The conversion of machined parts to powdered metal and cast parts comes at the same time that manufacturers face almost no-tolerance for defects and demand for high throughput
Members of NASA's Space Flight Leadership Council, which is charged with the oversight of the agency's Return to Flight efforts, has set a target window for the next flight of the Space Shuttle to no earlier than March 2005.
JEOL USA Inc., a supplier of electron microscopes and analytical instruments, named Dr. Thomas Isabell assistant product manager for the company's line of transmission electron microscopes (TEMs).
A recent report from the Institute for Supply Management seems to bear out the idea that factory productivity is continuing to increase, for the ninth straight month, despite a limited hiring of workers.