Hudson Valley One When one refers to manufacturing in the Hudson Valley, it’s usually in the past tense. The wealth of Kingston, Poughkeepsie, Newburgh and other cities and towns in the region was built on industry that peaked early in the last century, precipitously waned in the 1970s and, with the closing and downsizing of IBM’s plants, crashed in the 1990s. Yet manufacturing is by no means dead: Take the case of the Schatz Bearing Corporation.
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CNN Business The BMW group plant in Regensburg, Germany, manufactured approximately 320,000 vehicles in 2018. BMW says its use of technologies — from robotics to 3D printing to smart data analytics — meant it was able to cut the time needed to deploy new applications by 80% and reduce quality issues by 5%.
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Compressor Tech 2 The Timken Co. announced that renovations are complete and new services are operational at the Philadelphia Gear Southeast Regional gear repair facility in Birmingham, Ala. The expansion project included an isolated assembly bay, the addition of a retractable paint booth and a large industrial parts washer, all designed to facilitate a “clean assembly” environment.
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TCT Magazine Sometimes, if you want to see the most interesting stuff at a trade show, you ‘ve got to look past the curtain drops and flagship machines and dig a little deeper. This was the case with Xerox at last year’s Formnext where, through the company rightfully focused the spotlight on its newly acquired metal 3D printing technology, arguably one of the more interesting developments was a nozzle concept presented with a little less fanfare. It was also true of EOS, an additive manufacturing industry leader with comfortably one of the biggest presences on the show floor, which amidst impressive developments around smart factor floors, debuted a new technology with benefits that are very much in the details.
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Packaging Strategies NORD Gear Corporation, a leader in drive technology, is in the midst of two large expansion projects as demand for its industrial gear reducers, motors and variable frequency drives continues to grow. In addition to the previously announced 86,000 square-foot expansion to its U.S. headquarters in Waunakee, Wisconsin, the company is doubling the space of its satellite facility in Charlotte, North Carolina.
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Today’s Motor Vehicles Motorcoach provider ABC Cos., the U.S. distributer of Van Hool buses, is partnering with Colorado-based Lightning Systems to develop its zero-emission electric drivetrains. The companies will launch an electric vehicle (EV) powertrain repower of Van Hool models, including a T2145 highline touring coach and TDX high-capacity double-deck coach.
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Manufacturing.net German auto giant Daimler reportedly cut its 2020 production goal for its Mercedes-Benz electric SUV in half due to issues with its supply of battery cells. Reuters, citing a report from a German business publication, reported that the company sold about 7,000 of its EQC compact SUV in 2019 after initially hoping to produce about 25,000 in its first full year. The automaker also reduced its goal for 2020 EQC production from 60,000 to 30,000.
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Aerospace Manufacturing Tooling expert Walter GB is using a replaceable front end for its modular M4258 porcupine milling cutter for shoulder and face milling to combine the cost-effective benefits of rigid milling with those of indexable inserts.
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Nikkei Asian Review Hyundai Motor Group is remapping its growth strategy by expanding in India amid diminished prospects in the Chinese market. Hyundai, which is No. 2 in terms of market share in India, will leverage its competitive advantage to try to close the gap with market leader Maruti Suzuki India, and is set to increase manufacturing capacity in the country above 1 million vehicles this year.
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Gear Solutions Due to the complexity of spiral bevel gear machining, the cutting tools can be a significant cost of gear manufacturing. Unlike the price of the material, which is fixed by the market, the cost of tooling and subsequent re-grinding can be lowered through reducing tool wear and increasing tool life. Current methods for making these improvements include costly trial-and-error techniques. These can be expensive, time consuming, and may require use of production equipment, disrupting work-flow and product delivery.
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AGMA Join more than 300 of your industry peers at the Disney’s Grand Floridian Resort & Spa at Lake Buena Vista, Florida, March 19-21. Come to the one meeting where you can gather resources to grow every aspect of your company while staying up to date on the latest happening in the gear and bearing industries. Oh, and we tend to have some fun along the way!
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