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Income and Spending Virtually Flat in May
Compared to April, real personal income excluding government transfers and consumer spending on durable goods were virtually flat in May, with income up just 0.05% and spending up just 1.1%. The story is a little different compared to last year.
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Investing in a Market
As we are all painfully aware, much of the manufacturing base that was once domestically owned has been supplanted by companies from overseas.
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MTConnect–Think of it as Social Networking for Machine Tools
At IMTS, attendees will be connecting with emerging technology such as MTConnect. (Photo courtesy of AMT—The Association For Manufacturing Technology.) We know how teenagers can use Facebook to keep track of who's got the biggest party planned for the weekend.
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BIEMH 2010 a Success Amid Continued Economic Uncertainty
Machines for cutting large parts, a high degree of customization and "green" manufacturing technology were just some of the noticeable trends at BIEMH 2010.
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World’s Largest Wire EDM?
This ONA wire machine can handle workpieces weighing as much as 22,000 pounds.
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Machining Center Turning
When you have many machining centers but not many lathes, there are ways to make due.
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Basket Weaving Goes High Tech
Laser ablation can texturize, engrave, mark, label and create microstructures on various materials with complex shapes.
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Advanced CNC Milling and Drilling Quiz
A provider of machine shop training offers these questions for benchmarking metalworking knowledge.
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Industrial Production Up 20% in May
Consumer durable goods industrial production in May was up 19.8% compared to May 2009.
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A Three-in-One Honing Station
Combining roughing, finishing and gaging in one station is a distinctive capability of the ECO 80 dual-expansion honing system from Nagel Precision (Ann Arbor, Michigan). The system is designed for low- and medium-volume applications that require submicron bore sizes and mirror finishes.
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Surface Texturing with Laser Ablation
Much of a product’s appeal to the consumer has to do with its look and feel—literally, the texture of its visible surface.
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