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Aerospace sector ready for take-off: CBOC
- Jun 3, 2011
- Metalworking
- News Release
OTTAWA—The Canadian aerospace industry is set to recover in production and revenues over the next two years thanks to more business and consumer spending on air travel. But the strong Canadian dollar will limit industry profitability, according to The Conference Board of Canada's Canadian...
New Ford engine goes small
- Jun 3, 2011
- Metalworking
- News Release
DEARBORN, Mich.—Ford Motor Co. will introduce its smallest engine ever by 2013 as part of an industry-wide race to better fuel economy. Ford says it's working on a one-litre, three-cylinder engine for small cars. The company has not revealed which cars will get the new engine, but it will be...
Keeping your edge
- Jun 3, 2011
- Metalworking
- News Release
It has been a long, hard decade for Canada’s mouldmakers. Offshore competition, fluctuating currency values and a recession combined to turn the industry on its head. We asked Tony Grossi, president of Garrtech Inc. in Stoney Creek, ON, how his company weathered the storm. “Mouldmakers...
Understanding robotic guns
- Jun 3, 2011
- Automation and Software
- News Release
From high volume, low variety manufacturing facilities to low volume, high variety fabrication shops, robotic GMAW arc welding has become increasingly popular due to the potential weld quality and productivity improvements it can provide. Not only do these benefits make it an attractive investment...
Maximum turns: product report
- Jun 3, 2011
- Metalworking
- Product Release
DMG DMG’s CTX beta 1240 TC combines milling and turning technologies with an integrated disk magazine of 24 to 36 tools for fast tool exchange. The machine features an integration of a controlled slide with a B axis milling spindle for five axis simultaneous machining. X, Y and Z axis travels...
Maximum turns
- Jun 3, 2011
- Metalworking
- News Release
In 2000, Yamazaki Mazak Corp. introduced its “mother machine,” a futuristic machine tool it envisioned would be available in 2019 on the company’s 100th anniversary. With a spindle speed of 100,000 rpm and spindle acceleration of eight gs, this machine of the future would have the...
Metals heat up
- Jun 3, 2011
- Metalworking
- News Release
Mergers and acquisitions (M&A) activity in the metals sector has made quite the comeback. Backed by rebounding commodity prices and growing global thirst for resources, metals deal activity is on track to return to the level seen at the end of the 2006-2008 boom. The 2010 numbers are nothing...
No-drift Absolute Gauging
- Jun 3, 2011
- Measurement
- Product Release
Heidenhain Corp. has now packaged the ACANTO absolute length gauge with the ND 2100G Gage-Chek metrology readout for fixed gauging applications. The absolute length gauge eliminates gauge drift and improves linearity over the entire measuring envelope With its EnDat 2.2 technology, the device...
Ask the expert: multisensor technology
- Jun 2, 2011
- Measurement
- News Release
How do you define multisensor measurement technology? A multisensor system is one that integrates a combination of sensors, including touch trigger, scanning, laser and vision/video into one measurement platform, with all sensors being simultaneously calibrated and accessible through a single...
Rocky recovery
- Jun 2, 2011
- Metalworking
- News Release
Last year, it seemed the Canadian auto industry had successfully navigated out of the doldrums caused by the economic recession, bankruptcies and government bailouts. Output rose spectacularly at all the firms that assemble vehicles on Canadian soil, with production passing the two million vehicle...
Perfect booth
- Jun 2, 2011
- Fabricating
- News Release
In the April 2010 issue of Overspray, we looked at the basics of designing an efficient powder spray booth. Overspray decided to revisit spray booth design to discover how designs are changing to meet the finishing market’s needs. What would be the main features of the perfect booth? Some...
Clear cut: waterjet cutting
- Jun 2, 2011
- Metalworking
- Product Release
Flow Flow International Corp. has released Dynamic Waterjet XD, fast and accurate bevelling for 3D and 2D waterjet cutting technology. Now the benefits of Dynamic Waterjet are available for complex multi-dimensional cutting. By incorporating SmartStream technology, the Dynamic Waterjet mathematical...
Clear cut
- Jun 2, 2011
- Fabricating
- News Release
When the plant management team at Alco Industrial Equipment in Edmonton, AB, sat down to discuss changes in its fabricating operation, it wanted to cut costs, improve product quality and deliver faster turn around for its customers. It realized those goals and more when it purchased a MultiCam 6000...
Floor space
- Jun 2, 2011
- Metalworking
- News Release
“We primarily use the HRDC [Human Resources Development Canada] Job Bank website, because newspaper advertising is so expensive. The results have been pretty decent. We can do prolonged searches for just the right people at no cost. We will possibly try Kijiji next time, again because...
Of Ice Packs and Ibuprofen
- By Joe Thompson
- Jun 1, 2011
- Management
- Blog Post
Wind power is not necessarily all it's cracked up to be. A recent windstorm that swept through southern Ontario a few weeks ago not only relieved my house of some of its shingles, but also taught me several valuable lessons. Among them is the fact that I'm not in as good of shape as I think I am....
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