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IMTS

JM Performance Products High Torque Retention Knobs Assist Preco Manufacturing

Preco Manufacturing achieved superior finishes for aerospace applications through JM Peformance Products' high torque retention knobs.

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Laser & Waterjet

Portable, Flexible Fiber Laser Marker Circumvents Conventional Process Constraints

See Rocklin Manufacturing’s MobiLase portal laser marking unit in action, in addition to other maintenance and repair solutions, at IMTS 2022.

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Using Topology Optimization to Lightweight: A Paradox for Machining

Today’s computer software can just as easily generate lightweight shapes for subtractive processes as it can for additive ones, but it increases cost and waste to make them.

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Cutting Tools

Microdrill Cuts Heat, Chip Buildup

With thousands of holes to drill in every part, this microdrilling application required the right strategies to overcome heat and chip buildup.

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How Serious Are You About Cybersecurity?

Given that manufacturers currently are the primary targets for ransomware attacks, you should be taking action now to prevent such an incident while being prepared to nimbly react if one occurs.

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Gundrilling Flexibility for Medical Applications

At IMTS 2022 UNISIG is spotlighting some of its extreme depth-to-diameter hole drilling technologies and their advantages in medical production.

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Economics

Breaking News from 2021 World Machine Tool Survey

Move over, July GBI! Gardner Intelligence offers a special update on the World Machine Tool Survey in place of its typical Gardner Business Index column.

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IMTS

Wire EDM Machine Enhanced With High Precision, Intelligent Interface, Service Support

GF Machining Solutions spotlights the new CUT X 500 and CUT P 350 Pro wire-cutting EDM machines with heightened accuracy, precision and productivity at IMTS beside tooling, automation and software partner, System 3R.  

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The CNC Reveals its Secrets

Machine monitoring becomes a platform for predictive maintenance without requiring extra sensors. 

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Five-Axis

View From My Shop Episode 4: Prototype Machining From a Garage Shop

Guy Driscoll’s shop, Metal Parts Machine, is a garage shop that found success with automation. This mom-and-pop shop uses lights-out machining to run parts with 5-axis capabilities, cobots, pallet changers and more.

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New Ways We Cover the Choices and Challenges of Machining

Recently added: a new resource for machining-related process challenges, and a new video series appreciating the distinctiveness of different shops.

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Building an Automation Solution From the Ground Up

IMTS 2022 provides visitors the opportunity to meet with product experts to design automation solutions from scratch.

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