At IMTS 2024, ORNL’s Future Foundries exhibit showcased a next-gen flexible manufacturing system blending additive, subtractive, and heat treatment technologies. Learn how digital threads, hybrid
The traditional practice of bolting cutting tools, dies, and other types of tooling into a machine is time-consuming and error prone. Quick-change tooling allows an operator to replace the entire
The Federal Reserve is expected to keep interest rates unchanged after it meets this week as economic uncertainty reigns.
These advanced ultrasonic/heat-stake metal inserts and staking tools for plastics can be used for OEM builds as well as retrofits and injection molding over core pins aimed at creating strong
The North American manufacturing industry, including tooling and workholding, was on track for a robust 2025, but economic outlook has become murkier as the year opened.
Machinists have long relied on toe clamps and T-nuts to hold vises and fixtures in place. Zero-point workholding replaces these outdated tooling components with a mating retention knob and
Among the oldest of all manufactured products, castings are made by pouring molten metal into a mold cavity that has been shaped with a pattern resembling the target workpiece (sand
Next-gen multitasking CNC machines—equipped with milling spindles, B-axis heads, and grinding capabilities—are transforming manufacturing by reducing setup times, increasing flexibility, and
Jeff Schemel, general manager USA, Rego-Fix talks about the toolholding specialist's new Center for Machining Excellence as well as the tooling and workholding industry overall
Data collection and machine monitoring can provide invaluable insight on production metrics, tool life, part quality, machine performance and, perhaps most intriguing, operator activities (or