Articles

More Demanding Than Production

The challenges of prototyping have dramatically increased. This company reinvented itself to specialize in the tight-leadtime process development that prototyping now entails.

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CAD/CAM

CAM to Conversational to CAM

Despite having turning centers with conversational controls, this gear manufacturer has benefited from going back to CAM as its primary method of programming those machines.

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Committed to Kaizen

This shop has made a strong commitment to kaizen, so much so that it devotes five percent of company time to continuous improvement activities. This has led to multiple ideas that have enabled the shop to become more efficient and effective.

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Device for Manufacturing Students Made by Manufacturing Students

An online, game-like welding simulator helps students get a hands-on look at a career in welding. The interesting thing about this simulator is that student manufacturers helped make the device.

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Basics

Tips for Choosing Live Tools

The smarter you are when choosing the live tools for your lathe, the more efficient your machine becomes.

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Getting Started with Live Tools

The smarter you are when choosing the live tools for your job, the more efficient your lathe becomes.

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Manufacturing Employers Through a Recruiter’s Eyes

Bill Wright, the founder of CAD/CAM Recruiters in Charlotte, North Carolina, says manufacturing employers are frequently more logical about specifying equipment than they are about hiring employees.

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Turn/Mill

Making the Move to Multitasking

Implementing a done-in-one approach to production has to be managed carefully. This shop seems to have made all the right moves in what has turned out to be a truly transformative experience.

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Walter USA Opens New Technology Center

A new 40,000-square-foot technology center complements the company’s efforts to be a competency leader in the cutting tool industry.

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Heller Is on the Move

A recent open house—which coincided with the machine tool builder’s 30th anniversary in the United States—shed light on Heller Machine Tools’ recent success and plans for continued growth.

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Wisconsin Shop KLH Industries Celebrates 25 Years

Precision machine shop KLH Industries will celebrate 25 years in manufacturing by hosting a live radio broadcast. During the show, the company will hold a job fair.

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On Display at “Technology Days”

The Nanoslide cylinder bore coating process and the MC20 horizontal machining module received a lot of attention at Heller Machine Tools' "Technology Days" open house event.

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