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If It’s Good Enough for NASA…
Learn about an environmentally safe fire suppression system used on applications ranging from machine tools to space shuttle crawlers.
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Another Atypical Alternative for Creating Blanks
Learn about another atypical blank-creating process: electrical discharge sawing.
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Premiering Today: Edge Factor Episode at Center Rock
The latest episode of The Edge Factor takes you through the story of the drilling team that worked to free the miners trapped in the Chilean mine last year.
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Investing in the Future
When the current workforce retires, who will be left to man the machines?
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What is Adiabatic Cutting?
If you’re cutting a healthy amount of workpiece blanks, then this atypical cutoff process might be the ticket.
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Extreme Cold is a Hot Technology
Despite its name, coolant often doesn’t provide much cooling. Here’s a different approach to enhancing tool life that involves dramatically cooling the tool.
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February MBI at 60.4 – Growth Rate Remains Steady
With a reading of 60.4, the MBI showed that the metalworking industry continued to grow at a steady rate.
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Incomes up 3.5%, Spending Up 11.9%
Most of the increase in incomes was due to the payroll tax cut that began in January, but this increase didn’t translate into faster growth in spending.
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Feathering Your Nest
Many shops are expanding the operations performed for their customers in order to be a more valuable supplier.
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How Electro-Chemical Machining Works
Machine tool builder EMAG has produced a very nice video that explains and illustrates how the electro-chemical machining (ECM) process is able to perform simple deburring operations as well as produce precision surfaces and shapes.
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Tips for Tapping Titanium Alloys
Creating threaded holes in titanium alloys calls for proper techniques based on an understanding of both the properties of these materials and the peculiarities of the tapping process.
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Special High-Temp Alloys Spark Interest in EDM
Today’s wire EDM technology preserves the surface integrity of proprietary titanium alloys and other high-temperature materials, so aerospace and medical applications using this process are booming.
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