MMS Blog

Making Good Decisions for Your Machine Shop

Reflecting on past decisions will help you learn to make better ones in the future.

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Basics

Maintaining an Air Gage System’s High Performance

Tight, clean and dry: The requirements of air gaging aren’t very different from mechanical gaging.

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Antique Catalogs Capture the Art and Heritage of Metalworking

Editor Emeritus Mark Albert considers his antique cutter and machine tool catalogs a “personal art collection.” These publications represent the heritage of metalworking and manufacturing.

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A Flight Plan for Next-Gen Manufacturing

Learn more about the materials and processes that will shape next-generation aircraft in a collection of stories from Modern Machine Shop, Additive Manufacturing and CompositesWorld, available to read or download for free.

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Reshoring News: May 2019

A U.S. manufacturer is recognized for its reshoring efforts, why China might have an impact on U.S./Mexico relations, and more reshoring news.

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Manufacturing Event Features Revolutions in Automation

The MT360 event will feature Cognitive Automation, the use of AI and Machine Learning to improve the capabilities of automated systems.

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Basics

Why This AM Milestone Fills the Capacity of Four CNC Lathes

Incodema3D is launching into its first continuous job to be produced with metal additive manufacturing, but more 3D printing also means more turning.

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Automation

In Lights-Out Machining, Part Loading Is Not the Problem — Here is How This Shop Handles Unloading

Correct unloading of the parts affects part quality as well as the capacity of the unattended machining system. Here is more of the experience from our “168” shop.

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CAD/CAM

Industry News of Note: May 2019

NIMS partners with Festo to develop Industry 4.0 skill credentials, an annual Siemens event now invites non-users, and more industry news. 

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Automotive

What is the Role of Collaborative Automation in Production?

Thyssenkrupp Bilstein’s North American operations is finding out. The shock absorber manufacturer has eight cobots and counting in its Ohio production facility, plus two autonomous vehicles. Here are scenes from its shop where the picture of automation is changing.

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Turning Machines

Data-Driven Manufacturing Scales Down

An automatic gaging station demonstrates the potential of shopfloor connectivity at the level of the individual machine tool.

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Economics

Metalworking Index Continues Modest Growth Trend

Index posts identical readings over three-month period.

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