Category: Manufacturing & Industrial

  • Manufacturing business incubator launched in Chicago

    When you think of the term “business incubator,” you typically think computers and software, but Illinois’ newest business hub will be geared toward new manufacturing business. mHub is a joint collaboration between the city of Chicago, and private companies and organizations. The project’s leaders joined Mayor Rahm Emanuel Wednesday at the West Chicago facility to…

  • Global Food Processing Equipment Market 2016-GEA, B’hler, Marel, Ali, JBT, Meyer Industries, Satake

    Food processing equipment helps to transform the raw food ingredients in to food items through various physical and chemical means. Food processing equipment are available in various categories which includes dryers, chillers, fryers, feeders, mixers, grinders, roasters, homogenizers, separators, slicers and ovens. These foods processing equipment are used in various industries including dairy industry, industrial…

  • Ensuring FSMA readiness with manufacturing cloud ERP

    You may still be figuring out how to get your company FSMA ready with minimal cost or disruption to business. You’re not alone. In a recent survey of more than 400 food processors and manufacturers, 68 percent said they were “somewhat ready” for FSMA.* A group of food processors and manufacturers have put in place…

  • Ready, Willing and Able to Work

    Manufacturing professionals generally place the shortage of qualified workers near the top of their list of challenges, but many ignore a potential resource due to preconceived notions that are usually dated, and often untrue. At least, that’s the view of Skills Inc., an aerospace supplier with three locations based in and around Seattle, Washington. This…

  • Novel metal-oxide photoresist materials for extreme UV lithography

    A major current trend in lithography is the development of exposure tools that have ever-shorter wavelengths, with the overall aim of achieving mass production of devices with sub-10nm feature sizes. Extreme UV lithography (EUVL) at a wavelength of 13.5nm is the main candidate for next-generation lithography technology.1 Highly sensitive resist materials, however, are required for…

  • What’s New In Turret Punch Press Tooling

    From its beginnings in the 1950s, the turret punch press has evolved into a versatile and vital tool for fabrication shops. The marriage of CNC to the machine has pushed its usefulness even further. Paralleling the technological development of the turret punch press has been the tools that do the sheet metal fabricating work. Driving…

  • After East New York Zoning Change, City Pushes Nearby Job Growth

    An industrial tract in East New York is the linchpin of a plan by Mayor Bill de Blasio to bring more jobs and affordable housing to one of the city’s poorest neighborhoods. The de Blasio administration intends to spend almost $17 million on infrastructure improvements and promote existing grants and low-interest development loans for the…

  • Cost Effective Laser Cutting Solutions

    World class manufacturer and distributor of CNC tube bending machinery, Horn Machine Tools, Inc. now offers both flat sheet and tube laser cutting machines. The machines utilize highly efficient fiber laser technology and are configured in four different models which can be customized to fit customer’s requirements. The lasers feature high quality components found on…

  • Integrating Additive Manufacturing without Inhibiting Machining

    Mitsui Seiki is a machine tool builder that aims to excel in the area of precision. It provides machines, often custom-engineered, to meet machining challenges related to high-value parts with particularly demanding tolerances. Therefore, the company’s introduction of additive manufacturing as a capability it can now deliver might seem like an odd fit. Additive manufacturing—building…

  • Metal Additive Technology Creates Large Parts

    TransFormAM by DM3D is an additive manufacturing technique which combines existing metalforming technologies and the company’s Direct Metal Deposition (DMD) additive technology. The approach uses technologies such as casting, forging, extrusion and roll forming to fabricate a metal preform, and then adds metal via DMD to transform it into a functional metal part. The technique…