Articles

Economics

Supply Chain and Employment Activity Sustain Index

The Metalworking Index’s component movement indicates maturing expansion.

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Special 90th Anniversary Issue

The June 2018 digital edition of Modern Machine Shop covers topics such as die/mold machining and circle-segment tools. This issue also looks back at nine decades of covering machining practices.

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ERP Systems That Grow with Your Business

A shop control system must be able to adapt as a shop changes its equipment or workflow, or if it adds new business units. The key is finding a cloud-based ERP system that grows with your business over time. (Sponsored Content)

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MMS Looks Back: 1930s - Machine Shops Take a Belting in the Depression

Even when harsh economic conditions have business at a creep, manufacturing methods and shopfloor practices must move forward. The means of powering machine tools is a case in point. This article is part of our 90th anniversary series.

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An Introduction to Our Collection of Articles Celebrating the Magazine’s 90 Years: MMS Looks Back

We consider technologies that have been important through each of our nine decades so far.

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A Celebration of Serving Manufacturing for 90 Years: MMS Looks Back

A brief history of Modern Machine Shop and its contribution to the industry.

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Basics

Helping Machine Operators with Math

Requiring machine operators to perform calculations repeatedly has a negative impact on productivity.

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Form Ceram Offers Ceramic 3D Printing Services

The lithography-based ceramic manufacturing process enables 3D printing of solid, smooth ceramic parts. 

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Max Out Cutting Tool Utilization with Micro Milling Inserts

Don’t be fooled by their size. Nano- and micro-size end mills and drills made from solid-carbide rod have opened the door for better utilization of small inserts used to produce miniature parts and compact components.

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Basics

Holding Size with Tight Tolerances

Tolerances of less than 25 microns can be challenging to achieve and hold. Here are some suggestions for holding them for multiple workpieces.

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Buying a Lathe: Turrets and Live Tooling

When buying a lathe, after considering what sorts of workpieces the machine must be prepared to handle, it’s time to ponder tooling options. 

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Using Data to Do Better in Manufacturing

Although the Smart Manufacturing Experience 2018 event in Boston may not have provided a simple, clear definition of “smart manufacturing,” it did provide a broad experience of what smart manufacturing can be like.

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