Machine Tools

Amid warnings of the economic disruption that robots and automation could unleash, researchers are finding that new technologies will help fuel global growth as productivity and consumption soar.

Through two months of activity for 2017, U.S. cutting tool consumption has risen to $348.02 million, up 4.5% versus the comparable figure for 2016.

Aerospace and medical industries lead additive manufacturing adoption. Here's why--along with how other industries can catch up.

How to overcome the barriers on the road to implementing the latest digital manufacturing technologies. This post is part of IndustryWeek’s special crowd-sourced coverage of Manufacturing Day/Month, 2016.

Three Drivers of Strategic Additive Manufacturing Success

  What's critical to a successful digital manufacturing transition.  

Automakers are trying out all kinds of new business models, from rebranding themselves as mobility companies to partnering with obscure start-ups. Can they take it to the bank?

Stuck in the Industrial Age, skills training doesn’t place enough emphasis on smart, connected product manufacturing, advanced material development and digital design integration.

Gene Sherman has translated his knowledge of machining skills into a start-up business, Vocademy, aimed at solving the skills gap in manufacturing.

Trends, by definition, are hard to trace. By the time an idea has taken hold with the individuals who pursue it, the circumstantial evidence is everywhere and all the new adherents want some credit. Big-stage events like IMTS are a good oppor...