Metalworking Mfg Production
High speed machining gets a boost
Incredible speeds and metal removal rates will define milling in the future
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Magna projects record year
Magna International Inc. is so optimistic about an improving global auto industry that boosted its 2012 outlook to project a record year of sales for its auto parts business. Canada’s largest auto parts maker, which keeps its books in U.S. dollars, said it now expects to book between US$29 billion and $30.5 billion in sales ...
Shortages of parts and materials could slow US auto production, delay new cars and trucks
The U.S. auto industry, already stretching to meet rising demand for cars and trucks, is facing shortages of parts and materials that could limit the number of new vehicles in showrooms later this year and crimp a historic turnaround. The most immediate problem _ a shortage of a crucial plastic resin, caused by an explosion ...
Yokogawa appoints Ian Verhappen as head of Canadian business
Yokogawa Electric Corporation announces that Ian Verhappen will become the Managing Director of Yokogawa Canada Inc. reporting to Yokogawa Corporation America President Mr. Chester J. Mroz. In this position, Mr. Verhappen will be responsible for overseeing all Yokogawa business operations in Canada. With his experience and reputation as a strong leader in the industrial automation ...
New version of stock cut optimization software
The new release of the linear stock-cutting optimization add-in (1DCutX) for Excel from Optimalon Software features two major improvements. Users can now minimize the number of different cutting layouts generated by 1DCutX and perform the material cutting calculation in a highly customised way using VBA language in Microsoft Excel. When 1DCutX calculates how to cut ...
Mfg Production
Workers picket F-35 plant
The supersonic stealth jet has been at the centre of political controversy in Canada.
European-style collets and feed fingers for Canadian manufacturing
Hardinge Inc. (Elmira, New York) has expanded the firm’s support of European-style, multi-spindle machine owners in North America. They manufacture and inventory solid collets, master collets & pads, solid feed fingers and master feed fingers & pads for Euroturn, Gildemeister, Index and Schütte machines with 24-hour shipping of standard fractional and whole metric sizes. Decimal ...
Unencumbered, interference-free five-axis machining
The latest high-performance MIKRON HPM 450U milling solution from GF AgieCharmilles boasts a new torque rotary/tilt table for unencumbered, interference-free five-axis machining and offers highly efficient spindle options well suited for all machining applications from micro to macro. According to Gisbert Ledvon, business development manager for GF AgieCharmilles, the MIKRON HPM 450U is also a ...
All-in-one automatic coping by robot
The first of its kind, Daito U.S.A., Inc.’s new CRII Versatile Coping Robot offers coping, piece mark, scribing and cutting capabilities all from one machine. Functioning automatically, the CRII saves time and eliminates the need for manual marking and finishing. Featuring a 6-Axis robotic arm, the CRII processes bolt holes, slots, flange thinning, weld preps ...
US manufacturing technology orders continue to rise in 2012
February U.S. manufacturing technology orders totaled $444.06 million according to the U.S. AMT – The Association For Manufacturing Technology. This total, as reported by companies participating in the USMTO (United States Manufacturing Technology Orders) program, was up 9.3% from January and up 35.2% when compared with the total of $328.44 million reported for February 2011. ...
Alcoa to curtail alumina refining capacity
Alcoa announced today that the company will reduce its annual alumina production capacity by approximately 390,000 metric tons to align production with smelter curtailments Alcoa announced earlier this year and to reflect prevailing market conditions. The curtailments will reduce Alcoa’s refining capacity in the Atlantic region by about 4 percent and are already underway. The ...
Manufacturing services can spur growth and profits for small and medium enterprises in Quebec
Small and medium-sized manufacturing firms that add services to their product offerings can enjoy higher profit margins, more stable revenues and greater competitive advantage. A new report by The Conference Board of Canada and McGill University outlines the benefits that Quebec’s high-value manufacturing firms can gain from providing services to their clients. A second report ...
Textron, General Kinetics sign MOU for TAPV project
Textron Systems Canada Inc., a Textron Inc. company, has announced that the company has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with General Kinetics for possible work on the Textron Tactical Armoured Patrol Vehicle (TAPV) for the Canadian Forces. Textron has submitted a proposal to supply 500 vehicles to the Canadian Army with an option for ...
Textron Systems & Ontario Drive & Gear sign memorandum of understanding for Army vehicle project
Textron Systems Canada Inc. a Textron Inc. company, announced today that the company has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Ontario Drive & Gear Limited (ODG) of New Hamburg, Ontario for possible work on the Textron Tactical Armoured Patrol Vehicle (TAPV) for the Canadian Forces. Textron has submitted a proposal to supply 500 vehicles ...
Linamar to focus outside of North America
Linamar Corp. is focusing more on markets outside of North America, although the big three Detroit automakers will continue to be important customers, CEO Linda Hasenfratz told a conference call to discuss the company’s fourth-quarter results. Growth outside North America is a priority as emerging markets post strong economic growth, ushering in a new middle ...
Kurt Workholding adds CAD module to website
Kurt Workholding has announced the launch of its newly enhanced and expanded website at www.kurtworkholding.com. The site makes it easier to download 2D drawings and 3D models of its precision vises, multiple station towers, and other workholding products. Customers can download a Kurt file directly from a product page. Simply by clicking the download tab, ...
Like Magic
Additive manufacturing promises to change everything, a layer at a time—(From the March 2012 print issue)
Auto Parts Report: A Revitalized Industry Poses Challenges and Opportunities for Suppliers
A Revitalized Industry Poses Challenges and Opportunities for Suppliers
Feds announce sweeping aerospace review
The newly-appointed head of a sweeping review of federal aerospace and space policies says he has no interest in producing a report that will just end up in a filing cabinet. “I intend to ensure that we look out 20 or 30 years and have a very good understanding of the kind of global economic environment ...
Hardinge director of corporate operational excellence to speak at IMTS 2012
Hardinge Inc. a leading international provider of advanced metal-cutting solutions announces David Bassett, Director of Corporate Operational Excellence at Hardinge has been selected to speak at the 2012 IMTS Conference Program put on by GIE Media Inc. and AMT-The Association for Manufacturing Technology . Mr. Bassett will present MCT: Manufacturing Cycle Time- The Holy Grail. ...
New laser welding technology takes aim at depth control problem
A breakthrough optical measurement technology developed by two physicists at Queen’s University (Kingston, Ontario) opens up broad new avenues for the use of high-power lasers in both the manufacturing and eventually the medical sector. The technology, discovered by principal investigator Dr. James Fraser and doctoral candidate Paul Webster, solves a significant problem inherent in the ...
Top gear
Ontario Drive and Gear started as a transmission maker for Argo off-road vehicles… but they’ve become a premier Canadian success story in gear making
Bystronic announces Machine Demonstration Days March 7th and 8th, 2012
Bystronic Inc. has announced that it will conduct machine demonstration days at their new US headquarters and showroom located in Elgin, IL on March 7th and 8th 2012. Products to be demonstrated include the new ByJet Smart waterjet, featuring a compact design and a highly efficient pump that has less maintenece intervals than conventional pumps; ...
Elliott Matsuura now exclusive for Cincinnati in Western Canada
Elliott Matsuura Canada Inc. has announced that the firm is now the exclusive distributor for Cincinnati Incorporated for Western Canada. Elliott Matsuura has been representing Cincinnati in Eastern Canada for the last 3 years. Cincinnati Incorporated is a North American manufacturer of premium quality press brakes, shears, and lasers. Elliott Matsuura based in Oakville, Ontario ...
Okuma hires 5-Axis product specialist
Okuma America Corporation has hired Kyle Klaver as a 5-axis Product Specialist, specifically to work with distributors and customers on their 5-axis product and application needs. Mr. Klaver comes to Okuma with 26 years of machining, programming and engineering experience, most recently have served as the manufacturing manager for Roush Yates Racing Enterprises. His technical ...
