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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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Automotive

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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Control Maker Certifies Education Institutions

FANUC FA America is now offering a Certified Education CNC Training Program.

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September MBI at 46.6 – Industry Moves off Peak Levels

With a reading of 46.6, September’s Metalworking Business Index showed that the metalworking industry has contracted for the third month in a row.

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CAD/CAM

Consistency Is Key to Titanium

An important part of this shop’s successful approach to titanium machining is a toolpath strategy that keeps the load on the cutter constant. Another important element is the way this shop captures and reapplies what it learns about how effective it can be in this metal.

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Getting up to Speed on the Taiwan Machine Tool Industry

Mr. Yueh-Chyou Wen, director of the Taiwan Trade Center in Chicago, offers insight on Taiwan's machine tool builders.

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