Advanced Manufacturing Now

Today's workforce is changing and workers stretch across four different generations. Chris Mahar, associate editor of Manufacturing Engineering , talks with Denise Ball, Workforce Education Specialist at Tooling U-SME, about how manufacturers can succeed in this new environment. Offering tips on how to attract and retain new generations of workers without alienating more experienced employees and...

In this podcast, Bruce Morey, Senior Technical Editor of Manufacturing Engineering Magazine, talks with John Barnes, Founder and Managing Director of The Barnes Group Advisors and Purdue Instructor about earning a certificate in additive manufacturing.    

Will Hastings, Solutions Engineer at Velo3D and an expert in sourcing metal AM parts, talks about the ultimate in "support free:"  FreeFloating. How is it possible to release your parts from the build plate? What are the benefits of FreeFloating? How do you select parts for FreeFloating?  Hastings explains.

Today's machine tools and ancillary equipment are capable of gathering vast amounts of data. The question is how to analyze this data in order to develop ways to improve key processes. In this episode, Alan Rooks, Editor in Chief of Manufacturing Engineering magazine, talks with Andy Henderson, Vice of Engineering & Data Science for Praemo Inc. about how data analysis impacts manufacturing, the da...

Joe Szymanski, VP of sales and marketing at LK Metrology goes into detail about his firm's approach to Westec, including new products and services the company is offering and market segments in which it specializes. What sets LK apart from its competition? Find out here.

EMAG USA CEO Peter Loetzner reviews all that EMAG displayed at Westec in Long Beach—and describes the common challenges manufacturers face that EMAG offerings can solve. He also outlines the footprint of EMAG in North America.

At the Westec show in Long Beach, Calif., Cedric Hasenfratz, national sales manager at Zoller USA, explains what common challenges in manufacturing Zoller is determined to solve. He also goes over the company's approach to implementing tool-management solutions.

The Skills Gap in manufacturing is well documented. The question is what we are going to do about it. In this podcast, Alan Rooks, Editor in Chief of Manufacturing Engineering magazine, talks with Dean Steadman, CNC Education Program Manager for FANUC America, about how manufacturing is different than it was 20 years ago; the key challenges that need to be met to keep manufacturing strong; why it...

At the WESTEC show in Long Beach, Calif., Nicholas Kaczmarski, national sales manager at Beamer Laser Marking System, talks with Brett Brune, Editor in Chief of Smart Manufacturing magazine about branding updates and an increase in solutions offered to the marketplace. He discusses the challenges manufacturers are facing, and how Beamer can provide solutions to remove the obstacles in the way. And...

With metal-based additive manufacturing creating a lot of excitement and buzz, learning how to plan for and use it to best advantages is important. Andrew Carter, Senior Manufacturing Engineer for Stratasys Direct, the 3D printing manufacturing services company talks with Bruce Morey, Senior Technical Editor for Manufacturing Engineering magazine about the context and current best practices of met...

In today's metalcutting operations, optimization software plays a vital and growing role. In this episode, Alan Rooks, Editor in Chief of Manufacturing Engineering magazine, talks with Gene Granata, VERICUT Product Manager for CGTech, about the importance of optimization in metal cutting, how CGTech's VERICUT optimization software can be integrated with major CAM systems, how Force optimization is...

How is support-free breaking the rules of Designing for Additive Manufacturing? Dr. Zach Murphree, Vice President of Technical Partnerships at  Velo3d, talks with Chris Mahar, associate editor of  Manufacturing Engineering , about how Velo3d is enabling customers to print without the consideration of support structures, the types of applications it enables, and how it can actually improve the qual...

Hidden energy loss can exist even within the most efficiently ran facilities. In this podcast, Han Tran, Application Engineer at Fluke Corporation sat down with Associate Editor Chris Mahar to discuss how to translate your energy management to money in your pocket.  

With more than three decades' experience in manufacturing, 2019 SME President Mark Michalski has seen significant changes and remarkable technology advancements in his career. But it's what's coming in the next few years that most excites and impresses him. In this conversation with Chris Mahar, Associate Editor of Manufacturing Engineering magazine, Michalski looks back on his career, talks about...

As the old saying goes, "a picture is worth a thousand words." But the pictures created by Fluke cameras are worth so much more – saving time, money and helping employees work better. Justin Sheard, Principal Engineer for New Product Solutions and Sat Sandhu, Thermography Support Manager at Fluke Corporation sit down with Associate Editor Chris Mahar to explain. From acoustic cameras to thermal im...

When it comes to the flow of making something – from concept to design to ordering to production – manufacturing hasn't changed as much over the last 50 years as many may believe. Gregg Bigleman, PhD, vice president of North American Sales at Sandvik Applied Manufacturing Technologies, sits down with Chris Mahar, associate editor of  Manufacturing Engineering , to talk how new technologies can imp...

Relationships are the lifeblood of any organization and positively managing relationships is critical to successful sales. Adam Honig, founder and CEO of Spiro talks with Chris Mahar, associate editor of Manufacturing Engineering , about proactive relationship management and how AI is changing how manufacturing companies sell. Combining CRM, sales enablement and phone systems together are revoluti...

Metal additive manufacturing is changing the way manufacturing happens—expanding design and performance capabilities beyond what has traditionally been available. In this podcast, Chris Mahar, Associate Editor of Manufacturing Engineering magazine, talks with Ron Fisher, Vice President of Business Development at Sigma Labs about metal additive manufacturing and how their in-process nondestructive...

There have been important changes at manufacturing companies, and that has led to changes in how they approach tooling and workholding. In this podcast, Alan Rooks, Editor in Chief of Manufacturing Engineering magazine, talks with Paul Lewis, Regional Manager for BIG Kaiser Precision Tooling about changes in tooling and what managers need to consider even before they make the purchase, how manager...

Today, you can get almost anything you want near instantaneously – and now this immediate feedback is available for manufacturing. Greg Paulsen, director of applications engineering at Xometry, talks with Chris Mahar, associate editor of  Manufacturing Engineering , about the company's instant quoting process and manufacturing on-demand capabilities. Paulsen explains how manufacturers can benefit...

Manufacturers lose millions of dollars each year due to employee turnover. Jeannine Kunz, vice president at Tooling U-SME, talks with Chris Mahar, associate editor of  Manufacturing Engineering , about Tooling U-SME's recent "The True Cost of Turnover" report and the impact that employee turnover has on manufacturing productivity. In addition to talking about the impacts turnover has on manufactur...

Many people think that robots are putting people out of work. The real story is quite different. In this podcast, Alan Rooks, Editor in Chief of Manufacturing Engineering magazine, talks with John Lucier, FANUC Automation Manager for Methods Machine Tools, about the myths and reality of robotic automation, how automation can be used in high-mix low-volume manufacturing applications, how small shop...

Presetters have obvious benefits, yet many shops still set their tools on the machine. Why should they change the way they've always done things? In this episode, Alan Rooks, Editor in Chief of Manufacturing Engineering magazine, talks with Rob Salley, application engineer for Haimer USA, about this key topic, the new technology behind Haimer's Microset Presetters, and other toolholding technology...

Metalworking fluids are a key part of the manufacturing process, but many shops don't understand the critical importance of choosing the right fluid for their processes. In this podcast, Alan Rooks, editor in chief of Manufacturing Engineering magazine, speaks with Drew Borders, business development manager for Blaser Swisslube, about why metalworking fluids should NOT be thought of as a commodity...

In today's fast-paced business climate, manufacturers need all the help they can get in many different aspects of their operations—including marketing. In this podcast, Alan Rooks, editor in chief of Manufacturing Engineering magazine, talks with Damien Cabral, partner in TribalVision, about the marketing challenges facing manufacturing companies in today's business climate, why a company would wa...