Automated Manufacturing & Machining Articles

Eighteen automated manufacturing students and four Penn College employees traveled to Elmira, New York, last week for an open house at Hardinge Inc., a leading international provider of advanced metal-cutting equipment.

The Gene Haas Foundation has awarded a $1 million grant to Pennsylvania College of Technology to facilitate renovations and upgrades to the college’s 12,200-square-foot automated manufacturing lab, which will be known as the Gene Haas Center for Innovative Manufacturing.

Working toward a welding badge Ken J. Kinley, an assistant professor of electronics, shares knowledge amassed through decades of industry and teaching experience. Scouts assess the world through the viewfinders on their digital cameras during a photography session with Mark W. Wilson, graphic design instructor. This year's Merit Badge College patch was created by Natalie K.

Under the watchful eyes of Webb (center) and Keating, Shatto demonstrates use of the RobotStudio software on the college’s YuMi dual-arm robot. ABB Robotics’ donation of more than $400,000 worth of industrial software brought WNEP-TV’s Chris Keating to Penn College's main campus on Thursday. Keating prepared a segment that premiered on Newswatch 16 at 5 p.m., featuring interviews with Bradley M.

A global technology company is supporting Pennsylvania College of Technology by providing students with access to valuable industrial robot software. ABB Robotics, a leading robotics and machine automation supplier, has donated its RobotStudio software, valued at over $400,000. The software supports student learning within the School of Engineering Technologies.

Making another impressive appearance at a time-honored winter venue, Pennsylvania College of Technology delivered a Wildcat's share of crowd-pleasing activities at the 2023 Pennsylvania Farm Show (Jan. 7-14) in Harrisburg.

Unloading their trailered vehicle are (from left) Daniel W. Bujcs, of Allentown, automated manufacturing technology; Isaac H. Thollot, of Milford, manufacturing engineering technology; and Baja SAE team leader Marshall W. Fowler, of Sellersville, engineering design technology. (Photo by Lorena Beniquez) RIDE magazine, a West Branch Life publication that was included in Jan.

Before starting her final semester this past week, Lauryn A. Stauffer returned to Bethlehem Area Vocational-Technical School while on holiday break as part of the "Rep Penn College" program coordinated by the Admissions Office. Under the initiative, begun during the 2021-22 academic year, students are provided training and supplies to take on the road for potential recruitment of future Wildcats.

A global manufacturing company’s generosity will enhance the hands-on education of Pennsylvania College of Technology students. Advanced Metallurgical Group recently donated more than $25,000 worth of industrial items – including gears, bearings, solenoids and air control valves – to benefit Penn College’s School of Engineering Technologies.

The funeral will be Friday for Kenneth C. Eck, 60, a longtime member of the machining faculty, who died Jan. 3. An adjunct instructor from August 1999 until his death, Eck earned Penn College degrees in machine tool technology (1983) and machinist general (1981). A Mass of Christian Burial will be at 11 a.m. Friday, Jan.