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Economics

Gardner Business Index: Metalworking July 2016 – 45.3

If we ignore the spike earlier this year, the industry actually has steadily improved since last November.

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Waterjet Diamond Cutting Head Offers Integration, Versatility

Barton International’s Trident-2 diamond cutting head for high-pressure waterjets is designed to offer the advantages of an integrated diamond design with the versatility of a replaceable orifice cartridge.

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Automation

Acieta Event Explores the Use and Challenges of Collaborative Robots

Speakers describe some of the considerations relevant to the category of robots that are safe for operation near people.

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Tool Changes in Less Than 2 Seconds

That’s the promise of a new electrospindle design that replaces traditional tool-changing mechanisms with an integrated, eight-station tool carrier to shave seconds from any specialty application.

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Basics

Laser Versus Waterjet for 2D Metalcutting

When should you choose laser cutting over waterjet, and vice versa? A metal fabricator offers some guidelines.

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Video: 5 Things You Didn’t Know about Additive Manufacturing

Manufacturers now succeeding with additive manufacturing are beginning to see what its ultimate impact might be. Here are ideas about the reach that AM will have, and the kinds of changes and advances it will enable.

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Benefits and Challenges of Minimum Quantity Lubrication

Optis, a joint venture between TechSolve and Castrol, looks at the positive impact of MQL, the challenges to its implementation and the industry’s current uptake of the solution.

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Meetup: Digital Groups for Real-World Interaction

How an online social network is bringing people together in the real world, and how manufacturers can use it.

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Newsletters for New Ideas

In addition to this blog, we and our sister publications offer a number of email newsletters you might find helpful for learning about new manufacturing technology and ideas.

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Basics

GR&R for Gage Building

A study of the entire measuring system should identify the individual components that contribute to a lack of gage repeatability or reproducibility.

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Basics

Considerations for a New CNC Machine

Here are five factors you shouldn’t overlook.

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Micromachining

Machine “Power Users” Push Limits of Precision

For this shop, moving into micron-tolerance work required not just a new machining center, but also a willingness to understand technical features and techniques that never come into play for many programmers and operators.

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