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Turn/Mill

When Too Many Customers Spoil the Part

Duo CNC used to take on as many customers as the shop could handle. But when growth stalled, a top-down audit by the company’s general manager revealed that its customer base was inhibiting growth — and causing the shop to be less efficient and productive.

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Milling Tools

10 Tips for Titanium

Simple process considerations can increase your productivity in milling titanium alloys.

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Five Safety Considerations for CNC Machinists

Safety in CNC environments is essential for users – and for productivity. Consider these 5 points to avoid injury, part failure and downtime.

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Automation

IMTS 2022 Review: Attention to Automation Extends Beyond the Robot and the Machine

The advance toward increasingly automated machining can be seen in the ways tooling, workholding, gaging and integration all support unattended production. This is the area of innovation I found most compelling at the recent International Manufacturing Technology Show.

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Economics

Metalworking Growth Stays Consistent in August

All components of metalworking activity contributed to the consistent slowdown in the past few months.

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Positioned to Prevail: Designing Processes Around People

Stecker Machine Company shows that getting the most value from employees means valuing your employees.

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How Automation Keeps Quality Control in Control

Collaborative robots help inspection keep pace with machining in a custom, digitalized workflow for complex aerospace and defense parts.

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Automation

Digital Demo: Precision Engineering Meets Digitization

Whether it is presetting, shrinking, inspecting and correcting balance, or tool measuring, Haimer has created a modern digital tool room that can help manufacturers excel in today's competitive manufacturing marketplace. (Sponsored)

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IMTS

Beards of IMTS - Amazing Feats of Beard Engineering

Manufacturing has a multi-talented bunch of people, but who knew so many were adept in the facial hair industry? Check out the best of the beards at IMTS!

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IMTS

A Decade Side by Side

This year’s show celebrates 10 years of co-location between IMTS and Hannover Messe.

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Automation

Manufacturers Discuss How Companies Realize the Potential of Taiwan's Smart Machinery Initiative

The Taiwan Smart Machinery Press Conference at IMTS highlighted several manufacturers, as well as their companies’ approaches to realizing the potential of Taiwan’s Smart Machinery Initiative.

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IMTS

NASA Brings Technology to New Heights

Meet NASA mission system engineer Mike Menzel and learn more about the James Webb Space Telescope at Mitsui Seiki USA’s booth (338700) in the South Hall from 11:00 a.m. to 11:45 a.m. on Thursday, September 15.

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