华盛顿 - 劳工统计局最近报道称，美国于2017年增加了196,000名工厂就业岗位，包括12月25,000名职位。美国制造联盟总裁斯科特保罗表示，工厂工作的速度比整体经济中的工作更快。
添加剂制造已成为今天制造业的流行语。在过去的几十年里，它已经提高了巨大的改善，它正在从一种技术的技术发展，这是一个可用于制造实际零件和工具的简单原型。
Mergers, acquisitions and partnerships are risky endeavors for managers, as well as workers. Sometimes these transactions favor one group over another, or end up being disastrous for both groups. Other times, however, the deal turns out great for everyone.
In the early 1980s, a product design methodology called design for assembly (DFA) began to gain popularity. It focused on improving efficiency by evaluating the amount of labor required for assembly. Since that time, the DFA methodology has been adopted with much success by more than 850 corporations.
Times were tough for the Timken Co. at the start of the 21st century. In March 2000, the Canton, OH-based manufacturer of antifriction roller bearings and related components announced plans to cut 600 jobs worldwide—after having trimmed 1,700 jobs in the previous two years. It also closed plants in Australia and England, and was relying more heavily on sources of steel outside the United States.
With an eye to the future, the U.S. Army held its Joint Multi-Role (JMR) competition in June 2014 to select the next generation of high-speed-rotorcraft helicopters.
Aerospace engineers are pushing the boundaries of 3D printing.
Problem solving starts before a problem is even defined.
Functionality and ergonomics are becoming increasingly important to furniture manufacturers around the world.
There's no mistaking the specialty of Tier 1 supplier American Axle & Manufacturing (AAM). This company designs and manufactures driveline and drivetrain systems for light trucks, SUVs, crossover vehicles and passenger cars.
Ever-increasing internal and external drive styles give design engineers more ways to effectively transfer torque from tool to fastener.
Product designers and artists share a similar trait: They love to create things. How appropriate then, that product designers at Chicago-based Morphix Inc. are dedicated to making high-quality specialty tools for tattoo artists worldwide.
Every manufacturer has three goals related to product costs: keep them low, consistent and competitive.
Additive manufacturing gives racing teams a winning edge.
FAIRFIELD, CT—A metal sensor housing has become the first 3D-printed part certified by the Federal Aviation Administration to fly inside a commercial jet engine.
Systems integrators wrestle with the notion of flexibility in multistation automated assembly systems.
Some day in the near future, an on-campus innovation center could be as ubiquitous to college life as a library, a student union or a football stadium.
Suppliers of automatic screwdriving equipment talk about their toughest challenges and how they overcame them.
During the past month, I interviewed several engineers for an article on automatic screwdriving. Along the way, I learned a bit of wisdom that is applicable no matter what process you might want to automate.
To reduce its inventory costs, Dynisco needed to change how it designed and assembled its products.