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Introducing StarragHeckert’s Biggest Machine
Learn more about the largest machine tool StarragHeckert has produced.
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Standard Software Addresses Common Machining Challenges
These low-cost VMCs come standard with a number of software features that enable them to compensate for machining’s inherent physical and thermal challenges.
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The Employee-Owned Advantage
This Ohio shop is 100-percent employee-owned. Thus, both management and shopfloor employees recognize the importance of optimizing efficiency wherever possible. Thanks to a strong willingness to invest in and embrace new technologies, sales-per-employee has increased by more than 50 percent in the last five years.
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Industrial Production Up 2.9% in November
Consumer durable goods industrial production in November was up 2.9% compared to November 2009.
Read MoreWriters and Part Makers Need to Get a Grip
(This dovetail fixture exemplifies the principle that getting a good grip on the workpiece is essential.
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Fade Away or Burn Out?
Roll into the cut by following an arc that curves in the same direction as the tool rotation.
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The Online Optimizer
Coming soon: The Machine Tool Genome Project promises to let almost any machine shop use its machining centers more productively. Shops will benefit from tap-test findings without personally tapping any of their own machines or tools.
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This Chuck is Like an Airplane
The composite chuck is in the foreground with the dark-colored body.
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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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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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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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