The Department of Manufacturing and Mechanical Engineering Technology maintains a machine shop with comprehensive facilities available to Michigan Tech students. The shop also offers machining and ...

Running a small machine shop can lead to a fulfilling career, but the owner or owners need to start the business on the right foot by choosing the best business structure for the new company. Business ...

Depending on its output, a machine shop’s loadout details will vary from one operation to the next. Still, many of the health risks are universal, appearing in every shop. What are the most common ...

THE AMERICAN MACHINIST 2006 benchmark survey of the U.S. machine shop industry helped to uncover and determine shops that are using the ideas of systematic measurement and business improvement methods ...

A small machine shop business can do general metal repair work or it can design prototype pieces for special orders. As the owner you decide what type of work you want to do and then figure out a way ...

Gaining a competitive advantage begins with understanding the industry and assessing current standings against modern manufacturing challenges. In 2024, machine shops faced an evolving set of ...

Building a good quality machine shop may seem to present a chicken-and-egg problem, at least for anyone not willing to mortgage their home for the money needed to buy all of these tools new. Namely, ...

HEIDENHAIN is a world-leading provider of encoders, machine controls, touch probes, digital readouts and metrology solutions—empowering engineer...READ MORE The heart of the shop’s machining ...

To attract and assist outstanding experimentalists and hands-on undergraduate and graduate students, the physics department maintains a dedicated machine shop to support the research and teaching ...