Manufacturing a pencil offers lessons in the complex realities of manufacturing as a whole. A seemingly simple combination of graphite and wood actually requires a phenomenal degree of global cooperation, as economist Leonard E. Read pointed out in I, Pencil. My family tree begins with what in fact is a tree, a cedar of straight […]

FRAME goes inside the production line of the Chevrolet Tahoe. Today on FRAME a feature on the Production lines of the Chevrolet Tahoe and other GM trucks. Check out how this American manufacturer is building its trucks in its multiple high-tech facilities around the United States.

  Today is Manufacturing Day, celebrated the 1st Friday of October. As an American manufacturer in the heart of Brooklyn, NY, Adafruit is proud to share our work. We love to let makers in on our manufacturing process, like with Advanced Manufacturing: Made in NYC content. Take some time today to learn more about manufacturing. […]

Zack of JerryRigEverthing goes behind the scenes at the Ford factory in Dearborn to see how the Ford F-150 Lightning is manufactured in this video: The body of the new truck is actually conveyed in from a separate building using above street passageways. SUPER cool.

AeroAstroMIT shared this video on Youtube! In the new Advanced Manufacturing for Aerospace Engineers course, students design, build, and test an electric rocket engine turbopump, preparing them for a career at the forefront of the aerospace industry. In just 13 weeks, students design, build, and test a laboratory-scale electric turbopump, the type of pump used […]

The American Precision Museum in Windsor, Vermont, was once the Robbins & Lawrence factory, which is considered to be the first U.S. factory to manufacture interchangeable parts. The factory was named a National Historic Landmark in 1966. In the 1960s, in response to a proposed razing of the building, Windsor resident Edwin A. Battison instead helped […]