A Seattle-area job shop supplying parts to aerospace, marine, and general industrial customers recently installed a GROB G550T five-axis universal machining center. For Honeycutt Manufacturing, the ...

Honeycutt Manufacturing, a Mukilteo, Wash., job shop supplying precision parts to aerospace, marine, and general industrial markets, made a game-changing investment in a Grob Systems' G550T five-axis ...

I had an opportunity recently to attend a day-long session focused on various aspects of machine safety at the BMW manufacturing location in Greer, S.C. (the manufacturing site for BMW’s X3 and X6 ...

Customer demands for unique parts and products, as well as requests for greater customization, are driving industry toward more high-mix, low-volume (HMLV) manufacturing operations. Though much of the ...

I entered the Army in 1988 as a military occupational specialty (MOS) 44E (machinist) under the Army Civilian Acquired Skills Program. Since I had received industry standard manual machinist training, ...

Engineers often have an important decision to make when they design and source a metal part: Should it be machined or die cast? In the past, a cursory review of production volumes, tolerances, ...