January 22, 2014 - Volume 08 Issue 02 |
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Mars Exploration Rover Still Rolling 10 Years After Launch This month, NASA and the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum (NASM) in Washington are sponsoring events to commemorate 10 years of roving across the Red Planet by the Mars Exploration Rovers (MER). Read how you can take part in the anniversary celebration. Also, take a trip down memory lane with Tooling & Production's original article in 2004 that described how CADCAM technology from GibbsCAM played a major role in the project. Full Article |
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New York Precision Parts Manufacturer Rises From the Ashes Anticipating a change in market demand, T & L Automatics took a big step -- from screw machine work to advanced multi-axis CNC machining. That risky decision, and the entire business, nearly went up in smoke when fire struck a couple years ago. But owner Tom Hassett wasn't thwarted. Thanks in part to his newly purchased Eurotech Elite lathes, his vision for growth was not about to be scorched. Full Article |
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