3D printing technology is everywhere, from medical implants to aerostructures, and recently it's made its way to the Olympics. USA Luge teamed up with Stratasys, a supplier of additive manufacturing technology, to build customized racing sleds.

In January, President Donald Trump traveled to Davos, Switzerland, to speak at the annual World Economic Forum (WEF). His message: "America is open for business."

It is a common misconception among fabricators that bonding with two-part acrylic adhesives before powder coating cannot be successfully accomplished because high temperatures used in the process raise concerns about possible degradation of the cured adhesive. Engineers believed that their only options were rivet bonding, mechanical fasteners or welding.

There are many ways to perform destructive testing. The most helpful, and preferred by manufacturers, is to intentionally destroy an assembly in a controlled environment to determine the performance capability of one or more of its components. Another way, done unintentionally and all too often by consumers, is to simply misuse a product.

Electric vehicles may be all the rage now among automotive manufacturers, but golf car makers have been using the technology since the early 1950s.

Pfeiffer Vacuum is supplying turbo pumps and turbo pumping stations for use in the Large Hadron Collider (LHC). The world's largest and most powerful particle physics research device is operated by the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN).

WARREN, MI--Equipment supplier and systems integrator Eckhart Inc. is opening a 47,000-square-foot tech center here with an expansion plan that includes employing 170 or more workers in the next two years. The company plans to use the new facility to engineer and assemble the next generation of Autocraft autonomous guided carts, as well as operate a 3-D printing lab there.

Manufacturers KSM Log Homes Ltd. and AgJunction are located on opposite coasts of the United States and serve different industries. Nonetheless, they often face similar linear motion challenges with their equipment.