Industry News for 08/2016

Researchers are developing a prototype welding system that will demonstrate the field deployment capabilities of flexible hybrid friction stir welding technology.

A 57-year-old maintenance worker was crushed fatally by a 4,000 pound machine part while performing maintenance inside of a sand core machine at a Warrensburg, Mont. aluminum foundry.

For the second straight month, job numbers in the U.S. economy were relatively strong, with each above the consensus estimate, according to the National Association of Manufacturers.

Pittsburgh-based Kennametal Inc. says it's cutting 1,000 jobs over the next 15 months, citing weak demand for the coal-mining and gas-drilling cutting tools it makes.

Applications are now being accepted for a machine tool training program at the Tennessee College of Applied Technology Elizabethton this fall.