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Can Nanotechnology Redefine Metalworking Fluid?
Tiny onions provide a maintenance-reducing alternative to hazardous chemicals for cooling and lubricating parts.
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5 Common Mistakes When Using CNC Machines
Spend enough time on the shop floor and you will see some of the same mistakes time and again.
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Custom Control Adds Accuracy, Flexibility to New Machine Tool
A new boring-mill machine with a custom control is helping a shop hold tighter tolerances and accommodate rapid travel rates for faster machining.
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How Machine Shops Can Optimize During a Lull
Advice for using downtime to improve your machine shop.
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2021 Will Be Dramatic, Too — How Is Your Tooling?
The time is now to take stock of your tools. Recently posted articles explore the potential impact of tooling technology.
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Esprit Software Keeps Wet Design Agile
The Esprit CAM system has enabled artistic fountain creator Wet Design to increase efficiency and spend its time creating instead of troubleshooting code.
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Top 10 Modern Machine Shop Posts of 2020
MMS's most read articles in 2020 cover additive manufacturing, workholding, CNC machining best practices, machining tools and more.
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HyperMill Five-Axis Modules Simplify Complex Part Machining
Open Mind’s HyperMill CAM software includes powerful five-axis milling modules that decrease machining times for complex parts, as happened at NDK Paragon.
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Digital "Fingerprints" Put Twins in Perspective
Unique identifiers keep the digital thread intact through design, production and quality control.
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Support Manufacturing with Your End-of-the-Year Contributions
The American Precision Museum is designing new, engaging exhibits available to all ages and accessible in person and on digital platforms. Be part of preserving industrial history.
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Cutting AM Parts from Build Plate Turns Wire EDM Upside Down
GF Machining Solutions found it had to modify nearly every aspect of a wire EDM machine to efficiently handle the challenges of removing 3D printed parts from build plates. Here is a look at a machine tool developed entirely for the needs of metal additive manufacturing.
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