MMS Blog

Behind Closed Doors

Lang Technovation’s Clean-Tec fan clears away chips and coolant inside enclosed machining centers.

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Online Marketplace Links Custom Manufacturers with Clients

A new website helps connect customers with manufacturers for custom jobs.

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All That and a Pallet Jack

Easy maneuverability is a key feature for this secondary-op machine. That’s why it comes with its own pallet jack.

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Mobile App Provides Access to Sales Resources

LaViaz Mobile’s Digital Asset Resource Tool (Dart) app is designed to provide manufacturers with a single digital source for sales tools and other resources.

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EMO Hannover 2013 Recap

A summary of new technology and trends evident at Europe’s big machine tool show is available from Germany’s organization of machine builders. We agree with this key assessment: machine tools are acting like smartphones and looking very pretty.

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Economics

October MBI at 50.7 – First Growth in Six Months

With a reading of 50.7, Gardner’s metalworking business index showed that the metalworking industry expanded for the first time since March 2013.

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Automation

Simulating Automation

Software designed for simulating and controlling machine-tending robots can help avoid collisions, protect equipment and simplify the setup of automated cells.

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Automotive

Video: Sheet Metal Forming Without a Die

Ford Motor Company produced this video of its process for forming sheet metal directly from the CAD model, without any need for a die.

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Know Neway?

New to the U.S. market, machine-tool builder Neway recently held an open house at its Texas facility to share the company’s strategies and goals for effectively serving this market.

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What Is Electropolishing?

Able Electropolishing produced this video to explain the electropolishing process, which is used for microfinishing, fatigue life improvement and even deburring in cases where the part is too delicate for more forceful finishing methods.

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Turning Tools

A New Formula for Metal Removal Rates in Turning

An expert on cutting tool theory and practice is proposing a new formula for calculating the metal removal rates in turning operations. This formula factors in the diameter of the workpiece to yield more accurate results and lead to better decisions about productivity.

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High School Offers All-Female Engineering Class

Kewaskum High School in Kewaskum, Wisconsin has launched the state’s first all-female engineering class. Currently there are 17 female students taking the class.

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