Data Visibility Boosts Beryllium Shop’s Revenue
Consistency is key for beryllium manufacturing, so the data visibility granted by Harmoni has swiftly become a vital, profitable tool in the shop’s arsenal.
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Four Automation Technology Trends
Robotic technology is advancing, enabling manufacturers to automate more tasks than ever before.
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Increasing Productivity with Digitalization and AI
Job shops are implementing automation and digitalization into workflows to eliminate set up time and increase repeatability in production.
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Tips for Fine-Tuning RPM
Thoughtful considerations will set you on a shortened path to the most optimized solution once cutter meets metal.
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A Personal IMTS Retrospective
Peter Eelman’s first job out of college in 1980 put him at IMTS as an exhibitor. He’s been running the show since 1996. This year’s event is his last.
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Seeing, Fulfilling Production Machine Shop Needs
What might you have noticed in someone else’s machine shop from which you could benefit from in yours? You likely will see it or something similar at IMTS.
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Custom Motorcycle Parts Made Here: Video Tour of a Family-Owned CNC Machine Shop
Lee Wimmer invited us to tour his second-generation family-owned machine shop in Perkasie, PA. This video explores the production processes behind precision-machined parts for both Wimmer Custom Cycle and LS Wimmer Machine Co., and shows how ingenuity and determination are still at the heart of American manufacturing. Today, both companies are now managed by Wimmer’s three sons.
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Have you Shown Your Value to Customers?
Showing your shop’s value is about more than simply offering the best price.
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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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Monaghan Tool Supports High-Production Reaming Applications
The Diatool Top Speed Disc features a solid reamer body with multiple connections to produce tolerance stack up.
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Kyocera Milling Tool Provides Versatile Cutting Performance
The MB45 series is designed to deliver the low cutting force benefits of positive inserts and the fracture resistance of negative inserts.
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Mitsui Seiki Appoints Directors of Sales East, West
Mitsui Seiki USA Inc. appoints Joseph Farkas as its director of sales West and Terry Ritterbush as its director of sales East.
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Walter Turning Toolholder Features Flexible Coolant Connection
The Walter Turn toolholder features rake-face cooling to help break and control chips, and double flank-face cooling directly at the cutting edge to extend tool life.
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Ceratizit Appoints Business Development Leader for Oil & Gas Sector
Ceratizit USA announces it has appointed Carlos Garza as its business development leader for the oil and gas industry sector.
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Fryer Machining Centers Boost Stability, Performance
Fryer Machine Systems Inc. presents its TC Series of CNC machining centers for high-performance cutting, accuracy, reliability and ease of use.
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