Aerojet Rocketdyne said its ready to begin producing large solid rocket motor carbon fiber cases in Alabama’s Rocket City, following installation and calibration of a key machine at its new Advanced Manufacturing Facility. 

Discover key factors in the inspection process that lead to better design of gears. Develop a broad understanding of the methods used to manufacture and inspect gears. Interpret how the resultant information can be applied and interpreted in the design process.

Recent predications have identified 2020 as the year technology gains critical mass. We take a look at the state of manufacturing technology and what is in store fur us in the road ahead.

Not long ago, if one weren’t from Silicon Valley they might drive right through without even realizing where they’ve been.

Defying fears and predictions, the U.S. economy is still shrugging off President Trump’s trade conflicts. Employers added a sizzling 266,000 jobs in November, and unemployment matched a 50-year low of 3.5%—all while the Trump administration is waging a bruising trade war with China while fighting other trading partners, too.

It takes cash and chutzpah to start an industrial business from scratch. But that hasn’t stopped this year’s crop of entrepreneurs in the Manufacturing & Industry category of Forbes 30 under 30, who are building businesses in robotics, 3D printing, new types of transportation and advanced materials.

The L.S. Starrett Co. has introduced two new digital Rockwell/Superficial Rockwell benchtop hardness testers with fully automated load/unload procedures, and capable of providing highly accurate readings.

On components such as shafts or idle gears, it was often not possible to use the ChamferCut method for chamfering until now.“Interfering contours, like shoulders, or shaft-work, pose a risk of collision that had restricted the potential use of the tool,” said Dr. Oliver Winkel, head of the technology application at Liebherr. “By tilting the tool, it is now possible to machine gears that had not been possible before.”

Electrive
The British company BAE Systems and the U.S. American Jaunt Air Mobility have agreed to cooperate in the development of energy management systems for electric flight taxis.

Just in case you were worried electric cars were going to be boring, Porsche made the Taycan. It isn’t perfect and yes, it is expensive, but it is absolutely not boring. 

Industrial Machinery Digest
Tomenson Machine Works is a third-generation, family-owned manufacturer of precision hydraulic manifolds, with a focus on continuous improvement. The company turned to collaborative automation in its pin-stamping application to improve quality, profitability and worker satisfaction. 

Machine Design
Battery technology is evolving and taking the world by storm, offering an array of possibilities for the machine and device that help keep our global infrastructure humming. But as the technology improves and options abound, how does one choose between traditional lead-acid batteries and newer lithium-ion variety?

Across many areas of industry, fast-paced changes in technology, business models and consumer expectations mean that access to flexible and highly informed expertise can be crucial to success. 

While IoT is expected to touch many aspects of life and work, a substantial amount of the action is happening on the industrial side, where manufacturers, utilities and other heavy-hitters are making headway in connecting their assets to improve operations. This is reflected in Gartner's most recent IoT spending forecast, which said that discrete manufacturing, process manufacturing, transportation and utilities represent 44 percent of the $745 billion organizations worldwide are expected to spend in 2019.

Conventional alloys have undesirably coarse-grained microstructures when used in 3D printing. A designer alloy overcomes this problem, potentially opening the way to the widespread adoption of 3D metal printing.

Artificial intelligence (AI) and its subsets are benefitting tons of fields, but you'd be hard-pressed to find one that's taking more advantage from them than the manufacturing sector. Major companies around the world are heavily investing in machine learning solutions across their manufacturing processes and seeing impressive results.

General Motors’ $2.3 billion joint venture with LG Chem for production of battery cells for electric vehicles is “more than a collaboration,” it’s a necessity in today’s rapidly changing automotive industry.

A few days ago, the Institute of Supply Management (ISM) released its closely watched report on manufacturing. It offered little new on the state of the economy. Media outlets noted that in November the index fell slightly from October levels and fell short of consensus expectations, which, as is usually the case, centered on the previous month’s release. That interpretation fostered some concern that the economy is softening further and inspired some to call for a near-term recession. A slightly broader view of the ISM report showed, however, that the economy has in fact stabilizing around the slowed pace of real growth exhibited by the third quarter National Income and Product Accounts, which showed real GDP growing at slightly over a 2% annual rate.

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