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Tool Vending Systems: Value Beyond Cost Control
Learn how can a tool vending system can also be a learning tool.
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Double-Coated EDM Wire Offers Fast Cutting and Smooth Skim Cuts
An EDM wire with of a second coating of zinc-rich brass improves the wire’s ability to generate exceptionally smooth surfaces in skim cuts while retaining fast-cutting properties in rough cuts through the solid.
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Managing the Micro-Milling Process with Tiny Cutters
The engineering of this line of small end mills brings out both the challenges and opportunities in milling hard-to-machine materials on a micro scale.
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Get Ready for Growth
Making good parts is one thing, but making good parts in a process that is scalable is something different. Here is how one manufacturer rethought its production to prepare for opportunity.
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Delcam and Autodesk Seal the Deal
Autodesk, Inc. completed its acquisition of Delcam earlier this month. I like the synergy behind this combination.
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Setting the Stage for Sizeable Composites Work
By adding a five-axis waterjet/milling machine, its biggest autoclave and a more expansive lay-up room, Royal Engineered Composites is positioning itself to win larger-scale aerospace work it sees on the horizon.
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Laying Composites Fiber—Digitally
The most recent release of Spring Technologies’ NCSIMUL software can simulate the laying of fiber ribbon with NC machines.
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An Electrochemical Option for Blisks, Blades
This machining platform offers the non-contact electrochemical/precision electrochemical processes for five-axis milling of turbine engine blades and blisks.
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Cylindrical Grinding Machine Tour Launches
United Grinding recently introduced its Studer S11 small-parts production grinding machine to the North American market on the USS Yorktown. You’ll soon be able to see it, too, as it embarks on an eight-city tour, which started Feb. 19.
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Funding Training is Worth the Risk
What if an employee receiving paid training from an employer takes that training and goes to a different company?
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Compact Cylindrical Grinding Machine for High Production
United Grinding recently introduced its Studer S11 small-parts production grinding machine to the North American market. An online video demonstrates an interesting cam-actuated loading system that’s available with the machine.
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