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Driving Continuous Improvement with a Quality-First Mindset
A continuous improvement, quality-first mindset can help shops improve upon key metrics — across all departments.
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The ROI of Diversity and Inclusion for Machine Shops
Successful diversity and inclusion efforts need mutual respect — dishonest efforts will reflect poorly on your company while success will attract talent.
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Pandemic Continues Machine Tool Industry Downturn, but U.S. Now a Top 4 Producer
While the machine tool market continues to fall globally, the fact that production exceeds consumption suggests that machine availability will be high as the world economy recovers. But signs also indicate that China’s increasingly diversified export market is a strategy to expand its influence over developing nations.
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Custom Macros Can Skip Holes After Replacing Broken Tools
Using “vacant” local variables enables CNC machinists to create custom macros that can target multiple types of machining work.
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Is It Time to Reconsider Regrinding?
The advance of automation makes in-house cutting tool regrinding more accessible. An automated measurement cycle adjusts the tool path in grinding operations to make regrinding simpler to program and easier to automate.
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Another Reason Machine Shop Ownership is Changing: Cheap Money
Once largely overlooked by investors, manufacturing businesses now present potentially attractive destinations for dollars seeking returns — and dollars are more available than ever before.
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Webinar | Avoiding Common Machine Connectivity Pitfalls
In this free webinar, Techsolve’s IIoT solutions director Rob Longfellow discusses the importance of connectivity in today’s manufacturing market, as well as how to choose the right solution and avoid common IIoT mistakes.
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Shifting Toward Preparedness and Flexibility with Turning Tool for Steel
The pandemic has taught manufacturers to reevaluate their preparedness for unexpected and drastic market disruptions. A practical example from a cutting tool manufacturer may show the way.
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Adjusting Feed Rate in Circular Motion Commands with G-Codes
While it is possible to calculate by hand adjustments to feed rate for circular milling operations, cutter radius compensation CNC programs streamline this process.
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Most GBI Metalworking Index Components Near All-Time Highs
The GBI: Metalworking has reached a reading of 62.8, with most of the Index components at or near all-time highs.
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Let's Swiss It. Introducing the Swiss DT 26
In this Digital Demo, Tornos Technologies introduces and reviews its Swiss DT 26 machining features. (Sponsored)
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Automation for Low Volume, High Mix Production
Job shops and other high mix manufacturers may not think high automation is a realistic option for their shops. But with modular automation systems you can achieve efficiencies once thought only possible with high volume production. It’s much more practical than you may think.
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