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View All →The Downtime | Episode 40: For the Love of Motion
The latest episode of The Downtime podcast blends industry insight, innovation talk and a little Valentine’s D...
Read the January/February 2026 issue of Plant Engineering
There are many factors involved when selecting appropriate light fixtures for industrial environments. Read th...
The Downtime | Episode 39: The Snow Must Go
This week on The Downtime podcast, our hosts Sarah Wynn and Sheri Kasprzak convey their feelings about materia...
Why workers resist safety gear and how to change it
Industrial and manufacturing employees require safety gear on the plant floor. Learn four ways to encourage PP...
Compensation is up, but junior staff numbers are down
Manufacturing pay is rising, but not evenly and not without risk. The post Compensation is up, but junior sta...
How to align OSHA, NFPA 70E for electrical safety
Electrical safety is key within various manufacturing and industrial plants. The post How to align OSHA, NFPA...
Nuclear startups are back in vogue with small reactors, and big challenges
Small modular reactor startups are betting that mass manufacturing will help them bring costs down. But are th...
Our New Years Wish is to Hide in a Giant Pokéball
Between the news, the world situation, and the inevitable family stresses that come this time of year, well — ...
3D Printed PC Case Focuses On Ease Of Access
There are all kinds of fun, glowing PC cases on the market these days. However, if you want something that foc...
Pause Print, Add Hardware, and Enjoy Strength
3D Printing is great, but it is pretty much the worst way to make any given part– except that every other tech...
Cheap 3D Printer Becomes CNC Wood Engraver
3D printers are built for additive manufacturing. However, at heart, they are really just simple CNC motion pl...
Make Your Own Tires For RC Cars
You can buy a wide range of RC car tires off the shelf. Still, sometimes it can be hard to find exactly what y...
Laser Cutter Plus CYMK Spraypaint Equals Full-Color Prints
This is one of those fun hacks that come about from finding a product and going “I wonder if I could…” — in th...
Bearings for Sendzimir-type cold rolling mills
Thanks to their compact yet robust structure, Sendzimir cold rolling mills are capable of achieving significan...
Europe’s machine tool sector is facing a serious slowdown
In recent years, the European Association of Manufacturing Technologies warned that the machine tool industry ...
Franken-engine Plays Its Own Swan Song at 15k RPM
Back during WWII, Chrysler bodged five inline-6 engines together to create the powerful A57 multibank tank eng...
Necroprinting Isn’t As Bad As It Sounds
A mosquito has a very finely tuned proboscis that is excellent at slipping through your skin to suck out the b...
How to Make Big Cabinets on a Small CNC Router
It’s easy to build big wooden furniture if you have a massive industrial CNC router, but few of us are so luck...