MMS Blog

January Income Down, Spending Up – What Gives?

So, if income, a leading indicator for spending (see the third chart), is still falling how can spending be going up?

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February MBI at 52.5 – Growth Slows Significantly

With a reading of 52.5, the MBI signaled that the pace of growth in the metalworking industry slowed considerably in February.

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64-Bit Implementation for CAM

A recent news bulletin from a CAM software developer caught my eye. Gibbs and Associates (Moorpark, California) is now shipping GibbsCAM 2010, the latest release of its software for programming CNC machine tools.

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Parts Cleaning

Passivation of Stainless Steel Parts: The Recipe for Success

Passivation—the process for making stainless steel parts more corrosion-resistant—is affected by how well the part is cleaned. It’s also affected by the choice of acid. Nitric or citric?

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High Speed Machining 2.0

We just launched a revised and expanded version of our High Speed Machining Zone.

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Aerospace

More Efficient Turbine Blade Milling

Video shows a multitasking machine milling a turbine blade in a cycle that few machining centers could replicate.

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What Makes it Swiss?

This sequence shows the bushless collet and housing in various locations along its stroke.

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Job Shop for Work that Can’t Be Jobbed Out

An assortment of parts produced at the Warner Robins shop Some of the more interesting job shops we find are not technically “job shops” at all.

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Basics

Learning from Other Software Users

Some of the best ideas about how to use a product come from other users.

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Jan. 2010 Industrial Production

The Federal Reserve has released its data for January 2010 industrial production.

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Aerospace

Video: High Speed Milling—900 ipm

Demonstation illustrates the kind of metal removal rate that is possible in aluminum at dynamically stable speeds.

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Jan. 2010 Housing Permits

Housing permits are a key leading indictor for construction machinery industrial production.

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