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Car Talk

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Submitted by joe feeley on Fri, 02/25/2011 - 22:31.

To finish out the week: This is nothing more than an expensive VW commercial, but you have to admit, it looks like a pretty slick place to build cars.

http://www.youtube.com/embed/nd5WGLWNllA?rel=0

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About That Innovation Post

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Submitted by joe feeley on Wed, 10/27/2010 - 17:52.

Got this response to my post about MAG's "no coolant" machining center. I'll repost the link to it below Dal's comments if you don't know what this about

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Innovation That Lives Up to the Word

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Submitted by joe feeley on Tue, 10/12/2010 - 19:34.

After doing a bit more snooping around to try to confirm the freshness of the joint project between MAS-IAS; Creare, the cryogenics experts; and the U.S. Navy, to build a titantium machining center that doesn't use tool coolant [that's what I said, it doesn't use coolant], and doubles the rate of titanium cutting [ that's in 2x ] and increases ridiculously tool life, I'm still thinking this is an important industrial innovation that actually lives up to the word.

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Is Sustainable Manufacturing Important to Your Customers?

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Submitted by kbonfante on Fri, 03/05/2010 - 17:06.

Sustainable manufacturing is a convenient word to collect all the energy and material saving initiatives that are applicable to manufacturing. Many initiatives already are routine as part of the mandate to build machines that are more efficient, more productive, and more flexible. But it's unclear what else is being practiced by machine builders. Can recyclable materials replace certain machine components, reclaimable at the end of machine life? Can you replace wire and cable with wireless alternatives? Is there a value proposition for you? If you can, even if you want to, is green manufacturing important to customers? Do you think you have a role to advocate for greener machines?

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