May 2018
Departments:
- Editor’s page: Toyota pushes hybrid technology… no not that one
- News: Tesla Model 3 still caught in Musk’s ‘production hell’
- Regulations: Trump administration moves to lower fuel economy standards
- Featured product: Versatile, nonferrous metal plate saw
- Metals Infographic: 4 steps to reduce carbon output with aluminum
- Motion, design, automation: Material handling automation package
- Autonomous: 8M autonomous cars in use by 2025
- Components: Structural, glass bonding
- Cover shots: Composite forming press
- Production tools: Linear ball bearing pillow blocks, scraper seal
- Rearview: Electric drive ownership stagnates in California
Features:
- Grinding: Multi-function machining for hollow electric drive components
- Cover Story: From the racetrack to public streets
- Surface Finish: Optimizing body-in-white surface finish
- Robotics: 5 stages of human/robot interaction