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A Modular Clamping System for Bulky Parts
Here’s one fixturing alternative for clamping large workpieces such as mold and fracking components.
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Metal Storm Thunders through Sudbury
Methods Machine Tools Inc. hosted its annual open house and mini machine tool show at the company's headquarters in Sudbury, Massachusetts, last week. The highlights of this customer event are here.
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Metal Storm 2014
At Methods Machine Tool's Metal Storm, the company's main showroom was crowded with machines and visitors on its opening day.
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Morning in the Machine Shop
Matt Guse, owner of MRS Machining in Augusta, Wisconsin, took this photo of a moment that struck him in his shop. It reminded him of his father and the great team of people he gets to work with daily.
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The Costs and Benefits of Horizontal Machining
The shift from vertical to horizontal machining was even more expensive than this shop anticipated. It was also more valuable. Most of the shop’s machining centers are HMCs now—here’s why.
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June Digital Edition Now Available
Modern Machine Shop’s June digital edition is now available. This issue features emphasis topics of CAD/CAM software and die/mold machining.
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Five Go-To Machining Technologies
There are a number of ancillary machine tool technologies that shops can use to become more efficient and effective. Here are five that I appreciate.
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Deep Holes with a Difference
Upgrading its deep-hole drilling capability with a Precihole three-axis machine from Absolute Machine Tools made a positive difference in this shop’s part processing, business strategy and customer service.
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Profiler Expected to Exceed 100 Cubic Inches per Minute in Titanium
Five-axis, five-spindle machine aims at reduced cost per piece for production of large aircraft components.
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Swiss for Short
A Swiss-type lathe with a B-axis milling spindle and significant tooling capacity enables this shop to be more effective at complex, short-run work—work the shop otherwise might not even bid on.
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Got “Nano-Onions?”
What the heck’s a “nano-onion,” and how can it help me machine more effectively?
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A Novel Modular Clamping System
This clamping system minimizes setup times, enable a machine to access five sides of a part and provides highly repeatable positioning for bulky components.
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