Every year, Gardner Intelligence conducts a survey of machine shops in partnership with Modern Machine Shop. The Top Shops survey is a benchmarking tool that enables participating shops to compare ...

"We’ve long had automation in our company’s vision and road map for the future," Buikema said. "As we focus on the small and ...

These days, Steve Leighton gets two or three calls every week from employees he’s had to lay off asking when they can come back to work at H.T. Machine in Webster. Leighton, the company’s general ...

Machine shops present unique hazards distinct from those in laboratories or other work environments. Drexel University establishes safety requirements for all faculty, professional staff, and students ...

Robotic automation has the potential to revolutionize the machine shop, allowing machining shops to increase efficiency and productivity while reducing costs. With robots taking on more of the tedious ...

Machinists and programmers do essential work, so how can they perform their jobs safely, during and after Covid-19? For manufacturing businesses, the "New Normal" that settles into place after a ...

The interconnectedness of operations, spearheaded by the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT), has impacted everything from major manufacturers to the smallest machine shops, improving operational ...

The boring bar is the backbone of the machine shop, so it must be extremely accurate. This S24,000 Rottier locates the block off of the main-bearing saddles to guarantee squareness. Many older boring ...

Jewell Hudgens Machine Shop has quietly thrived in Lufkin — despite economic downturns and large city expansions — since 1947. Jewell Thomas Hudgens founded the machine shop, but Tom Billingsley ...

The Department of Manufacturing and Mechanical Engineering Technology maintains a machine shop with comprehensive facilities available to Michigan Tech students. The shop also offers machining and ...