on hazardous sand-blasted jean production

Lasers provide a means of making distressed jeans without exposing production workers to silica dust.

3d prototyping to replace machined parts

New materials expand possible uses of 3-D prototyping.

Modern riveting techniques

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Grant Riveter Smarter riveting and smarter riveting machines.

The 4-slide casting concept

Complex parts made with Dynacast 4-slide casting equipment.

Sheet Metal Bend Allowance

Estimating Sheet-metal bend allowances using equations.

Machines that help shops make quality parts

Advanced-Manufacturing technology guide

Equipment including portable laser trackers and cross-sectional scanning machines help shops make quality parts

“Social” manufacturing

The Manufacturing Mart could serve as a template for a new approach to manufacturing: that of a permanent tradeshow housed in a store in a downtown mall.

Scanning for Ideas: Transporter moves heavy loads across factory floors

Transporters from Wheelift Systems, Waverly, Iowa, can move hundreds of tons of equipment or machinery across almost any type of floor, including ramps and in-floor rails. And for heavier or larger loads, up to four transporters can be ganged together