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Ilika to start manufacturing Stereax solid state batteries for medtech
Ilika prepares to start manufacturing its Stereax solid state batteries for medtech Ilika Following a £14.2m investment, Ilika states plans for implementation of its manufacturing plans for Stereax; hires Technology Transfer Director.
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US cutting tool orders up 10.1% from May 2020
An enhanced version of the ApolloBVM designed byRice University engineers has received Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) as an emergency resuscitator for use during the COVID-19 pandemic.
COVID-19 accelerates WFH, automation
Today's Medical Developments September 2020 Departments - Editor’s Letter According to the latest Policy Brief from Stanford Economist Nicholas Bloom, the U.S. economy is now a working-from-home economy. Elizabeth Engler Modic My husband has telecommuted from home for more than 10 years, traveling to corporate headquarters in Greenville, South Carolina, once or twice a year. In mid-March, his quiet, daily routine was upended when schools and work went remote.
Shop-floor connectivity
XPRIZE and OpenCovidScreen have launched the $5 million XPRIZE Rapid Covid Testing competition to accelerate the development of high-quality COVID-19 testing that is low-cost, easy-to-use, and fast-turnaround, enabling frequent testing. The XPRIZE Rapid Covid Testing competition calls on the world’s brightest, most innovative minds to develop new, low-cost testing solutions that range from testing devices with 15-minute results to distributed lab testing methods with “next morning” results.
Medical components and materials present unique metallographic preparation challenges
XPRIZE and OpenCovidScreen have launched the $5 million XPRIZE Rapid Covid Testing competition to accelerate the development of high-quality COVID-19 testing that is low-cost, easy-to-use, and fast-turnaround, enabling frequent testing. The XPRIZE Rapid Covid Testing competition calls on the world’s brightest, most innovative minds to develop new, low-cost testing solutions that range from testing devices with 15-minute results to distributed lab testing methods with “next morning” results.
Data management software aligns with QIF
Aerospace Manufacturing and Design August September 2020 Features - Quality Quality information framework (QIF) standard helps streamline data collection, storage, sharing. Engineers and managers use measurement data collected by aerospace machinists and inspectors on shop floors and quality labs across the globe to satisfy customer requests, comply with Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) requirements or other government mandates, and monitor product quality and manufacturing performance.
Inspection techniques to improve parts yield
Aerospace Manufacturing and Design August September 2020 Features - inspection Precise shop-floor measurements can shorten turnaround time while maintaining quality. 3D measurement of a scratch with two profile traces showing variability of results by location. All photos courtesy of Onto Innovation Speedy quantification of part defects directly leads to faster turnaround time (TAT) via reduced inspection times.
Excelling in micron-size manufacturing
Honeywell’s aerospace division has formed a new business unit for unmanned aerial systems (UAS) and urban air mobility (UAM). “UAM and UAS will play an increasing role in the future of aerospace, with potential applications in all-electric urban air taxi vehicles, hybrid-electric unmanned cargo drones, optionally piloted airplanes, delivery drones, and everything in between,” says Honeywell Aerospace President and CEO Mike Madsen.
Advanced toolholding triples cutter life
Aerospace Manufacturing and Design August September 2020 Features - Toolholding Rego-Fix toolholding solution improves tool life, reduces costs at K&G Manufacturing. For K&G Manufacturing, one motto remains front and center throughout the shop: Our next order depends on the quality of our last shipment. The shop prides itself on its ability to meet the needs of the most demanding customers in their industries, thanks to high-speed machine spindles, cutting tools, and toolholders.
Fasten your seat belts…
Aerospace Manufacturing and Design August September 2020 Departments - From the Flight Deck August 18, 2020 Bette Davis’ Margo Channing character in the 1950 movie All About Eve evokes a storm-tossed airline flight to warn of a drama-filled party ahead: “Fasten your seat belts, it’s going to be a bumpy night.” The same warning applies now to commercial aerospace, as industry analysts forecast economic turbulence for at least the next 12-to-18 months.
Bantam Tools’ desktop CNC milling machine
Kokomo, Indiana – General Motors and Ventec Life Systems has delivered their 30,000th V+Pro critical care ventilator to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. At the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, GM and Ventec collaborated to rapidly scale up production of critical care ventilators. In one month, the teams went from an introductory phone call to delivering life-saving technology to frontline medical heroes.
Winners announced in Give a Breath Challenge
XPRIZE and OpenCovidScreen have launched the $5 million XPRIZE Rapid Covid Testing competition to accelerate the development of high-quality COVID-19 testing that is low-cost, easy-to-use, and fast-turnaround, enabling frequent testing. The XPRIZE Rapid Covid Testing competition calls on the world’s brightest, most innovative minds to develop new, low-cost testing solutions that range from testing devices with 15-minute results to distributed lab testing methods with “next morning” results.
Festo app aids operation of COVID-19 emergency equipment
Kokomo, Indiana – General Motors and Ventec Life Systems has delivered their 30,000th V+Pro critical care ventilator to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. At the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, GM and Ventec collaborated to rapidly scale up production of critical care ventilators. In one month, the teams went from an introductory phone call to delivering life-saving technology to frontline medical heroes.
Confluent Medical opens catheter development center
Non-compliant balloon for ultra high pressure nested assembly shown on Confluent manufactured balloon forming machine. Confluent Medical Austin, Texas center supports initial design through pilot builds. Confluent Medical Technologies, a global leader in contract manufacturing of specialized medical devices, has opened its new Complex Catheter Design and Development Center in Austin, Texas.
Crank Software enables Ventec Life Systems to increase ventilator production
Ventec Rapid GUI development capabilities make addition of new functions to critical care ventilators possible in under 30 days. In an effort to increase production of respiratory care products in the fight against COVID-19, Crank Software teamed withVentec LifeSystems to enable rapid design improvements to the VOCSN critical care ventilator.
Improving end-of-arm tooling with metal additive manufacturing
End-of-arm tooling from Egar Tool & Die, printed on the Studio System from Desktop Metal. Photos courtesy of Desktop Metal Despite being around since the 1980s, metal additive manufacturing (AM) has only recently come into widespread use. As 3D printing continues to gain favor, many companies are beginning to look to metal AM for benefits.
ExOne launches app to monitor industrial 3D printers
In the face of the corona pandemic, Munich Re and Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft launched a challenge with the aim of pooling the most capable minds to alleviate the consequences for those severely affected all around the world. In March the Give a Breath Challenge set out to identify the best designs and blueprints to enable the immediate and decentralized production of emergency ventilation equipment.
Lessons from 2008 for post-COVID-19 manufacturing
Photos courtesy of Siemens Nand Kochhar The COVID-19 pandemic has impacted all parts of vehicle development, manufacturing, and sales. Automotive original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) are rethinking how they design, develop, test, build, sell, and service vehicles to protect the health and safety of employees, customers, and communities.
Nanocellulose technique for polymer manufacturing
Today's Motor Vehicles August September 2020 Departments - Rearview New method reduces costs, improves sustainability for automotive industry. New processing technology could make it easier to use plant fibers in automotive polymers, making such plastics more eco-friendly and cost effective for manufacturers.
Lordstown Motors pioneering hub motor electric trucks
2021 Lordstown Motors Endurance electric pickup Photos by Robert Schoenberger Heritage of a very different past flows through every inch of Lordstown Motors’ (LM’s) Ohio plant. The Fanuc welding robots ready to assemble electric pickups have spark scars from the Chevy Cruze models assembled there less than two years ago. Signs in the parking lot point to special spaces reserved for electric vehicles (EVs) – Chevy Volt EVs, that is.
European Union investigating Fiat Chrysler, Peugeot Citroën merger
Adobe Stock Officials at Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (FCA) and Peugeot Citroën (PSA Groupe) are vowing to complete their planned merger by early next year, despite a recently announced, four-month investigation into the deal by European Union (EU) antitrust regulators. The EU’s European Commission stated that it’s concerned the merger would give the combined company too much control of the commercial van market, specifically commercial vehicles less than 3.5 tonnes.
Haimer USA, Fullerton Tool Company partner on Safe-Lock
XPRIZE and OpenCovidScreen have launched the $5 million XPRIZE Rapid Covid Testing competition to accelerate the development of high-quality COVID-19 testing that is low-cost, easy-to-use, and fast-turnaround, enabling frequent testing. The XPRIZE Rapid Covid Testing competition calls on the world’s brightest, most innovative minds to develop new, low-cost testing solutions that range from testing devices with 15-minute results to distributed lab testing methods with “next morning” results.
Commercial trucking improves
Adobe Stock Officials at Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (FCA) and Peugeot Citroën (PSA Groupe) are vowing to complete their planned merger by early next year, despite a recently announced, four-month investigation into the deal by European Union (EU) antitrust regulators. The EU’s European Commission stated that it’s concerned the merger would give the combined company too much control of the commercial van market, specifically commercial vehicles less than 3.5 tonnes.
XPRIZE, OpenCovidScreen launch coronavirus testing competition
XPRIZE and OpenCovidScreen have launched the $5 million XPRIZE Rapid Covid Testing competition to accelerate the development of high-quality COVID-19 testing that is low-cost, easy-to-use, and fast-turnaround, enabling frequent testing. The XPRIZE Rapid Covid Testing competition calls on the world’s brightest, most innovative minds to develop new, low-cost testing solutions that range from testing devices with 15-minute results to distributed lab testing methods with “next morning” results.
Manufacturing’s moves, anniversaries, promotions
Big Kaiser celebrates 30 years Big Kaiser Precision Tooling Inc. is celebrating its 30th anniversary. When the company began in 1990, most shops used boring tool technology from the 1950s, where tool changes were a costly and a time-consuming process. Big Kaiser’s sales team set out to take on the industry’s toughest problems and prove the efficiency and time savings of modular boring tools.
Platinum Tooling releases new catalog
Sunnen Products Company has launched a new global website as the keystone of a brand refresh that caps an active period at Sunnen – including the acquisition of BTA Heller, expansion of worldwide manufacturing operations, and entry into the deep hole drilling machines market. The new site incorporates Sunnen’s BTA Heller deep hole drilling tools, as well as the early stages of a new eCommerce platform.
Norman Noble to expand operations
Sunnen Products Company has launched a new global website as the keystone of a brand refresh that caps an active period at Sunnen – including the acquisition of BTA Heller, expansion of worldwide manufacturing operations, and entry into the deep hole drilling machines market. The new site incorporates Sunnen’s BTA Heller deep hole drilling tools, as well as the early stages of a new eCommerce platform.
Software predicts manufacturing costs
Reflecting on its crisis response, Jake Grainger, CEO of Alpha Grainger Manufacturing Inc. highly praises his team for growing with technology and being eager to learn and apply new skills. These abilities have been integral to the company’s response to the coronavirus pandemic and reflect the industry’s ability to meet a massive challenge. In early April, Grainger got a phone call from an aerospace manufacturer facing a major challenge with a medical part.
DI Labs to reveal innovation lab during interactive online event
SMW Autoblok, a worldwide leader in the design and manufacture of premium workholding solutions for the machine tool industry, proudly announces the launch of its new division, SMW-Electronics. Headquartered in Meckenbeuren, Germany, SMW-Electronics’ focus will be on developing innovative products to automate and digitize manufacturing processes to fully utilize Industry 4.0 standards.
Sunnen launches new website as part of brand refresh
Sunnen Products Company has launched a new global website as the keystone of a brand refresh that caps an active period at Sunnen – including the acquisition of BTA Heller, expansion of worldwide manufacturing operations, and entry into the deep hole drilling machines market. The new site incorporates Sunnen’s BTA Heller deep hole drilling tools, as well as the early stages of a new eCommerce platform.
Innovations in small-part measurement for QC
New Scale Robotics New white paper explores how innovation has improved repeatability, reproducibility, job satisfaction. New Scale Robotics has released a new white paper exploring the evolution of quality control (QC) measurement techniques for small parts. The paper highlights recent innovations allowing collaborative robots (cobots) to do QC measurements, bringing the benefits of robotics from the manufacturing floor to the QC lab for high-mix, small-batch manufacturers.
Vicivision's solution for dental implant, micro-mechanical manufacturing
Vicivision Non-contact metrology solution reduces inspection times, increase throughput and yield. Vicivision’s optical machine measures the external profile of cylindrical components, statically and dynamically, in a matter of seconds – from simple diameters, lengths, and threads to complex form errors. These advantages have returned a strong international response from dental implant and micro-mechanical manufacturers.
Exactech transitions manufacturing to 3D laser printing
Exactech 3D laser printing process accelerates access to Equinoxe Stemless Shoulder. Exactech, a developer and producer of innovative implants, instrumentation, and computer-assisted technologies for joint replacement surgery, has transitioned itsEquinoxeStemless Shoulder to a 3D laser printing manufacturing process.
SMW Autoblok launches new company
SMW Autoblok, a worldwide leader in the design and manufacture of premium workholding solutions for the machine tool industry, proudly announces the launch of its new division, SMW-Electronics. Headquartered in Meckenbeuren, Germany, SMW-Electronics’ focus will be on developing innovative products to automate and digitize manufacturing processes to fully utilize Industry 4.0 standards.
NIMS celebrates 25th anniversary
During July's Virtual Cutting Tool Roundtable we had so many questions from attendees we weren't able to get to answer all of them. So, our panelists have taken the time to answer those questions and below you will find their insight. 1. Regarding manufacturing process improvements: What are your customers doing specifically to test new tools used in production under new parameters to ensure they are getting the most productivity throughput (tool life and MRR) out of these new cutting tools?
Upcoming event: The Festo Experience
An online North American trade fair as productive as any of the top international tradeshows is scheduled for August 5 and 6. Festo The virtual trade show includes interactive booths in both English and Spanish, presentations, and Festo employees on hand from all three countries. Islandia, New York — The Festo Experience – Automation for Tomorrow is an online North American trade show to be held 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. EDT on August 5 and 6.
Coolant Care: What to know before restarting machines
SMW Autoblok, a worldwide leader in the design and manufacture of premium workholding solutions for the machine tool industry, proudly announces the launch of its new division, SMW-Electronics. Headquartered in Meckenbeuren, Germany, SMW-Electronics’ focus will be on developing innovative products to automate and digitize manufacturing processes to fully utilize Industry 4.0 standards.
Wenzel to offer Nikon laser scanners
Wenzel/Nikon Distribution agreement adds scanning equipment to Wenzel CMMs. Nikon Metrology Inc. is partnering with Wenzel America, allowing Wenzel to distribute Nikon laser scanning products in North America. The partnership combines Wenzel’s strengths in coordinate measurement machines (CMMs) with Nikon’s laser scanners, allowing Wenzel to market CMMs with multiple measurement strategies.
Manufacturing's new facilities, promotions, hires
Fullerton Tool Company promotes three employees Fullerton Tool Company has advanced three of its regional sales managers – Justin Verburg to Director of Sales, Jeff Hogya to National Sales Manager, and Aaron Brooks to National Accounts Manager. Verburg will be responsible for the company’s strategic planning and will manage the company’s applications and product & development teams.
May 2020 US cutting tool orders down 4.4% from April 2020
Sunnen Products Company has launched a new global website as the keystone of a brand refresh that caps an active period at Sunnen – including the acquisition of BTA Heller, expansion of worldwide manufacturing operations, and entry into the deep hole drilling machines market. The new site incorporates Sunnen’s BTA Heller deep hole drilling tools, as well as the early stages of a new eCommerce platform.
Health Canada approves Canswab for COVID-19 testing
As part of its $15 million investment in its Florence, Kentucky-based manufacturing campus, Mazak Corporation has completed its newly expanded Spindle Rebuild Department, now located in the company’s South Building.
Doosan Machine Tools partners with Titans of CNC
Researchers at MIT and Brigham and Women's Hospital(BWH) have designed a new face mask that could stop viral particles as effectively as N95 masks. Unlike N95 masks, the new masks are designed to be easily sterilized and used many times. As the number of new COVID-19 cases in the United States continues to rise, there is still an urgent need for N95 masks for health care workers and others. The new mask is made of durable silicone rubber and can be manufactured using injection molding.
Trumpf wins 2020 Hermes Award
Bioengineers at Rice University showed they could keep densely packed cells alive for two weeks in relatively large constructs by creating complex blood vessel networks from templates of 3D-printed sugar. “One of the biggest hurdles to engineering clinically relevant tissues is packing a large tissue structure with hundreds of millions of living cells,” says Ian Kinstlinger, a bioengineering graduate student in Rice's Brown School of Engineering.
Trumpf wins 2020 Hermes Award
Hannover, Gemany – Machine tool manufacturer Trumpf has won this year's HERMES AWARD ‒ one of the most coveted prizes in international industry ‒ for its open location standard product omlox. The award ceremony took place on July 14 during HANNOVER MESSE Digital Days. A jury under chair Prof. Dr. Reimund Neugebauer, president of the Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft, honored the product “omlox – open location standard” as a global and location-technology independent solution.
Siemens, SAP partner on Industry 4.0 technology
Hannover, Gemany – Machine tool manufacturer Trumpf has won this year's HERMES AWARD ‒ one of the most coveted prizes in international industry ‒ for its open location standard product omlox. The award ceremony took place on July 14 during HANNOVER MESSE Digital Days. A jury under chair Prof. Dr. Reimund Neugebauer, president of the Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft, honored the product “omlox – open location standard” as a global and location-technology independent solution.
Siemens, SAP partner on Industry 4.0 technology
Researchers from the University of Houston, in collaboration with others, have designed a “catch and kill” air filter that can trap the virus responsible for COVID-19, killing it instantly. Zhifeng Ren, director of the Texas Center for Superconductivity at UH (TcSUH), collaborated with Monzer Hourani, CEO of Medistar, a Houston-based medical real estate development firm, and other researchers to design the filter.
Engineers design a reusable, silicone rubber face mask
SMW Autoblok, a worldwide leader in the design and manufacture of premium workholding solutions for the machine tool industry, proudly announces the launch of its new division, SMW-Electronics. Headquartered in Meckenbeuren, Germany, SMW-Electronics’ focus will be on developing innovative products to automate and digitize manufacturing processes to fully utilize Industry 4.0 standards.
Siemens, SAP partner on Industry 4.0 technology
Software/equipment giants to integrate products, simplifying offerings. Nuremberg, Germany – Siemens and SAP are partnering on software for product lifecycle, supply chain, and asset management. Through this agreement, SAP and Siemens will be able to complement and integrate their respective offerings to offer customers integrated and enhanced solutions for product lifecycle management (PLM), supply chain, service, and asset management.
Don’t miss this exclusive online roundtable discussion
Dassault Aviation is making steady progress toward an early 2021 planned first flight for its latest and roomiest aircraft, the Falcon 6X, despite the upheaval caused by the coronavirus epidemic. “Bringing the Falcon 6X to market on schedule is a top priority for the company. Our planning and production staff have been diligent and resourceful in adapting procedures to new sanitary guidelines to keep this program running smoothly,” said Dassault Aviation Chairman and CEO Eric Trappier.
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