Area students compete in annual Precision Machining Competition
Updated 5/24/2021 1:14 PM
More than 50 students from nine northern Illinois high schools competed May 13 in the Technology & Manufacturing Association s 29th annual Precision Machining Competition.
The annual contest encourages students to pursue high-skill, high-paying, high-demand careers in advanced manufacturing. Even with the COVID-19 restrictions that this year s participating schools had to fight through, many students remained focused on competing to help advance their careers in the manufacturing and technology fields to further equip them with the skills to produce goods for people around the country and world.
Emblematic of the manufacturing sector s perseverance during the pandemic, these hardworking students created more than 65 projects showcasing their skills in CAD design, sine bar, grinding vice, CNC turning, CNC milling, CNC CAM, CNC programming, and other abilities and techni
50 northern Illinois high school students awarded at TMA s Precision Machining Competition in Schaumburg
Updated 5/14/2021 10:43 PM
Over 50 students from nine northern Illinois high schools competed May 13 in the Technology & Manufacturing Association s 29th annual Precision Machining Competition.
The annual contest encourages students to pursue high-skill, high-paying, high-demand careers in advanced manufacturing. Even with the COVID-19 restrictions that this year s participating schools had to fight through, many students remained focused on competing to help advance their careers in the manufacturing and technology fields to further equip them with the skills to produce goods for people around the country and world.
Emblematic of the manufacturing sector s perseverance during the pandemic, these hard-working students created more than 65 projects showcasing their skills in CAD design, sine bar, grinding vice, CNC turning, CNC milling, CNC CAM, CNC progr