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Manufacturing Industry: Skill Gap & Gender Gap

Over the past 20 years, the manufacturing industry in the US has evolved greatly due to the increase in global…

Remanufacturing: A New Type of Manufacturing

What do you mean a new type of manufacturing? Manufacturing is creating a product out of raw material, labor, machines,…

Sheet Metal Punching vs. Stamping

Those who are not familiar with the sheet metal world can often confuse the difference between sheet metal punching and…

ITAR vs. EAR Compliance

When dealing with the manufacturing, sales, and distribution of technology in the US, the subject of exporting usually always comes…

Shifts in American Manufacturing

Since the recession, the United States has slowly but surely been making a comeback to the manufacturing sector. Over the…

Conflict Minerals Explained

If you are in the manufacturing world, you have probably heard of the new disclosure and reporting requirements for Conflict…

Realistic Manufacturing Quantities

"I'd like a quote for 1, 5, 25, 50, 100, 1000." I'm sure you've seen or heard people request quantities…

Top 5 Benefits of Using Off-The-Shelf Items

The process of designing metal parts is time consuming in itself. As we all know, time is money, and one…

Advantages and Disadvantages of Automation in Manufacturing

[gallery ids="717,716,197"] In the past 20 years, technology has changed the nature of manufacturing. In the old days, manufacturing and…

Material Grain Direction

One thing some engineers forget about when designing a sheet metal part is the material grain direction. During the fabrication…