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Turn/Mill

Making it in Medical

Here are the challenges that modern medical machine shops face and how they have helped shape this shop in particular.

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Micromachining

Video: 1964 Game Show Demos Drilling through Human Hair

See a clip of the founder of Maryland’s National Jet on the “I’ve Got a Secret” game show demonstrating his company’s ability to drill through something as small as a human hair.

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Domestic Energy to Save $22 Billion for U.S. Manufacturers

The role of reduced energy costs will continue to contribute to the United States being attractive for manufacturing, report says.

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Digital Thread Boosts Data-Driven Manufacturing

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is initiating a project to demonstrate how a standardized 3D model of a product can integrate and streamline production from initial design through final inspection in a continuous, coherent data-driven process.

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New CNC Machining Podcast

Two leaders of Chicago-area metalworking-focused companies partner to create what might be the only audio program dedicated to the work and business of CNC machining.

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Video: C-Axis Interpolation for Turning on a Machining Center

Controlling spindle revolution in time with the helical feed enables a single-point tool to “turn” the bore of this part.

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Economics

December 2014 Metalworking Business Index (MBI) at 52.1

With a reading of 52.1, the Gardner Business Index showed that the metalworking industry grew for the 12th consecutive month and the 14th time in 15 months. December’s rate of expansion was the fastest since August, and the rate of expansion accelerated slightly throughout the fourth quarter of 2014.

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The Foundry's Way Forward

An established supplier of short-run castings just opened and staffed a new, fully equipped, in-house CNC machine shop. Taking ownership of machining will improve the company’s range of services to customers as well as its quality control.

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Workholding

Ball-Drive System for Accurate Table Rotation

This rotary table design is said to offer zero backlash/reversal error while providing high accuracy, rigidity and torque transfer.

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Top Shops

Benchmarking Side Benefit: Gaining a Customer

JD Machine was a Top Shops Honors Program winner in 2013. An aerospace company that read about the award eventually became a new customer.

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Automation

Product Spotlight: Robots & Automation

View the January slideshow for automation products ranging from welding robots to workpiece transport systems.

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TMX Delivers 8,000-Pound Chuck

Custom 71-inch workholding is going to be used on a welding positioner for cladding large valves for the oil and gas industry.

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