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Turning Center Enables Smooth, Heavy-Duty Cutting
MC Machinery’s LT-350 turning center is capable of machining hard materials for a range of applications.
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Product Slideshow: Turning
Lathes and turning machines designed for flexibility are highlighted in this month’s product spotlight.
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Video: 3D-Printed Car, Mark II
In six weeks, Oak Ridge National Laboratory’s Manufacturing Demonstration Facility 3D printed a working Shelby Cobra for the Detroit Auto Show. This facility will be on of the locations for an Additive Manufacturing Conference debuting in October.
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2014 Autodesk Inventor of the Year: Gear Manufacturer in IN
Once a year, members from the Autodesk Manufacturing Community choose among the past year's monthly “Inventing the Future” honorees to select an Autodesk Inventor of the Year. The 2014 winner was recently announced and it is ITAMCO, a custom gear manufacturer based in Plymouth, Indiana.
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My Take on Titan
The TV program about a CNC machining job shop is more realistic than the typical reality show.
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Drilling System Offers Increased Speed, Improved Surface Finishes
M4 Sciences offers its next-generation TriboMAM drilling system based on modulation-assisted machining (MAM) technology.
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Welcome to Machining, Kris
Reading MMS’s encouragement to hire employees lacking in machining skills, this shop manager did exactly that. Now more than two months in, a new hire with a great attitude is succeeding at a CNC machining center.
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March MBI Highest Since June 2014
The Metalworking Business Index (MBI) has been growing for that past 15 consecutive months.
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Improving Lighting Quality, Lowering Lighting Costs
Learn about the benefits this manufacturer realized by moving to LED lighting.
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Video: Additive Manufacturing and the Gun Fallacy
This installment in a video series debunking 3D printing misconceptions looks at the notion that the technology is dangerous because it can be used to make firearms.
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Changing up From a Manual to an Automatic Pallet Changing System
A Michigan manufacturer describes its progress with pallet-changing systems, advancing from manual to automatic pallet-switching on its VMCs.
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Modular Turning Center Equipped with Eight Spindles
Index will demonstrate its MS22C-8, a modular eight-spindle automatic CNC turning machine suitable for fast machining, especially of complex parts.
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