Machine shops must distinguish between automating beginner tasks and eliminating beginner jobs. Use artificial intelligence to expose less experience operators to real machining...
worldsteel / Gregor Schlaeger
Cast steel billet, close-up.
Aug. 31, 2026
Aug. 19, 2026
Dmitry Kalinovsky | Dreamstime
Milling cutting process.
Aug. 11, 2026
Aug. 3, 2026
Sign up for our eNewsletters
Get the latest news and updates

Learning Resources

Sponsored
Labor shortages and rising costs are squeezing machine shops. Learn how robotic machine tending boosts utilization, improves OEE, and delivers fast ROI, without overcomplicating...
March 23, 2026
Sponsored
Join experts to demystify AI-assisted CAM programming for enterprise multi-axis machining. Learn how virtual twins model full NC cells, knowledge platforms capture standards, ...
April 15, 2026
Sponsored
NSK integrates advanced automation and drive technologies to deliver high capacity, high speed, ultra-precise indexing and positioning in a compact, flexible linear actuator: ...
Sept. 26, 2025
The global aerospace giant shocked the world in January when a door plug blew off a plane in flight, fulfilling many flyers’ worst nightmares. And, things have gone downhill for...
March 29, 2024

Great Question Podcast

CAD and CAM

Recently introduced hyperMILL 2026 is designed to increase programming speed, machining reliability and surface quality, with advances for 2.5D, 3D, precision five-axis and mill...
July 23, 2026
Web-based module uses real-time nesting data and machine parameters, to streamline quoting, improve costing accuracy, and connect sales to production.
July 15, 2026
The newest version of hyperMILL updates core functions and brings new options that increase NC programming efficiency for 2.5D machining through to five-axis milling.
April 17, 2024
Quick creation and documentation of advanced CAD-based metrology fixturing set-ups for part inspection. Full CAD compatibility, custom libraries, and an automated set-up function...
Jan. 10, 2024

CMM and QC

MetraScan Black2 improves flexibility for shop-floor dimensional inspection, for faster and more efficient quality workflows.
Aug. 5, 2026
Hamar Laser Instruments
Hamar Laser Instruments L-703SP
A geometry- and laser-based system for quick, repeatable, and flexible surface plate calibration, with optional data tracking software that streamlines surface plate resurfacing...
July 29, 2026
A wider portfolio of inline systems includes devices with UV technology in combination with full automation for seamless, integrated workflows.
Aug. 20, 2025
The cost-effective device captures and records process parameters, including pre-programmed digital inputs – e.g., run/ idle and counting – and analog inputs, including temperature...
Feb. 5, 2025

News

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries’ Ontario plant manufactures wing assemblies and center fuselage sections, and will strengthen the jet-builder’s supply chain while expanding it manufacturing...
Sept. 2, 2026
Pavel Chagochkin | Dreamstime
Pratt & Whitney F135
The Pentagon authorized another $240.7 million to fund engineering “to mature” the redesign and modernization efforts for the F-35 fighter jet’s propulsion system.
Aug. 28, 2026
Eric Shindelbower
Boeing F-15EX
An 11-year purchasing framework for the multirole fighter jet program will cover new aircraft production and coordinate current fleet modernization efforts.
Aug. 26, 2026
Christian Lagerek | Dreamstime
Engineers and airliner.
Thousands of unionized aerospace engineers and technicians may be headed to strike in early October after turning down a four-year agreement, with wage increases seen as inadequate...
Aug. 24, 2026

New Products

Portable metrology technologies that help manufacturers accelerate inspection processes, improve quality, and increase operational efficiency.
Sept. 3, 2026
Quality management and resource planning functions working as a single, integrated platform that streamlines quality processes, centralizes operations, and simplifies compliance...
Sept. 3, 2026
Supplier to component manufacturers, toolmakers, and educational institutions will present a range of machine tool technologies as a new outreach to the U.S. market.
Aug. 27, 2026
With a True Gantry design and 20,000-rpm HSK-63A spindle, the Takumi U800 machine achieves the demanding surface finishes common to die/mold, aerospace, and medical applications...
Aug. 27, 2026