In the shadow of shuttered steel mills, Youngstown, Ohio, is becoming a hub to try new technologies for a new wave of manufacturing growth in America. Thanks to the Youngstown Business Incubator (YBI) and its longtime partner America Makes , the region is transforming into a national center for additive manufacturing (AM) innovation and workforce...
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A partnership with The Metallurgical Engineering Trades Apprenticeship & Learning (METAL) program, led by IACMI – The Composites Institute ® , is helping Tennessee Tech University’s Department of Manufacturing and Engineering Technology build the future of American metalworking and manufacturing one metal pour at a time.
The university recently...
The Advanced Robotics for Manufacturing, or ARM, Institute last week posted a request for proposals for a project to add functionality to the RoboticsCareer.org website. The national platform offers a database of training and education programs offered in the U.S. in alignment with the institute’s Robotics Competency Framework.
The ARM Institute...
“Hybrid electronics combine printed electronics with conventional electronics assembly,” Scott explained to IE.
“You literally print (like with an inkjet printer or other technologies) parts of the electronic system. And for the more complex parts, you integrate conventional semiconductor components,” he added.
This fusion of techniques allows...
CANFIELD America Makes, a Mahoning Valley-based national group focused on additive manufacturing, will host global stakeholders at its 13th yearly meeting in Canfield, on Aug. 5-6.
The event, called the Members Meeting & Exchange (MMX), will take place at Waypoint 4180, located at 4180 Westford Place, Canfield, OH 44406. Leaders from government...