A new video series demonstrates how various firearms are cut on CNC machining centers and a horizontal lathe with high-speed, precision, live tooling, milling and drilling.
Want to know what I learned from this week's SPI Western Moldmakers Trade Fair? I'll give you the highlights then maybe next time you'll want to head out to California for the annual event, or seek out similar educational and networking opportunities in your area.
Tuesday, November 18 at 2PM EST will be the final installment of our quarterly educational webinar series on export opportunities for moldmakers. The key question related to opportunities in the European market is: Will the economic growth, demand and manufacturing production continue in key EU countries, and perhaps spread to other member states? To get the answer, register and tune in.
Learn how you can multiply your options through the use of 3D printing technology to offer customers better solutions, and how to apply AM within a process that keeps all manufacturing details digitally.
Having expertise in molding has certainly served this shop well in its mold building business and helped it become a full service facility, but what makes them interesting is their approach to two-shot molds.
MoldMaking Technology's November issue highlights technology features and shop profiles on inspection/measurement, software, business planning, global market opportunities and mold maintenance and repair.
Not only does this moldmaker offer 3D printing services, it offers R&D Pods--a single place to go for training, prototyping and production that will help address the copyright and idea protection concerns companies have today.
This year for Halloween, no tricks. How about treating your apprentices to the tools they need. Here is a unique method one moldmaking group has used to help tool up apprentices with the right equipment for their training.
Not only is Craig Cegielski a good ol' boy who has built a successful model for next generation manufacturing education through Cardinal Manufacturing at Eleva-Strum High School in Strum, Wisconsin, he also has a famous good ol' boy, Luke Duke (Tom Wopat) coming to Cardinal's Open House on November 19th to promote this amazing program.
Sister publication Modern Machine Shop is launching Modern Machine Shop Mexico with its first issue debuting in January 2015. The intent is to connect buyers and sellers of metalworking technology in Mexico to help them maintain world-class competitiveness in the global marketplace.