Articles

Aerospace

Zayer Sizes Up the Large Machine Market

Republic Lagun Machine Tool Co. is promoting this line of traveling column machines to users in the wind turbine, airframe, oilfield and rail industries.

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Automotive

Machining for Air Quality

Honing experts describe the significance of this machining process for meeting the most recent emissions standards affecting cars, trucks and other vehicles.

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Milling Tools

Let the Tool Path Help the Tool

A cutting tool supplier works in CAM software to create processes that extend tool life and improve performance.

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Machine Tool Unit Sales Up 99% in October

According to USMTC, machine tool sales in October were 98.7% (units) and 174.2% (real dollars) more than in October 2009.

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I Scream, You Scream, We All Scream for… Plunge Roughing?

Plunge roughing involves taking a series of overlapping passes along the Z axis.

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The Big Picture in a Big Picture

One thing about a tabloid-sized publication—it can depict a manufacturing concept in a poster-sized presentation.

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Machining’s Role in Making Custom Guitars

A healthy amount of machining goes into creating custom guitars like this beauty.

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The Education Gap Catches Up with Us

There is a reason why the industry at large has not noticed the decline in manufacturing vocational education and other manufacturing training programs as much as it otherwise might have.

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A Sampling of Machining Tips

One shop uses cardboard as its tool layout template.

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Shops and Directors Have Much in Common

The cliché things we imagine film directors doing—barking curt orders and shouting, “Places everyone!”—include an element of truth.

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November MBI at 66.2 – Strongest Growth to Date

With a reading of 66.2, the MBI showed that the metalworking industry is growing at its fastest rate since the inception of the MBI in December 2006.

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"Better Production" Is One of Our Better Productions

Almost every month, MMS runs a number of short articles about shop solutions—a cutting tool, a CNC machine, programming software, a workholding device or other product that has increased productivity, improved quality, cut costs or provided some other benefit to the end user.

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