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Miniature Steam Train sets Guinness World Record | Vesconite Bearings

·December 23, 2019

Doreen, the Record Breaking Locomotive - Pierre Retief Photograph The team that was awarded the Guinness World Record in 2017 for the longest distance covered by a miniature steam train…

STEM Education

Mack Molding Puts the E in STEAM at Arlington’s Fisher Elementary 

·December 22, 2019

Fourth graders in Charlie Cummings Fisher Elementary School Class watch a Cubelets robot created by Mack Molding Engineering Team Leader Ann Weddell drive across the floor. Company Helps Fourth Grade…

Workforce

Workforce Generator Gets Motivated People into the Workforce ASAP

·December 22, 2019

Workforce Generator is all about helping people to discover the careers they’ll love, and helping companies to find the motivated and talented people they need. We spread the word about…

Manufacturing

Sierra College Hosts US Dept. of Defense Project MFG™ Challenge

·December 19, 2019

Manufacturing teams from Kennedy High School, Rocklin High School and Yuba College participated in Project MFG™: Next Generation Manufacturing™ Challenge held at Sierra College. Kennedy High School team wins Project…

Manufacturing

Connecting Young Women to Manufacturing Role Models

·December 19, 2019

TMA News Bulletin - NOV/DEV 2019 - Cover Photo with permission More and more middle school girls are showing interest in science, technology, engineering and math – the four basic…

STEM Education

Free Guide to Technical Writing Skills

·December 16, 2019

By Dave DeWitt, Editor ManufacturingStories® In STEM related careers being able to communicate effectively in writing is critical. In my early career I was a production engineer for a medical…

Manufacturing

Manufacturing Solutions Take Priority with New Hi-Grade Ownership | TMA

·December 15, 2019

Schaumburg’s Hi-Grade Welding and Manufacturing, LLC is celebrating its 50th year specializing in complicated weldments, custom sheet metal fabrications, CNC machining and assembly. Hi-Grade started a new chapter in June…

Manufacturing

Robots: Is the Future to be Feared? | TMA

·December 15, 2019

“Danger, Danger, Will Robinson!” were the words most people from the 1960s associated with robots. That automaton, known in the “Lost in Space” series simply as “Robot Robinson” is often…

STEM Education

California Community College Maker Initiative Releases Makerspace Impact Publication for Educators

·December 14, 2019

Free digital publication describes how educational makerspaces are preparing students to thrive in an innovation economy. December 5, 2019 (ROCKLIN, CA) California Community College Makerspace initiative (CCC Maker) has published California…