External Contributor a day ago Preserve Our Industry's Story — Support the American Precision Museum Help us preserve the knowledge, stories, and manufacturing equipment for future generations to know how new technology enabled precision mfg
External Contributor 3 days ago Digital Metrology Notepad Series - Average Roughness (RA) The average roughness (or “Ra”) value of a surface is the most common number describing the “amount” of roughness on that surface.
External Contributor 3 days ago Does IoT Require 5G Connectivity? With IoT conversations moving from distant possibility to real-world certainty, Pertti Kujala explores how necessary 5G is to industrial...
External Contributor 3 days ago Tackling the Skills Challenge Through Apprenticeship Finding employees with the right skills is a never-ending challenge for American manufacturers. One answer to this problem is...
External Contributor 5 days ago Keeping Up with Additive Manufacturing AM production enables the creation of parts not possible with traditional technologies through new design concepts, new materials, and...
AMT 5 days ago Virtual Miles For Manufacturing Event Funds Education Programs With participants’ safety in mind, IMTS turned this year’s Miles For Manufacturing 5K Walk/Run event into a virtual affair.
AMT 5 days ago International News From the Field: India India’s manufacturing PMI is up to 58.9, illustrating the strong rebound in manufacturing.
AMT 5 days ago Semantic Data in Digital Manufacturing Semantic data models are an information systems technology that has been finding its way into the manufacturing world to address many...
External Contributor Nov 27 Debunking Concerns About Finishing Tools Used in CNC Applications With new advances in abrasive technology, machining center operators are able to complete surface finishing simultaneously with other...
AMT Nov 23 International News From the Field: Europe For the month of September, GDP growth for the EU was 12.7%, compared to –11.8% just three months ago.
External Contributor Nov 23 Professor Implements 3D Printing Initiative and Accelerates Kentucky's 3D Printing Capabilities Professor Eric Wooldridge is passionate about teaching CAD-CAM and 3D Printing at Somerset Community College (SCC) in Somerset, Ky.
Benjamin Moses Nov 20 AMT Tech Trends: Data On Previous Engagements Ben and Stephen went shooting! Ben got stuck in traffic. Steve is excited about a child getting a million buck to put towards additive.
AMT Nov 19 Xometry helps ClearMask LLC produce and distribute millions of masks Xometry’s on-demand manufacturing marketplace was critical in enabling the production of an innovative transparent mask, ClearMask™
External Contributor Nov 19 Achieving Chip-free Cutting With Suction Ceratizit has introduced its PCD MaxiMill SEC12 face milling cutter to the market to target the machining of crankcases, cylinder heads...
External Contributor Nov 17 FCA and Fraunhofer IAPT 3D Print Wheel Carrier With Integrated Caliper Prototype weighs 36% less than 12 individual parts in the traditional version.
Amber Thomas Nov 16 Lame Duck: What Happens Now? Now that the election is over, attention on Capitol Hill has shifted to what can be accomplished in the lame-duck session.
External Contributor Nov 16 Gift of $1 Million to Expand at Rady Children's Hospital The gift will create a research and development fund intended to expand those 3D printing capabilities.
External Contributor Nov 16 Women in Robotics Update: Sarah Bergbreiter, Aude Billard, Cynthia Breazeal Introducing the first of our new series of Women in Robotics Updates, featuring Sarah Bergbreiter, Aude Billard and Cynthia Breazeal...
AMT Nov 13 International News from the Field: China China continues to lead the world with its pandemic recovery and manufacturing performance. The PMI is still above 50...
AMT Nov 13 Foreign Trade Report – August 2020 U.S. machine tool exports valued $118.41 million in August, up 25.8% from July’s total of $94.12 million.
External Contributor Nov 13 An Open Case for Success Did you ever wonder what happens to an exhibit after the trade show ends? Rather than collecting dust in a storage room, some live on...
External Contributor Nov 13 Cylinder Head Porting; Turning Air Into Power In general, the most critical areas when porting a cylinder head are those which pass the most air at the highest speed...
External Contributor Nov 12 Weekly Economic Index The Weekly Economic Index (WEI) is an index of ten daily and weekly indicators of real economic activity...
External Contributor Nov 10 Take a Virtual Field Trip Through Tours of ORNL Facilities ORNL has added 10 virtual tours to its campus map, each with multiple views to show floor plans, rotating dollhouse views and 360-degree nav
