Understanding Mechanical Vibrations in Machining
In machining, the structure of interest is a cutting tool connected to a tool post/turret and lathe or a toolholder, spindle and milling machine. The vibration of these structures is important to consider.
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Skipping the Dovetail Saves Setup Time for High-End Parts
Relying on crimping and sacrificial frames instead of dovetails cuts operations from Novo Modo’s high-end, high-mix work. What’s more, it supports the shop’s tight features and tighter tolerances.
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Can AI Automate Automation?
New hardware and software releases from Vention’s 2025 Demo Day, including some powered by AI, are designed to make advanced automation more accessible to manufacturers.
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Why Some CNC Shops Outperform Others With the Same Equipment
Five very different machining stories, one theme: top performance comes from process knowledge, not just equipment.
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5 Tips for Machining Nickel-Based Alloys
Choosing the right tools and processes can maximize tool life and reduce production time when machining these tough materials.
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- Strange But True: Odd Things That Happen With CNCs
- Order Of Operations Is Where Geometry Meets Judgement
- An Indicating Snap Gage Primer
- Machining for Downstream Success
- The Strategy Gap: Why U.S. Job Shops Must Close It From the Ground Up
- Measuring Distance With Surface Texture Systems
- Inside the Top Shops Program: How Benchmarking Identifies Industry Leaders
- Finding the Right Balance Between Productivity and Stability
- CAM Copilots and the Next Digital Shift in American Machining
- Gear Surface Texture Is More Important Than Ever
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Setting the Stage for Swiss Machining Success: Shop Tour Video
Nine machines, two machinists. What technologies have enabled Midway Swiss Turn to operate at this level of lean staffing? Find out in this shop tour.
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4+2 Machining Cuts Cycle Times From Days to Minutes
By moving from legacy jig bores and tilt tables to a milling and boring machine, Highland Manufacturing cut cycle times from days to minutes on high-tolerance, large-diameter parts.
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Preventing Spindle Crashes with Digital Twins
With only four machine tools, high-mix shop Novo Modo needed a surefire way to prove out programs and prevent spindle crashes. But when it adopted a CAD/CAM software with digital twin simulation capabilities, it found that its benefits ran even deeper than anticipated.
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Made in the USA - Season 2 Episode 6: Why, and How, Hardinge is Reshoring Machine Tool Production
In this episode of Made in the USA, several executives and senior staff at Hardinge give their first-person account of how they formulated the plan to shift the manufacturing of its milling and turning product lines from its Taiwan plant to its plant in Elmira, New York, the major challenges they encountered and the rewards that made it worth the effort.
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Made in the USA - Season 2 Episode 4: A Measured Approach
The L.S. Starrett Co. has been manufacturing precision measurement tools in Athol, Massachusetts, since 1880. Attention to U.S. manufacturing often focuses on reshoring manufacturing from other countries, but Starrett never left. The facility in Athol employs hundreds and produces thousands of tools that remain vital for measurement in machining and other fields.
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Made in the USA - Season 2 Episode 3: The Robots Come Home
The latest episode “Made in the USA” podcast explores a company that uses collaborative robots, one of the key tools helping US machine shops and other manufacturers compete with lower cost countries by automating production.
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Heule Tool Deburring Solution Enhances Main Bore Processing
Heule Tool introduces the Snap-X line, designed for advanced cross hole deburring of main bores with multiple intersecting bores at varying diameters and angles.
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Cetec ERP LLC introduces Document Scan & Attach and AP Automation tools to streamline paperwork and invoice processing for manufacturers.
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Sandvik Coromant introduces the GC1220 indexable milling insert grade, optimized for nodular cast iron with advanced coating technology for improved performance and reliability.
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Laser Photonics Laser Cutting System Provides Precision Tolerances
Laser Photonics introduces the STIF-3020 laser cutting solution for sheet metal, improving speed and precision in high-volume metalworking environments.
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Platinum Tooling Quick-Change Tooling System Boosts Machine Utilization
Platinum Tooling Technologies Inc. introduces the Haas multitool, designed to improve setup times and operational efficiency for CNC lathe users.
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