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August, 2003
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Tech Trends
Celebrating 100 years of aviation
OVER 300 EXPERTS IN THE aerospace industry gathered together for two days of machinery seminars and celebrations of the 100th anniversary of the historic flight of the Wright Brothers. Hosted by...
Coating could make for safer medical implants
MEDICAL-DEVICE MANUFACTURERS MAY SOMEDAY COAT stents, urinary catheters, and other implants with a substance that stops cells and proteins from building up and contaminating these devices.
Cold air speeds dry machining
A BLAST OF COLD AIR IS HELPING shops boost cutting speeds and extend tool life in dry-machining applications. The stream of subzero air comes from the Cold Air Gun developed by ITW Vortec,...
Producing near-perfect fluid check valves
VALVE MANUFACTURERS CAN NOW inspect parts during assembly rather than after thanks to an electromechanical assembly press (EMAP) from Promess Inc., Brighton, Mich. The process lets check-valve...
Real-time inspection only a scan away
SHOPS GAIN A NEW APPROACH TO measuring thanks to a new portable Laser Scanning Inspection (LSI) system from Romer CimCore, Farmington Hills, Mich. Reportedly the first of its kind, the system...
Revealing cracks before structural components fail
RESEARCHERS ARE INVESTIGATING HOW COMMON structural components break under strain using a system that reconstructs growing cracks in common structural materials. The microtopography system, designed...
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Coolant dissolves chip problem
ONCE OR TWICE A MONTH, FOR A FEW HOURS OR A day, maintenance personnel at Royal Master Grinders used chisels to dislodge solidified clumps of cast iron chips clogging conveyors and workpiece pallets...
OEM sells machines in 3D
IT WAS A FIRST FOR EDM MANUFACTURER AGIE LTD. of Lincolnshire, Ill., when a customer in Washington State bought a $175,000 machine without ever seeing it. The decision to purchase was based largely...
System streamlines supply-chain communication
AN OHIO-BASED TIER-ONE, HEAVY-VEHICLE PARTS MANUFACTURER, Bendix Commercial Vehicle Systems (CVS) does business with 219 suppliers. It recently incorporated an Internet-based e-collaboration system...
Turning center keeps shop competitive
ALTHOUGH SRS MANUFACTURING IN CHESTERFIELD, Mich., has sustained annual growth, the company's business has changed dramatically over its seven-year existence. The shop, which specializes in CNC...
Website helps a virtual company make a real product
TUCKER MARION AND MARVIN WEINBERGER LAUNCHED the Innovation Factory with the goal of creating interesting, highly functional consumer products. Central to their mission was to remain a virtual...
