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Basics

How to Work a Webinar

A Webinar, in case you’ve not attended one, is an online presentation—a “Web seminar”—on a topic of interest to a specific audience.

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Big Program Lined up for Micro Manufacturing Event

Many analysts predict that micro manufacturing is one of the “next big things” for the future of part production in the United States.

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Quick, What do You Think?

PCAST, the President’s Council of Advisers on Science and Technology, recently launched a Web site to gather public opinion on the Future of U.S.

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Five-Axis

5 Axis Volumetric Error Compensation for Large Machine Tools

System simultaneously corrects tool position in multiple axes to tighten machining accuracies on large machines that cut complex shapes.

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Focus on Low Cost, High Accuracy and Short Cycle Times in the Mfr. of Orifice Meter Tubes

A low-cost automated honing system uses existing tools and protects workers.

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Free High Speed Steel Guide

The HSS Smart Guide is currently available at no cost from the International High Speed Steel Research Forum, a nonprofit association dedicated to advancing HSS technology through shared research and educational activities.

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Has Validation Visited You?

Joe Davis and his brother have been around machining for most of their lives.

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Automation

Do You Have an Automation Strategy?

Contract shop Energy Dynamics said demographics provide one of the reasons why this shop bought a robot.

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March MBI at 53.4 – Growth Rate Stabilizes

With a reading of 53.4, the MBI signaled that the pace of growth in the metalworking industry stabilized in the month of March.

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Capital Goods Orders Up 22.2% in February

Nominal total capital goods new orders were up 22.2% in February compared to February 2009.

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CAD/CAM

Another Angle On HSM

The savings in setup time were welcome enough, but this mold maker found that a 3+2 machining center also accelerated its use of high speed machining.

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Cutting Tools

The Progress of a Progressive Die Maker

This shop sees no long-term threat in the reality of lower prices. Machine tool investments related to various die components allow the shop to use skilled labor more efficiently.

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