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CNC Data Feeds Make Social Distancing Easier
Machine monitoring helps work remotely, avoid close contact on the shop floor and prevent underbilling for lights-out machining.
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Breaking News: IMTS 2020 Cancelled
Official announcement from show organizers. “The health and safety of our exhibitors and audience remains our top priority.” Coming launches to address need for technical knowledge and networking.
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Has COVID-19 Made a Case for Automation? Taught Us About People Instead
Recently posted articles offer various pictures of machining automation. Also, goodbyes to two long-time writers for MMS: Wayne Chaneski and Derek Korn.
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Quality Control Process Improved with Real-Time Data Collection, Analysis
Pinnacle Machine Works uses Mitutoyo’s MeasurLink data collection and SPC software to make the QC process more efficient and accurate.
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Metalworking Index Moves Closer to "Normal" for First Time During COVID-19 Crisis
Index signals decelerating contraction as new orders and production readings move higher.
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Manufacturing Touches Lives, Now More Than Ever
History shows that crises like the coronavirus pandemic can produce exceptional human efforts on a global scale. Is your shop participating?
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Adding Part Traceability to CNC Machine Monitoring
Focusing on what makes money puts CNC machine monitoring data in context.
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A Better Way to Cut Hard Metals and High-Temp Alloys on Swiss Lathes
New tooling for Swiss-type turning centers is designed for titanium, high temperature nickel alloys and other difficult materials with improved thermal management.
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Modern Machine Shop Talks Die Machining, Moldmaking and Leadtime Leaders
Emily Probst, senior editor of Modern Machine Shop magazine talks with Christina Fuges, executive director of MoldMaking Technology magazine, about 2020 Leadtime Leader Award winner Precise Tooling Solutions and the lessons this moldmaker can teach CNC machine shops.
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Machine-Tending Automation Gets a Head Start
Making industrial robots more versatile without sacrificing speed or power stretches integration investments and attracts new business.
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Synthetic Cutting Fluid Keeps Shop Cleaner without Sacrificing Performance
Sometimes synthetic metalworking fluids end up negatively impacting tool life when used with tough materials. Wells Manufacturing overcame that issue when it converted to a new product from Blaser Swisslube.
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Becoming a Second Source for Ventilator Parts
Demand for ventilator parts stretched this shop’s supply chain. Here is what it took to rapidly insource production.
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