Articles
Bar Pullers: A Lower-Capacity Alternative to Bar Feeders
For shops with limited space or funds, a bar puller may provide an effective and accessible way to automate a lathe.
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GBI: Metalworking March 2017 – 56.4
A third month of expansion reflects growth in virtually every significant metalworking sector.
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Vises Feature Grippers with Two Rows of Teeth for Pull-Down Efficacy
Eastec 2017: Fixtureworks highlights its TriMax vises and their ultra-low profile TriGrip carbide grippers.
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ISO Changes: Managing Risk
The new ISO 9001:2015 standard emphasizes risk assessment. Medical shops with ISO 13485 certification already manage this.
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What is a General-Purpose Electronic Height Stand?
Adaptable for many applications, this type of system offers several advantages over mechanical measurement solutions.
Read MoreApplying a Skills Matrix to Performance Review
Tracking an employee’s status in meeting key expectations can ease the overall review process.
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Advanced Material in Additive Manufacturing Produces Better Spinal Implant
A highly porous alloy makes it possible to build an implant that more closely imitates the structure of natural bone.
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Video: Pez Dispensers and Porcupines
Automation takes work. In this case, the challenge was ensuring zero-defect production without slowing the two-part-per-second through-feed grinding process.
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From Shop to Shop Management Software Provider
A co-founder of a machine shop that developed its own web-based shop management software explains why the decision was made to sell the shop and go into the software business.
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Adding Context to Advanced Milling
For all its focus on machines, cutters, parameters and tool paths, an expo hosted by Methods Machine Tools demonstrated that competitive hard milling increasingly requires looking beyond the workzone and even beyond traditional machining.
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Did Your Shop Recover from a Disaster? Tell Us Your Story
We’d like to do a series of articles looking at machining facilities that have risen up from a setback involving significant loss or damage to the shop. Could be fire, flood, etc.—we want to hear your comeback story!
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Air-Powered Spindles Enable 50,000-rpm Milling
Eastec 2017: Air Turbine Spindles’ new 50,000-rpm 660 series is said to dramatically reduce cycle time and machine spindle wear in applications ranging from micromachining to heavy-duty milling in tool steel, titanium, ceramics or Inconel.
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