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Becoming a More Efficient Shop With the Right Processes and Software

After refining its machining processes for more efficient production, this shop still needed a better way to track its data. Here's how it found a software solution.

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Economics

Most Metalworking GBI Components Contracted in May

Four components contracted slightly more than in April, including production, new orders, exports and backlogs.

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If the Federal Government Is to Solve the Manufacturing Labor Shortage, it Needs to Start Here

Student-run businesses focused on technical training for the trades are taking root across the U.S. Can we — should we — leverage their regional successes into a nationwide platform?

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ERP Captures Process Know-How Before it Retires

As shops struggle to overcome the skills gap, ERP systems can improve the onboarding process and help document processes as skilled workers retire.

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Computer Programming-Related Features of Custom Macro

Custom macro is an interpreter-based language, meaning that all CNC G code and custom macro commands are executed as the CNC comes across them.

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Die/Mold

For This Machine Shop, Licensing Is the Answer to the Inventor’s Dilemma

Machine shops are natural inventors, but not necessarily suited to supporting and marketing a product. This Minnesota shop with an invention related to micromolding will share it through licensing.

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How this Job Shop Grew Capacity Without Expanding Footprint

This shop relies on digital solutions to grow their manufacturing business. With this approach, W.A. Pfeiffer has achieved seamless end-to-end connectivity, shorter lead times and increased throughput.

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Automation and Process Simplification Define Eastec 2023

Manufacturing technology at this year’s Eastec met the market with tools to streamline operations and assist machinists in achieving greater productivity.

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Zoller Event Shines Lights on Shopfloor Connectivity

The company’s open house event highlighted smart manufacturing solutions from CAM to part.

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Automation

Step Inside a Robot Shangri-La

While the Automate show in Detroit was not strictly geared toward CNC machining applications, the technology on display offered a glimpse into the future — and present — of robotic automation for the manufacturing industry at large.

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Centralization Errors Grow as Bores Get Smaller

It is important to consider the effects of gage centralization when measuring smaller bores. Selecting the right tool is often based on the bore’s size and tolerance.

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CNC Deburring OEM That Is Also A Job Shop

Take a look inside James Engineering, a high-end CNC Deburring OEM that became a job shop when they decided to produce their own parts in-house.

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