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Top Shops

Video: How Are We Doing? How Could We Do Better?

The presidents of three Top Shop manufacturing companies explain why benchmarking their businesses is important. It is a valuable tool that "shows how well or how bad you are doing." It pinpoints what to work on in order to emulate other top shops. It helps identify metrics for evaluating operations compared to your peers.

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Milling Tools

Geometrically Enhanced Endmills Suitable for Range of Applications

Westec 2017: Monster Tool will showcase its LRNF and HPNF line of high-performance solid carbide end mills for aluminum and nonferrous applications.

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VMC Includes Four-Pallet Automation

EMO 2017: Matsuura Machinery will feature its MX-520 PC4, a four-pallet automated version of the MX-520 single-table, five-axis VMC, which was designed for customers seeking an automation solution.

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Case Study: Manufacturing the Tools for Tattoos

Dan Kubin’s artistry isn’t just skin deep. He’s found a way to channel his creativity into another part of the tattooing process—designing and developing the machines that apply tattoos.

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Automotive

Machining in the Era of the Electric Car

The COO of a machine tool builder that specializes in automotive production comments on the implications of greener transportation.

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Automation

Tower Storage System Accommodates Flat Goods of Various Sizes, Materials

Kasto will present solutions for the storage and machining of metal bar stock and sheets, including its automated KastoEcoStoreTower storage system for flat goods of various sizes.

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CAD/CAM

Workbook Provides Lessons and Exercises to Teach 3D Modeling

Westec 2017: Industrial Press, a publisher of technical books for engineering, technology and manufacturing, will feature its “AutoCAD 3D Modeling Exercise Workbook.”

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Measurement

Video Borescope Kit Comes in Waterproof Carrying Case

Westec 2017: Gradient Lens Corp. introduces a Deluxe Kit for its popular Hawkeye V2 video borescope.

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Measurement

On-Machine Scanning Probes for Speedier Setups

Renishaw introduces new on-machine, touch-probe scanning technology to enable faster workpiece setup and inspection cycles.

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Three Truths about Machine Tool Research

The story of one engineer reveals how Techspex saves time as a centralized apparatus for preliminary capital equipment acquisition research.

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This Machine Tool Light Tower Has Digital Capability

Data-driven manufacturing depends on shops being able to collect the data they need to make good decisions about manufacturing processes.

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