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New Edge Factor Episode: Gnarly Metal
The latest Edge Factor episode is now online. Watch it now.
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Otherworldly Precision
A contract shop produces critical parts for the Curiosity rover that will soon depart for Mars.
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A Model Machine for Titanium
Researchers develop a machine tool that controls vibration to mill titanium more productively. The machine relies on guideway systems delivering stiffness that is literally infinite.
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The Need to Know Is Basic
An MTConnect-enabled monitoring system gives this shop a clear and simple picture of machine tool usage.
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Machine Tool Sales Maintain Strength
The weak dollar is generally a positive sign for machine tool sales in the United States.
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Wisconsin Shop Avoids “Survival Mentality”
When the economy tanks, it is easy to get stuck on survive. Smart shops focus on growth.
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CAM Benefits Extend Beyond the Tool Path
This CAM software not only provides an effective tool path strategy, but also takes application-specific variables into account when applying that strategy.
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Should a Machine Shop Have a Blog?
I am revising my opinion about machine shops and blogging. Here's why.
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Teaching CNC Plasma Technology in Reno
This school is teaching the next generation of manufacturing professionals how to apply technology currently used by aircraft engineers, ship builders and the U.S. military.
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Total Cost and the Case for Reshoring
Watch this interview with Harry Moser, founder of the Reshoring Initiative.
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August MBI Growth Accelerates Slightly
With a reading of 57.0, the MBI showed that the metalworking industry saw a somewhat faster growth rate in August. The two most significant contributors to the slightly stronger growth rate were the production and exports subindices.
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New U.S. “CMO” Speaks at imX
Didn’t know the United States had a Chief Manufacturing Officer? He’s Michael Molnar, a former Cummins manufacturing exec. Appointed to this new post by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) in July, he will make his first public address as CMO at imX on September 12.
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