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Workholding

Video: Cap Screws Not Required

An article with video highlights the quick-change advantages of a dovetail vise jaw interface.

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Basics

Experiences with ERP

Job shops reach a point in their growth when they need to face the issue of information management. Here are links to 10 shops’ experiences with enterprise resource planning software.

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Automation

Modern Machine Shop’s April Digital Edition Is Now Available

Modern Machine Shop’s April issue features results from the 2014 World Machine Tool Output and Consumption Survey, technical articles about data-driven manufacturing and a million-dollar job, workholding articles, automation case studies, turning equipment reviews, and more.

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Searching for Skilled Workers? Here’s Part of the Solution

In recent years, manufacturers have found it increasingly difficult to find trained, skilled employees, especially in the metalworking industry.

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Workholding

Hydraulic or Pneumatic Actuation for Collet Blocks?

Collet-style workholding devices like collet blocks offer a number of benefits, but which actuating method is most appropriate for you?

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An Eye on the Inside

There are myriad applications for RFID technology. This article shows an atypical one—how it’s used to monitor the degree of contamination on a laser cutter lens so an operator doesn’t have to.

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Discover More—And I Did

The time I spent at the Discover More with Mazak Midwest event in Schaumburg, Ill. was designed to help attendees discover new tools and techniques for staying ahead of the manufacturing curve. Here are four good ideas that caught my attention.

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Turning Machines

The Case for VTLs

The vertical lathe configuration offers advantages that go beyond large-part machining.

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Cutting Tools

Finishing Fillets

Consider these finish-machining techniques that can enable you to maximize material removal rates prior to completing accurate, tight-radii fillets.

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Job Shop ERP: What Should You Look For?

An independent ERP advisor offers seven points to consider when evaluating an ERP system’s functions and features.

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Video: Wisconsin Governor Visits Cardinal Manufacturing

Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker recently toured Cardinal Manufacturing, the Eleva-Strum High School manufacturing program that operates as a commercial manufacturing business.

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New Chicago Headquarters Improve Training, Customer Service

Dealers, end-users, and members of the trade press got their first glimpse of Hyundai Wia’s new headquarters and technical center in Itasca, Ill., Monday, March 17. Twenty active machines were on display and ready for demonstrations at the new facility.

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