- Methods Machine Tools Inc., a supplier of precision machine tools and accessories, has announced a partnership with Toyoda Machinery USA, a division of Japanese manufacturer JTEKT Corp., which produces...
Methods Machine Tools Inc., a supplier of precision machine tools and accessories, has announced a partnership with Toyoda Machinery USA, a division of Japanese manufacturer JTEKT Corp., which produces machine tools, industrial robots and automotive components. Methods will sell Toyoda's new line of vertical machining centers as well as its ......
- First-hand knowledge
HEADNOTE MACHINE TOOL HEADNOTE MACHINE-TOOL MAKER FADAL LEARNED THE ROPES ABOUT VERTICAL MACHINING CENTERS AS A MACHINE-TOOL CUSTOMER. NOW IT IS A LEADER IN THE VMC INDUSTRY. IMAGE PHOTOGRAPH 4 Dean de Cassin general manager, Fadal Machining Centers: "Want success as a manufacturer? First be a customer." PUT FADAL MACHINING ......
- TRENDS IN MACHINE TOOL SPINDLE DESIGN
HEADNOTE THE GLOBAL MACHINE TOOL SPINDLE MARKET IS ESTIMATED TO BE OVER $1 BILLION. MORE THAN HALF OF THIS RELATES TO SPINDLE MAINTENANCE AND REFURBISHMENT. AS THE MACHINE TOOL INDUSTRY DEMANDS HIGHER SPEEDS, IMPROVED POWER DENSITY AND MORE MULTI-TASKING, THERE ARE GREATER NEEDS FOR INNOVATIVE SPINDLE SOLUTIONS. HERE ARE SOME ......
- MARKET TRENDS
U.S. MACHINE-TOOL CONSUMPTION... was up 8.4 percent in 2005 compared with 2004, according to the Association for Manufacturing Technology and the American Machine Tool Distributors' Association. "December orders for machine tools increased an impressive 31 percent over November, bringing total year-over-year growth of 8.4 percent for the nation," said AMT ......
- Korea Shows Its Machine Tool Muscle
Spurred chiefly by its growing auto industry, Korea is now on its way to becoming a major manufacturer of machine tools. Currently, that country ranks seventh among the world's producers. According to a report from the US Chamber of Commerce, the auto industry, combined with new interest in electronics and ......
- Machine tools face turbulent times
HEADNOTE In an exclusive interview with Brian,j. Hogan, editor of Manufacturing Engineering, Masahiko Mori discusses new technology at Mori Seiki-the company founded by his grandfatherand the challenges facing the worldwide machine tool industry. Brian Hogan: How much more consolidation will we see among machine tool companies? To take an extreme ......
- A new millennium for machine tools
HEADNOTE MORI SEIKI'S PRESIDENT TALKS ABOUT PARTNERSHIPS AND OTHER CHANGES TAKING SHAPE IN THE MACHINE TOOL INDUSTRY machine tool builders are proving the importance of partnerships by cooperating with each other and successfully competing in the world market. Such is the case with three Japanese-based companies that established an engineering ......