MMS Blog

Machining Centers Maintain Rigid, Stable Performance

This month’s curation of products focuses on a diverse variety of machining centers.

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Thinking About Video? Check out the GoPro

Machining videos are more common than ever, and that includes increasing numbers of promotional videos self-produced by shops. This durable, portable camera is ideal for manufacturing environments.

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The Value of Open-Book Management

For this shop, it helped motivate employees to work more efficiently because they can readily see how their performance affects the company’s bottom line.

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What Makes Millennials Tick? Try Seeing Them Differently

A millennial’s take on why maybe it’s time to step back and examine how we talk about the next generation of manufacturers.

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Turn/Mill

Video: Rotating Table Swivels 180 Degrees on this Mill-Turn

For an unusual bell-shaped workpiece, Stein Seal turned to Grob Systems for a mill-turn machine with a horizontal spindle. A rotating, swiveling worktable on the vertical Y axis of this G550T machine enables it to do heavy-duty turning in a horizontal orientation. It can even take a workpiece from an upright position to one facing completely upside down. To see this table in action on another application, watch this video.

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Economics

GBI: Metalworking February 2016 – 46.3

Industry shows improvement for the third consecutive month.

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Motion Meeting a Mega Success

The introduction of a sleek new super-efficient assembly line was just one of the highlights of this year’s conference focusing on United Grinding’s constant pursuit of machining excellence.

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Fending Off Spindle Failure

In addition to offering seminars on spindle preventative maintenance, GTI Spindle Technology also has a portable vibration analysis unit that can be operated via a tablet app.

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Holemaking

More Effective Deep-Hole Drilling with MQL

A dual-margin design enables a series of drills from Nachi to create holes with large length-to-diameter ratios with minimum quantity lubrication.

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How Sensors Add Value

What practical role do sensors play in a machine shop?

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MTConnect Is Commitment

Moving to the Industrial Internet of Things is an urgent strategic goal, but on the shop floor, tactical deployments will require MTConnect-enabled systems. The [MC]2 Conference provides a battle plan.

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Die/Mold

Standardized Parameters Make Unattended Machining Reliable

Standardized parameters for specific material and cutting tool combinations help this hard milling specialist manage a highly varied workload with minimal labor.

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