MMS Blog

Modern Machine Shop Featured on “Making Chips” Podcast

The show’s recent conversation with MMS Editor Peter Zelinski is one of 50 episodes posted by the metalworking podcast in its first year.

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The Force Is Strong with These High School Machinists

High schoolers in a Computer Integrated Manufacturing class learned how to design a part for turning, calculate feeds and speeds, program a CNC lathe, and become Jedi knights.

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#MFGDay15 Illuminates and Bridges the Manufacturing Divide

Gaps in workforce skills and public perception are nothing new to manufacturing. What is Manufacturing Day doing to help, and what happens after outreach?

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New Vincennes University Education Center Unveiled

Take a look inside the new Vincennes University Gene Haas Training and Education Center, which offers CNC courses for veterans and the under-employed.

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Automation

Robotic Polishing of Turbine Engine Blades

Testing explores an airfoil finishing alternative to loose-abrasive polishing.

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Toolholders

Three Angle Head Considerations

There’s more to getting started using these accessories than simply loading them into your machine’s spindle.

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Metal Removal Fluids Support Work with Variety of Materials

Quaker Chemical offers a portfolio of metal removal emulsion technology, comprising the Quakercool 700 and 700 series, intended to serve the metalworking industry’s automotive/heavy equipment manufacturers and components producers that operate with diverse metallurgies.

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Milling Tools

Video: HEM Versus Conventional Machining

A short video illustrates the differences between conventional machining with multiple shallow passes versus high-efficiency machining with a tool designed for deeper cuts.

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Basics

How to Succeed in a Machining Career

A successful machinist with a medical device company offers advice to young people about how to pursue the same rewarding career he enjoys.

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See Big Millturns Machining in Michigan

The new Autania “Tec Center” in Wixom enables shops to see and test large multitasking machines from Austria-based WFL, as well as grinding and spline-rolling equipment from other Autania AG member companies.

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Economics

GBI: Metalworking for November 2015 - 43.2

With a reading of 43.2, Gardner’s metalworking business index showed that the industry contracted in November for the eighth month in a row. However, the index was unchanged compared with October and has been virtually flat since August, indicating that the industry may have hit a bottom.

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Real-Time Hob Monitoring

By obtaining the optimal signature for a hobbing operation, this continuous tool monitoring system protects hobs from unnecessary wear, and even failure.

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