Plan ahead by providing proper machine guarding equipment sooner rather than later; if not to prepare for future regulations, do it to keep employees safe. In the ever-evolving industrial world, new ...

Today’s productivity improvement goals, and the significant disparity in wages between U.S. manufacturing and lower-cost countries, require shops to use as much of a machine operator’s idle time as is ...

C. Jason Smith, Ph.D. Nowadays, we call them the good old days. You remember – when jobs were predominately straight forward, and practically all job site problems could be cured with simple, common ...

Remote control of construction equipment continues to gain acceptance as the technology continues to advance. In addition, semi-autonomous features are emerging and autonomous construction machines ...

As part of Machine Design’s 90 th anniversary issue in January, we’ve asked industry experts to take a look at the present and future of technology and how it will impact the design and operation of ...

What’s in a uniform? A lot more than company branding and cotton. The manufacturing industry relies on team attire in several respects beyond mere aesthetics, with safety being a particularly ...

There are a few key yet simple operational tips that every operator can use to get more uptime, better results and even increased safety with backhoe operation. In the most basic sense, a ...