Daniel Cleary Appointed President of Mitsui Seiki USA, Inc.
September 1, 2023Mitsui Seiki announced that Daniel Cleary has been chosen as the next President of Mitsui Seiki USA, Inc.
"It is my sincere privilege to be the new President of Mitsui Seiki USA," said Cleary. "I am incredibly proud to lead this organization and equally excited to have the opportunity to work with such a talented and enthusiastic group of people."
"Cleary's passion for innovation, process improvement and superior customer service are a complement to Mitsui Seiki's forward thinking and inventive culture," sa...
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Platinum Tooling Names Regional Sales Manager
September 1, 2023Platinum Tooling, the exclusive importer of Heimatec live tools and angle heads plus other global brands of precision machine tool accessories, has announced the appointment of Frank Twomey as the company's Regional Sales Manager. In his new role, he will oversee all activities in 18 states located in the Northeast, Mid-Atlantic and Southeast regions of the United States. Company President Preben Hansen made the announcement at the company's headquarters in Prospect Heights, IL.
Twomey graduated from Piedmont Technical Institute in 1991. Hi...
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Getting the Most out of an HMC: Five Workholding Essentials
September 1, 2023When it comes to broad capability, there are specific machine tools that production units and shops most prefer: 5-axis vertical and horizontal machining centers (VMCs and HMCs). The criterion for choosing between the two can look different depending on a person's role-from ownership to management to purchasing and finance. However, from the shop floor perspective, it is all about making chips.
Getting the most out of these highly sophisticated machines involves a combination of processes, programming, tooling, workholding and human creativi...
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Army Announces Winners at xTech International's Third Competition
September 1, 2023The third annual international prize competition, organized by the U.S. Army xTech Program, has unveiled its top-five winners. Among the 137 submissions centered around Advance Manufacturing and Materials, Spanish Manufacturer Meltio and its U.S. Distributor Phillips Corporation secured fifth place for their exceptional deployable hybrid machine utilizing laser-wire DED additive manufacturing.
The deployable hybrid technology, which provides both subtractive and additive capabilities to Haas machines, improves readiness by providing an easy-...
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NAMRI|SME Elects KC Morris 2023-24 President
September 1, 2023The North American Manufacturing Research Institution of SME (NAMRI|SME) has elected Katherine C. "KC" Morris as its 2023-24 President at its recent 51st North American Research Conference held at Rutgers University in New Brunswick, NJ. The event annually convenes the world's top scientists, engineers and academics from the manufacturing world to identify and enact new technology, advance efficiency and improve quality.
Morris, who leads the Life Cycle Engineering Group at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)...
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Welding Cobot Increases Productivity
September 1, 2023Acieta has introduced the FastARC CW cobot. According to the company, job shops and manufacturers can increase output by assigning the challenging and complex jobs to skilled welders and using a FastARC CW cobot on the simpler welding tasks.
"Typical FastARC cobot users see ROI in as little as six months (based on two shifts) because they are making more product at a much lower cost per part," said Steve Alexander, Vice President of WI Operations at Acieta. "The FastARC CW is a pre-engineered standard product that helps keep ...
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