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Intelligent fault playback and fault simulation technology

Adaptive control technology of machining process: through monitoring the cutting force, power, current, voltage and other information of the spindle and feed motor in the process of machining, the traditional or modern algorithm is used to identify the force, wear and damage status of the cutting tool and the stability state of the machine tool, and adjust the processing parameters (spindle speed, feed speed) in real time according to these states In order to improve the machining accuracy, reduce the surface roughness and improve the safety of the equipment operation, the equipment is in the best operation state;

(2) Intelligent optimization and selection of processing parameters: the experience of process experts or technicians and the general and special laws of parts processing are used to construct the intelligent optimization and selector of processing parameters based on expert system or model. The optimized processing parameters can be obtained by using it, so as to improve the programming efficiency and processing level, and shorten the production preparation The purpose of time;

(3) Intelligent fault self diagnosis and self repair technology: according to the existing fault information, the application of modern intelligent methods to achieve rapid and accurate fault location;

(4) Intelligent fault playback and fault simulation technology: it can record all kinds of information of the system, replay and simulate all kinds of errors and accidents of CNC machine tools, so as to determine the causes of errors, find out solutions to problems, and accumulate production experience;

(5) Intelligent AC servo drive device: it can automatically identify the load and automatically adjust the parameters of the intelligent servo system, including intelligent Spindle AC drive device and intelligent feed servo device. The driving device can automatically identify the moment of inertia of the motor and load, and automatically optimize and adjust the parameters of the control system, so that the drive system can get the best operation;

(6) Intelligent 4m numerical control system: in the manufacturing process, the integration of processing and testing is an effective way to realize rapid manufacturing, rapid detection and rapid response. Measurement, modeling, manufacturing and machine operation (namely 4m) are integrated into one system to realize information sharing and promote measurement, modeling and addition Integration of tooling, clamping and operation.

  1. Open system

(1) Open to the future technology: because the software and hardware interfaces follow the recognized standard protocol, only a small amount of redesign and adjustment is needed, the new generation of general software and hardware resources may be adopted, absorbed and compatible by the existing system, which means that the development cost of the system will be greatly reduced, and the system performance and reliability will be continuously improved and will be in a long life cycle;

(2) Open to users’ special requirements: update products, expand functions, provide various combinations of hardware and software products to meet special application requirements;

(3) Establishment of numerical control standard: a new CNC system standard iso14649 (STEP-NC) is being researched and formulated internationally to provide a neutral mechanism independent of specific system, which can describe the unified data model of the whole product life cycle, so as to realize the standardization of product information in the whole manufacturing process and even in various industrial fields. The standardized programming language is not only convenient for users to use, but also reduces the labor consumption directly related to operation efficiency.

6-drive parallelization

Parallel motion machine tool overcomes the inherent defects of traditional machine tool series mechanism, such as high mass of moving parts, low system stiffness, tool can only feed along fixed guide rail, low degree of freedom of operation, and insufficient flexibility and mobility of equipment processing The length of the rod enables the platform supported by the bar system to obtain the corresponding degree of freedom movement, which can realize multi coordinate linkage NC machining, assembly and measurement functions, and can meet the processing of complex special parts. It has the advantages of high modularity, light weight and fast speed of modern robot.

As a new type of processing equipment, parallel machine tool has become an important research direction of current machine tool technology. It has been highly valued by the international machine tool industry. It is considered as “the most significant progress in the machine tool industry since the invention of numerical control technology” and “a new algebraic control processing equipment in the 21st century”.

  1. Extreme (large scale and miniaturization)

The development of national defense, aviation and aerospace and the large-scale of energy and other basic industrial equipment need the support of large-scale and good performance CNC machine tools. Ultra precision machining technology and micro nano technology are strategic technologies in the 21st century, and new manufacturing processes and equipment that can adapt to micro size and micro nano machining accuracy need to be developed. Therefore, the demand for micro machine tools, including micro cutting (turning, milling, grinding) machines, micro electro machining machines, micro laser machining machines and micro presses, is gradually increasing.

  1. Information exchange networking

For the enterprises facing fierce competition, it is very important to make CNC machine tools have bidirectional and high-speed network communication function, so as to ensure the smooth flow of information among various departments in the workshop. It can not only realize the sharing of network resources, but also realize the remote monitoring, control, training, teaching and management of CNC machine tools, but also realize the digital service of CNC equipment (remote diagnosis and maintenance of CNC machine tools, etc.). For example, Japan’s Mazak company has launched a new generation of processing center equipped with an external device called e-tower, including computers, mobile phones, external and internal cameras, which can realize the communication failure alarm of voice, graphics, video and text

Computer gong processing and maintenance

The high integration electronic components, chips and VLSI are the guarantee of reliability for large-scale machining equipment. Many functions are implemented by software, which reduces the number of hardware. Rich fault diagnosis and protection functions (mostly implemented by software), can reduce the frequency of system fault occurrence and repair time after failure.

  1. Convenient for processing, using and maintaining computer gongs

Easy to operate: the user of computer gong processing can operate correctly only according to the prompt of menu. Programming convenience: it has many functions of programming, automatic verification of program and simulation. Maintenance and maintenance is convenient: some daily maintenance work is carried out automatically (lubrication, regular inspection of key parts, etc.), and the self diagnosis function of CNC machine tool can quickly realize the accurate fault location.

  1. Computer gong processing is easy to realize Mechatronics

The volume of control cabinet of numerical control system is small (the number of hardware is reduced by computer; the integration degree of electronic components is higher and higher, and the hardware is decreasing constantly), which makes it possible to combine it with machine tool physically, reduce the floor area and facilitate operation.

  1. The computer gong processing has flexibility and universality

The function of machining equipment of mechanical parts is mostly realized by software, and the software and hardware adopt modular structure, which makes the modification and expansion of system function more flexible. The basic configuration of the machining equipment is universal. Different CNC machines only have specific function modules to realize specific control functions.

  1. Computer gong processing has rich numerical control functions

Interpolation function: quadratic curve, spline, spatial surface interpolation

Compensation function: motion accuracy compensation, random error compensation, nonlinear error compensation, etc

Human machine dialogue function: dynamic and static tracking display of processing, advanced man-machine dialogue window

Cutting conditions of computer gongs

According to the user’s processing material, hardness, cutting conditions, material selection, feed and cutting depth, the cutting speed is used.

Based on the selection of the most suitable process conditions, these factors are selected. Regular life and stable wear are the most ideal conditions.

However, in practice, the selection of tool life and tool wear, through machining size, surface quality, noise reduction, heat and so on. Under certain processing conditions, it is necessary to study CNC machining according to the actual situation. Difficult to machine materials such as stainless steel, heat-resistant alloy, can use coolant or choose a good rigid blade.

Reasonable selection of cutting tools

1。 Rough rotation, should choose high strength, good durability knife, in order to meet the large car turning, feedback.

2。 The essence of automobile is to select high precision, durable and good cutting tools to ensure the machining accuracy.

3。 Reduce the conversion time and knife convenience, should try to use machine knife and machine clip blade.

Select fixture

1。 General fixture should be selected to clamp workpiece as much as possible, and special fixture should be avoided;

2。 The coincidence of parts positioning datum reduces the positioning error.

Determine the processing route

Machining path is the part of tool path and direction relative to each other in the process of exponential control.

1。 It should be able to meet the requirements of machining accuracy and surface roughness;

2。 Shorten the processing route as far as possible and reduce the idle travel time of the tool.

Development trend of five axis machining

The leading machine tool manufacturer is planning a machining center in 2018, which will be a universal five axis machining center. It will be able to automatically deliver materials to the output of finished products, rough and finish machining, hardening treatment, superfinishing, automatic detection and automatic calibration of five axis machining. The equipment will pay attention to environmental protection and energy conservation of five axis machining, It functions with the characteristics of the 21st century are absolutely indispensable. The equipment will exchange information with the outside world through the network and obtain the latest technological achievements. Human wisdom will be fully displayed in the high-tech product processing center.

The five axis machining center has a variety of structures, mainly used for impeller and blade processing. Five axis machining is also one of the key exhibits in each International Machine Tool Exhibition.

For example, five axis machining was held at the 11th China International Machine Tool Exhibition (CIMT 2009), demaji, Germany( DMG (dmg) Co., Ltd. is the supplier with the most varieties of five axis machining centers. There are a wide variety of machining centers on display, including multi axis machining centers (including two linkage of milling head and two linkage of worktable), five axis machining column moving type and worktable moving type, column and bed split type (duoblock) and column and bed casting

Five axis machining talents

When it comes to five axis machining, this is a new technology machinery in the hardware industry, and there are few talents for five axis machining in China. For the five axis machining technology is also early introduced from other countries, a large domestic blank talent. Based on the basic salary of Shenzhen in 2018, an ordinary CNC master should have a salary of 6000 to 8000 a month. Then a master of five axis processing has at least 10000 to 12000 wages a month. Because the industry is short of Pan talents, the salary is more expensive than the general CNC master.

Prospect of CNC processing industry

CNC is also called computer gong, cncch or CNC machine tool. In fact, it is a kind of name in Hong Kong. Later, it was introduced into the Pearl River Delta of the mainland. It is actually a CNC milling machine. In Guangzhou, Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Shanghai, there are people called “CNC machining center”. CNC, milling machine, CNC machining, CNC milling machine, etc. Today we will talk about the prospect of CNC processing industry.

As an industry widely used in the market for mold processing and production, with the development of market economy, the decline of demand and the increase of peer competition pressure, technological breakthrough or price war is urgent.

1、 From the technical reform, the future development center must make a breakthrough from the most basic technology, realize the multi-directional upgrading from the mechanical and operational aspects, and achieve the technical update of the industry. Only with unique technology can we better cope with the future competition.

2、 In terms of service improvement, the competition in the industry is not only in technology, but also in service. Service is the relationship. If the service is done well, customers will continue to choose cooperation. Therefore, in the limited time, we should improve the service in essence.

Automotive Aftermarket for Brake Components Market Insights on Current Scope 2029

Fact.MR, in its latest business intelligence study, depicts the nuts and bolts of the global Automotive Aftermarket for Brake Components market. The Automotive Aftermarket for Brake Components report presents detailed information regarding the drivers, restraints, opportunities and trends affecting market growth. Each segment alongwith its sub-segment is analyzed in terms of value and volume. Further, the Automotive Aftermarket for Brake Components report elaborates the market behavior of each vendor operating in the Automotive Aftermarket for Brake Components market.

The Automotive Aftermarket for Brake Components report considers the following years to present the overall market growth:

  • History Year: 2014 – 2018
  • Base Year: 2018
  • Estimated Year: 2019
  • Forecast Year: 2019 – 2029

Key findings of the Automotive Aftermarket for Brake Components market study:

  • Regional breakdown of the Automotive Aftermarket for Brake Components market based on predefined taxonomy.
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  • Changing preferences among consumers across various regions and countries.
  • Factors (Positive and Negative) impacting the growth of the global Automotive Aftermarket for Brake Components market.

Global Automotive Aftermarket for Brake Components Market Segmentation

Automotive aftermarket for brake components market can be segmented on the basis of vehicle type, by product type and sales channel. On the basis of vehicle type, brake components can be segmented into passenger vehicle and commercial vehicles. On the basis of product type, brake components can be segmented into brake pads, brake rotors, brake discs, brake drums, brake hoses and brake caliper. On the basis of sales channel, brake components can be segmented into OES and IAM. Geographically, the global market for the brake components market can be segmented into seven regions, namely North America, Latin America, Europe, CIS & Russia, APEJ, Japan, and MEA.

 

On the basis of region, the Automotive Aftermarket for Brake Components market study contains:

  • North America (U.S., Canada)
  • Latin America (Mexico, Brazil, Argentina, Chile, Peru)
  • Europe (Germany, Italy, France, U.K, Spain, BENELUX, Nordic, Eastern Europe)
  • CIS and Russia
  • Asia-Pacific (China, India, ASEAN, South Korea)
  • Japan
  • Middle East and Africa (GCC Countries, South Africa, Turkey, Iran, Israel)

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  • Akebono Brake Industry
  • Brake Parts Inc. LLC.
  • Brembo S.p.A.
  • CARDONE Industries
  • Continental AG
  • APC Automotive Technologies
  • ZF Friedrichshafen AG
  • Federal-Mogul Motorparts LLC.
  • MAT Holding, Inc.
  • Power Stop LLC.

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How Bad Could It Get? Companies Gauge the Coronavirus Impact

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As the coronavirus outbreak spreads, the world’s biggest companies have begun painting a bleak picture of broken supply chains, disrupted manufacturing, empty stores and flagging demand for their wares.

The announcements by businesses like Mastercard, Microsoft, Apple and United Airlines offer a reading on how the virus is affecting consumer behavior and business sentiment. These corporate bulletins — and what executives do in response — could determine how much economic damage the outbreak inflicts and whether a recession looms.

Some companies have expressed optimism that governments will curb new infections and that consumer spending in Europe and North America will be largely unscathed. But if executives see a threat beyond the first three months of the year, they may pare planned investments and even start laying off workers. That, in turn, would further dampen economic activity.

The stock-market plunge this week, the steepest since the financial crisis, suggests that investors are bracing for a lot more bad news.

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“Everything is slowing down even more — and that has not been fully appreciated,” said Michael O’Rourke, chief market strategist at JonesTrading.

The correction in the S&P 500 stock index — a decline of 10 percent or more from a recent peak — was its fastest ever. In the midst of the sell-off, analysts at Goldman Sachs said they expected that the companies making up the S&P 500 would collectively show no profit growth this year. The bank had previously forecast a 6 percent increase in earnings.

A major vulnerability for businesses in the United States and Europe is their increasing reliance on China as a supplier and customer over the last 10 or 20 years.

 
 

 

ImageMicrosoft cut its sales forecast for a division that makes laptops and tablets after the outbreak hampered production.
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Since the Lunar New Year holiday in China a month ago, many workers have been homebound, disrupting factories that assemble electronics or make automotive parts. Microsoft said this week that the virus had hampered production of its laptop and tablet computers, and it cut its sales forecast for the division that makes those products, scrapping a projection it had issued just a few weeks earlier.

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The supply-chain problems have started to affect American homebuilders as well. A senior executive at Toll Brothers said the virus appeared to have delayed the supply of lighting parts.

At the same time, Chinese consumers are buying less. Apple said the closing of stores in China would depress sales of iPhones and other devices.

Mastercard cut its growth forecast in part because people are taking fewer international trips. Fear of the virus has prompted companies like Amazon and Nestlé to suspend international travel by some employees. That drop in demand, combined with their own concerns about the virus, has prompted United and other airlines in the United States and Europe to cancel flights to cities in China and elsewhere in Asia.

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On Friday, United said an investor briefing scheduled next week would be postponed until September. Citing concern over the virus, the airline said it “does not believe it is practical to expect that it can have a productive conversation focused on its long-term strategy.”

Companies may also struggle because investors are becoming more reluctant to lend them money. Appetite for new bonds, especially those issued by less-creditworthy businesses, has fallen off. Banks may also have to tighten lending standards. In a sign that investors believe the coronavirus concerns could hit banks hard, the stocks of the three largest U.S. banks — JPMorgan Chase, Citigroup and Bank of America — are all down by a lot more than the S&P 500 so far this year.

Of course, the coronavirus outbreak could end up resembling other brief shocks that have landed only glancing blows on companies and the stock market. These include the fiscal battles of the previous decade that consumed Washington and Wall Street for weeks at a time.

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And as recently as Friday, some companies were predicting that their sales would hold up just fine. Volkswagen, the German auto giant, said it expected deliveries this year to be “in line” with 2019. And Apple said conditions were gradually returning to normal in China. “It feels to me that China is getting the coronavirus under control,” Tim Cook, Apple’s chief executive told Fox Business on Thursday. “When you look at the parts that are done in China, we have reopened factories.”

Some Wall Street analysts have expressed optimism that the Federal Reserve and other central banks will cut interest rates to help offset the economic stress caused by the virus. Such cuts would help lower borrowing costs, giving consumers a fresh incentive to spend and businesses to invest.

Those hopes were buoyed when the Fed chair, Jerome H. Powell, unexpectedly issued a statement on Friday saying the central bank would “act as appropriate to support the economy.” Economists at Bank of America wrote on Friday that they expected the Fed to cut rates by half a percentage point at its March meeting “as a way to stem panic.”

Some companies are already talking about how much business will come their way when the outbreak begins to recede — including Las Vegas Sands, which has major interests in the Chinese gambling haven of Macau.

An executive at Las Vegas Sands, a casino operator in Macau, expects business to rebound when the outbreak subsides.
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“When it does resolve, Macau’s going to be very, very, very busy,” Robert G. Goldstein, the company’s chief operating officer, said in an earnings call last month.

Some analysts appear to be banking on warmer spring weather to curb the virus’s spread. “Fear will subside as the weather warms up, hopefully,” said Barry Bannister, head of equity strategy at Stifel.

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For now, though, investors seem to be expecting things to get worse. After finishing down 0.8 percent on Friday, the S&P 500 lost about 11.5 percent of its value this week, its worst one-week performance since the financial crisis of 2008.

Some investors sit on the sidelines when they feel unequipped to assess financial risks.

A big concern is that the virus will spread quickly in Europe and the United States, forcing consumers to stay home from work, not to mention avoiding stores, restaurants or other businesses.

In that case, an economic contraction could become inevitable. Should a recession develop, the Goldman analysts said, profits of S&P 500 companies are likely to fall this year by 13 percent. Such a decline could force companies to lay off employees and put off new investment.

Even before the coronavirus outbreak, business investment was already pallid in the United States. It fell in the last three quarters of 2019. Some analysts now expect more companies could soon announce reductions in their capital spending. “I think you will see that when they report their Q1 numbers,” Mr. O’Rourke of JonesTrading said.

A ‘Wartime Factory’ in Brooklyn Is Fighting Coronavirus

The old Navy Yard’s manufacturers, including printers and distillers, have pivoted to making urgently needed face shields and hand sanitizer.

During World War II, so many New Yorkers flocked to the Brooklyn Navy Yard to build warships that it was nicknamed the Can-Do Shipyard.

In recent years, it has become a hub of independently owned and innovative manufacturers that include artisanal distillers and industrial metal fabricators.

But with the coronavirus ravaging New York City, the old Navy Yard — one of few large manufacturing centers remaining in the city — is again pitching in during a national crisis as a hub for fighting the pandemic, producing desperately needed medical supplies, such as face shields, hand sanitizer and hospital gowns.

It has returned to “a wartime factory,” said Mayor Bill de Blasio as he toured a former shipbuilding hangar there on Thursday.

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This is what people had to do, in battles, in wars, all over this world when there weren’t going to be supplies coming from someplace else,” the mayor said. “They had to make their own. That’s what’s happening here in Brooklyn.”

That hangar had become an events space called the Duggal Greenhouse, part of Duggal Visual Solutions, a graphic display and printing company that typically makes printed glossy graphics for such brands as Estee Lauder and Coach

But with the greenhouse’s scheduled events canceled because of the coronavirus outbreak, the space has been repurposed as a factory for making disposable face shields. The operation includes more than 300 workers, many recently laid off from restaurant jobs or nonessential businesses that the state ordered to temporarily close.

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“This isn’t about making money. This is about helping put people back to work and helping front-line medical workers who are saving New Yorkers,” said Michael Bednark, whose custom fabrication company typically makes interior displays for restaurants and retailers including Heineken, Nike and Google.

Kings County Distillery, a small-batch whiskey and bourbon company, has begun distilling alcohol for hand sanitizer in partnership with EcoLogic Solutions, which makes green cleaning products, said David Ehrenberg, president of the Brooklyn Navy Yard Development Corporation.

“It’s the scale of the ecosystem here that makes this possible,” said Mr. Ehrenberg, who has been speaking with city leaders about pressing needs and how to overcome bureaucratic obstacles. “No one here could do it alone.”

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Because of the order for nonessential businesses to close, Mr. Bednark had shut his shop and laid off part of his work force of 120 employees. But with the desperate call for medical equipment, he and other manufacturers huddled with Mr. Ehrenberg.

“I said, ‘We’ve got to figure out something to do. I’m not going to go down with the ship,’” said Mr. Bednark, who pivoted to making shields, a new product for his company.

In a scramble over a couple of days, his prototype was approved by city health officials, who ordered a first batch of 120,000 shields.

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“We’re used to making quick products and making them very quickly with what’s available,” said Mr. Bednark, who procured plastic shields from a supplier in Long Island City, Queens, and elastic from a company in Manhattan’s garment district. A steady supplier in nearby Williamsburg came through with 360,000 foam strips with adhesive, as forehead cushions for the shields.

Mr. Bednark said he called many recently laid-off employees to come back on the job and hired an additional 150 workers. He teamed up with Mr. Duggal, who has 465 workers and plenty of production space at the yard.

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Workers who had been laid off have called back to work as the Navy Yard has become a makeshift factory for hospital supplies. 
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Duggal had also trimmed its staff recently. But then it started rehiring workers who began working long shifts making the shields.

Machines that had recently made sleek display stands for prominent brands were repurposed to help make thousands of shields a day.

Duggal sterilized its 35,000-square-foot greenhouse space to house multiple assembly lines. Workers wear masks and gloves and observe social distancing.

Since the city put out a request to local manufacturers for masks, shields, gowns and ventilators, officials said they have had more than 1,000 proposals.

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Garment district companies offered to make hospital gowns and some manufacturers proposed improvised ways to make ventilators, said Carl Rodrigues, a city official appointed by the mayor to mobilize local manufacturing of supplies to fight the outbreak.

“New Yorkers have really stepped up to the plate and found a way to produce things we never thought we could produce in 36 hours,” Mr. Rodrigues said, adding that over the next three months, local manufacturers are aiming to make up to 1.5 million face shields.

Mr. de Blasio, in a radio interview on Friday, praised the Navy Yard efforts.

“This is something that wasn’t made in New York City, that now people are just taken upon themselves to go and create to protect other people,” he said. “So, even with this pain, New Yorkers are stepping up in ways that are, like, unimaginable.”

Mr. Bednark said 50,000 shields would be delivered to the city over the weekend and an additional 70,000 by next Tuesday.

“It’s amazing to see New Yorkers respond to a crisis, from Hurricane Sandy to 9/11,” Mr. Duggal said. “You see the best of people, the way they band together.”

Global Trade Sputters, Leaving Too Much Here, Too Little There

WASHINGTON — Factories are idled. Workers are in lockdown. Goods are piling up at some ports, while elsewhere container ships sail empty. Dairy farmers are dumping their milk, while toilet paper aisles at the grocery store have been picked bare.

The spread of the coronavirus has disrupted global supply chains, leading to shortages and price increases that are cascading from factories to ports to retail stores to consumers. While factories in China have been slowly restarting as the country’s epidemic fades, many manufacturers in India, the United States and Europe are powering down, or running at partial capacity.

These disruptions in global trade could grow more noticeable in the months to come, as consumers hoard products and countries clamp down on exports of medical supplies and even food. Shoppers may see more shortages of unexpected products, including laptops, toilet paper and medicines. Some companies could find themselves lacking raw materials and components, a recipe for further financial trouble.

At the White House on Friday, President Trump said he was allocating at least $16 billion to American farmers, ranchers and agricultural producers to keep the American food supply stable.