Unique truck to be auctioned off for charity

The problem
Managing customer demand for small lots

The solution
High-tech press brake meets niche market needs

Five years after it was founded, the CWB Welding Foundation has released “The First Five Years,” a report that charts the impact the foundation has had on the industry.

Going paperless on the shop floor cuts costs, reduces errors, and improves productivity

By Kip Hanson

Thick packets of work instructions, job travelers, tooling lists and part drawings are a common sight in most shops. Everyone from the receptionist to the head engineer participates in printing this small forest’s worth of paper, while operators and quality control people struggle to make heads and tails of it all. Then along comes an engineering revision or customer change request and everyone runs around like chickens with their heads cut off, swapping paperwork and redlining drawings. There has to be a better way.

United Grinding sets aggressive growth plan for 2015

If you've saturated a market but still have a need to grow, you focus on creating innovative machines that address you customers' needs and then proceed to take market share away from competitors. That's the plan the management team of United Grinding has laid out for 2015.

Manufacturers who grind hardened alloys, ceramics and tungsten carbide can now use a new machine-integrated dressing technology that dresses metal bonded grinding wheels easily at full working speeds of up to 140 m/sec.

Employment rose by 246,000 in August, compared with 419,000 in July, according to the latest jobs data from Statistics Canada.

With the federal election just announced for October 21, BNN Bloomberg has conducted an informal poll to find out which issues matter most to Canadian voters.

In general, tool holding (tooling) equipment has not undergone any fundamental changes for a long time.

Bystronic's ByTower automation solution for laser cutting systems offers fabricators a flexible system for lightly manned production. Reduced set-up times and an optimal material flow ensure maximum utilization of the laser cutting system.

Mike Cope, a machinist and a product technical specialist at Hurco, has published a book about five axis machining technology. The Power of FIVE: The Definitive Guide to 5-Axis Machining book was officially released this month at an industry conference, Top Shops, in Indianapolis, IN. 

Five key machine vision technology trends are poised to impact the manufacturing industry significantly in 2017, and even disrupt processes, according to BitFlow, a machine vision technology provider.

Improving customer demand is bolstering Canada’s manufacturing sector, according to the latest report from IHS Markit.

Rethinking high pressure waterjet cutting

by Tim Wilson

Are we hitting the ceiling on PSI levels in waterjet technology? No, but a manufacturer can’t just roll out more power without making sure that it works effectively.

The Quebec government is buying 300,000 visors for doctors, nurses and first responders manufactured by Bauer to help deal with the COVID-19 pandemic, following the hockey gear manufacturer's announcement on March 25 that it planned to retool its operation to start mass production on face shields to address demands for the products amidst the Covid-19 crisis.

If Brian Philip could change education in manufacturing in secondary and post secondary institutions, he would add the missing “sizzle” to the steak.