Articles

Props to Center Rock

Pennsylvania’s Center Rock played a key role in the successful extraction of the 33 trapped miners in Chile.

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Try Tweeting for a Tool?

Here is how Twitter will serve the metalworking industry.

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Party like it’s 1187!

Sometimes the stars align or the planets do weird things, but this year it’s our current month of October that is causing cosmic vibrations.

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Faster Production of Inside Threads

Modern tools, control and software create a range of options for producing inside threads efficiently.

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Machine Tool Unit Sales Up 74% Month Over Month

According to USMTC, machine tool sales in August were 73.8% (units) and 105.0% (real dollars) more than in August 2009.

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Machining Operations You Might not have Seen

Machining is, in addition to all of its other virtues, just really cool.

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Don’t Make Ugly Parts

Ugly, rusty parts are avoidable on today’s wire electrical discharge machines. “Get your technical people to be smart on paper” is the suggestion I give to companies interested in contributing editorial content.

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Tips for Controlling Oxidation and Pitting on a Wire EDM

Additives, machine settings, workpiece materials and current technology are factors in avoiding common problems with unwanted rust and surface defects.

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Hidden Costs of Offshoring

It’s not that offshoring itself is bad.

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MMS: We Cover the Big Boys, Too

Warner Robins Air Force Base services both cargo and fighter aircraft.

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“Shortage” is Not Exactly Right

Here is a recent article in which the mainstream press reports on manufacturing’s difficulty with finding and hiring enough skilled employees.

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Metalworking: Under-Appreciated Bellwether

According to the talking heads on cable TV, the economy is bad and the future is bleak.

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