The best thing about a new year is new products. Pierson Workholding has expanded their SmartVac II product line with new vacuum chuck sizes. Sizes are 9 x 14, 13.5 x 13.5 and 13.5 x 20. The 13.5 x 20 size more than doubles the size of the original 9 x 14. Optional top plates [...]
Amazon.com boasts annual sales of $15 billion primarily through books and consumer items. So, why not open an industrial supply division for the rest of us? Well, they have. Amazon.com’s Industrial & Scientific site sells everything from abrasives and endmills to fasteners and raw materials. Amazon’s Free Super Saver Shipping also applies to orders over [...]
The Manufacturing ISM Report On Business® continued showing mixed results for 2011 Q4. Though manufacturing expanded for the 28th consecutive month, employment dropped nearly 2%. It’s either good news or bad news depending on which side of the paycheck you’re on. PMI grew slightly by 1.9% but the best of news is a 6.5% increase [...]
In an industry that sometimes progress as slowly as a slug in peanut butter, we always love new products that truly are new concepts. The Ultra Precision Combination Arbor from GenSwiss is one of them. Why call up another tool when you can simply combine your slitting saw and drill into one toolholder? Makes perfect [...]
What’s interesting about the Wall Street movement is that it erupted about the same time as an annual talent shortage survey by the ManpowerGroup, which found that 52% of U. S. employers are having trouble filling positions. But unfortunately for the Occupy Wallstreeter interviewed, a background in history was not on the list of sought-after skills. [...]
Miller Electric has developed a Miller Weld Setting Calculator available via the IPhone App Store or MillerWelds.com/weldsettings. The calculator allows welders to conveniently access Stick, TIG and MIG equipment settings and other helpful tips. Upon entering weld parameters, e.g. the type of material and material thickness being welded, the calculator will provide suggested settings including [...]
Corkscrew milling literally takes a new approach to cutting pockets? So much so that Baldor Electric of Gainesville, GA changed up their strategy of using large diameter twist drills in favor of ramping an endmill down in a corkscrew pattern. A one part experiment turned into a new production method now used on multiple parts [...]
According to the latest Manufacturing ISM Report On Business®, August showed contractions over previous months in two of the most important metrics in manufacturing – new orders and production. August PMI remained relatively flat at 50.3 and was the lowest of any of the previous 12 months. According to the Institute for Supply Management, a [...]
A strong industrial market, an emerging South American middle class and a large and skilled Latin American sales force has catapulted Torchmate CNC Cutting Systems to the top of the CNC cutting machine market across Latin America. Torchmate’s Colombia-based South American office is growing rapidly to accommodate the increasing demand for CNC machinery across Latin [...]
Manufacturing employment appears to have developed significant momentum, as the Employment Index readings for the first four months of 2011 are the highest readings in the last 38 years.
