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Milling Tools

Ultrasonic-Assisted Machining with Standard Machines and Tools

A system to be marketed in 2015 will apply ultrasonic vibration from within the toolholder to reduce cutting force and improve the performance of the cut.

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Top Shops

Read the 2014 Top Shops Benchmarking Executive Summary

See a comparison of Top Shops survey responses between the benchmarking group with the other shops that participated in this year’s survey.

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Workholding

Case Study: Chip Conveyors Run Production Efficiently

Hennig chip conveyors on Niigata machining centers maintain efficiencies and production on ductile iron castings used in heavy truck and military drive train projects at this Michigan shop.

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Top Shops

What It Takes to Be a Top Shop

Leading machine shops share signature traits. This year’s Top Shops benchmarking survey reveals what some of those traits are.

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EOS North American User Day Comes to IMTS

The User Day is one of multiple events at IMTS addressing heightened interest in additive manufacturing technology. Additive has also added its name to a pavilion.

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Video: Mentees and Mentors Describe Manufacturing Careers

Video promoting manufacturing careers highlights young people who have chosen this work, and the plants and schools that employ and teach them.

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Addressing the Skills Gap

According to Roush Industries Operations Manager Mel Koslowski, one way to address the skills gap is to expose kids to programs in high school that will pique their interest in manufacturing careers.

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Turning Tools

Extreme Part-Off Demos at IMTS 2014

The strength of part-off tools is shown in demos whereby they part off a railroad rail and sledge hammer head. Talk about significant interrupted cuts…

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Basics

Why Reshore?

The question of where to manufacture is not strictly an issue of labor cost. Kent Bicycles is relocating production to the United States. The company CEO lists a number of factors that all contributed to this decision.

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Turn/Mill

A Swiss-Type with a Laser

An integral laser cutter adds yet another capability to the multifunction Swiss-type lathe platform.

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MBI Grows for Seventh Month

With a reading of 51.9, the July metalworking index showed that the industry grew for the seventh consecutive month and the ninth time in 10 months. While this growth was at its slowest pace of 2014, the index was still 7.0 percent higher than it was one year earlier, the 11th straight month that the month-over-month rate has grown.

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Turn/Mill

Swiss-Type Lathe Features Integral Laser Cutter

An integral laser cutter brings another capability to this multifunction machine platform.

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