Makino — a leading manufacturer of horizontal and vertical machining centers and EDM machines — has announced a new series of online Webinars. Designed for shops of all types and sizes, the seminars are free to anyone who registers. The planned seminars are intended for shops in the automotive, aerospace, medical product and die and mold industries. In addition to metal cutting and die/mold, the seminars will cover new technologies, such as micromachining. Mark Rentschler, marketing manager, says, "Online seminars allow anyone with an Internet connection to attend without losing a day of work." The seminars concentrate on shop efficiency, lean manufacturing, asset utilization, machine tool integration and automation, machine tool technologies, and metal cutting processes. Makino's application engineers, product managers and guest speakers will give presentations. Click here for more info on upcoming seminars and registration information. Featured ArticlesHeat treating Lasers can improve the performance of machined parts that require case hardening and have bearing surfaces, and they are be used at lower cost than heat treating. In addition, lasers can harden parts in exact locations for bearing surfaces and to exact depths, eliminating the need to heat-treat the entire part. Read more. Cutting Tools Custom-made tooling can be delivered to your shop′s door quickly because of new computer software programs that speed the design, ordering and processing steps that have slowed custom tooling deliveries in the past. Read more. Shop Operations The federal government has numerous programs to help fund the research and development of manufactured parts in the United States. The federal government also makes money available for other business activities, but you have to know where to look inside the massive federal bureaucracy. Read more. Benchmarking Multitasking machines and multispindle machines can lead to improved productivity and profitability, and data from the American Machinist 2006 Industry Survey of Machine Shops shows that leading shops use those technologies to gain an economic advantage. Read more. Turning Operations A process that uses liquid nitrogen in machining keeps the workpiece at a constant temperature and cryogenically cools cutting inserts, allowing them to cut deeper and faster. The process can be used to cut rough machining time to 15 minutes from as much as four hours, its developers say. Read more. Last Word While U.S. manufacturing is resilient, a consultant notes that profit for small manufacturers is being squeezed harder than ever by their large customers. Read more.
You′re busier than ever, but you need to keep up-to-date on the most important manufacturing headlines. Get Quick Manufacturing News, a free daily e-mail newsletter that assembles the freshest news stories reported by 10 leading industry publications. Quick Manufacturing News contains items across all segments of manufacturing, so you'll always know what's happening in your market and related industries. Sign up now! Click here to subscribe.
