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Automation

Automation: You Can Do It!

Job shops are incubators for innovation.

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Six Ways Outsourced Maintenance Saves

Outsourcing maintenance to a third-party specialist can be a cost-effective way to realize higher overall equipment efficiency and better process control.

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Making the Right Connections at IMTS 2010

IMTS is a big event, to say the least, and making the most of the show requires proper planning. This article is here to help.

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What’s Your Mission?

Opinions vary on the value of company mission statements.

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May Machine Tool Sales Continue Strong Growth

According to USMTC, machine tool sales in May were 42% (units) and 68% (dollars) more than in May 2009.

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Holemaking

Benchmark Your Machining Knowledge

Ryan Pohl, president of Expert Technical Training, says his company gives a 20-question, multiple-choice test to shops to evaluate their need for his firm’s “Advanced CNC Milling and Drilling” course.  The questions cover important points—though not necessarily basic points—related to tools, toolholders, machine design and cutting parameters.  Here is a link to the questions.

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Numerical Control Makes a Splash—at the 1960 Machine Tool Show

Today, it’s difficult to imagine manufacturing without the aid of computers.

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Re-Shoring Part 2

The next Contract Manufacturing Purchasing Fair has been scheduled for October 29.

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Oil & Gas

A Candid Take on Turn/Mills

Turn/mills like this one enable Hunt and Hunt to efficiently machine oilfield components.

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Holemaking

Just don’t Call it Vibration

The device for rapid peck cycles holds the drill like a toolholder.

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Looming Crisis for CAM Industry?

Unlike machine or cutting tool manufacturers, CAM companies must consider new developments from a host of other disciplines when planning their R&D budgets.

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June MBI at 59.2 – Growth Rate Strong but Slowing

With a reading of 59.2, the MBI showed that the metalworking industry has been growing for 11 consecutive months.

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