- Atometric is big on small: atometric makes gains in micro-machining...

Micro-machining is an emerging technology, but it's been done before. So what's different about Rockford, IL-based Atometric Inc.? Established in 2003, Atometric is a fatherson ......
- EDM, HSM machine sales and services merge.(Industry News)

Agie Charmilles Corp., Lincolnshire, IL, merged the sales and service departments of Agie, Charmilles, and Mikron of North America. Wire EDM, CNC, diesinking, and manual ......
- Reducing the stress state of railway bridges with research:...

The overall goal and financial justification for railway bridge research and testing is to economically provide and maintain bridges with safe and operationally--satisfactory performance. The ......
- Multi-axis design bench. (In Gear).(advertisement)

Who: Rapid Line Industries, Inc. (Joliet, IL) What: RL-7000 rapid prototyping design bench Why you should care: Rapid Line Industries says that the RL-7000 can ......
- Earning goals met a year early.(Industry News)

Agie Charmilles Corp., Lincolnshire, IL, achieved earnings of more than $3.3 billion in 2006, meeting 2007 sales goals a year earlier than expected. Agie Charmilles ......
- MECHANICAL SYSTEMS 2 UPGRADED FOR FASTER MODELING.

MechanicalSystems 2, is now available from Wolfram Research, Champaign, Ill. This faster, more robust version of the application package for rigid body system design is ......
- Milling chuck change vastly increases tool life: in an effort to...

"Tool life is our first concern," states Kevin Foley, manufacturing engineer. "Last year we spent $380,000 on tooling. Cutting tools are a major portion of ......
- Software for 6 and 16-axis packaging machines.(PACKAGING: WRAP-UP)

IndraMotion for Packaging combines real-time motion control with an IEC 61131-3 compliant PLC, application-specific functions, and PLC open-motion function blocks. The basic system from Bosch ......
- Bridgeport hits tolerances for medical parts: with its conventional...

"My programmer came up to me and told me he's holding true position of 0.001" and that he programmed the first part, and it came ......
- Laser/punch combo allows control of process, profits: an Illinois...

From the first day KSO Metalfab, Inc. (KSO), opened its doors in 1973, the company made a commitment to utilize the latest technology in order ......