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MMS Blog
Taking The Fear Out Of Hard Turning
To make the transition to hard turning, you'll need to switch from carbide to CBN inserts, but that is easier (and more economical) than you might think. It's making the jump to much higher surface speeds that might scare you off. It needn't. Here's why.
Read MoreCustomer-Dedicated Machining Cells To Assure Quality And Commitments
Kenlee Precision Corp. began operations in Baltimore as a general practice job shop in 1969. The business was started on the typical shoestring, with some borrowed capital, a few machine tools and plenty of moxie on the part of President/ Owner Ken Lewis.
Read MoreRadicals Revisited
What happens when a progressive job shop melds with Small Town, U.S.A.? The result is an "industrial village" that may represent what contract manufacturing will look like in the next century.
Read MoreSetting Up For Single Setups
This California shop doesn't just consolidate operations, it consolidates machines--using a lathe that doubles as a cutoff saw and machining center.
Read MoreTooling Alloy Started In Aerospace
Tooling alloy was invented to meet the demanding specifications for landing gear components of U. S. Navy carrier-based jet aircraft. It was discovered that this material alloy had certain outstanding properties that recommended it as an effective upgrade for conventional tooling materials.
Read MoreFabricator Uses U.S. Made Tool System To Overcome Stripping, Pulling
Custom sheet metal fabricator, Perfo AB, Mariestad, Sweden, manufactures bar code plates punched of sheet metal using a Murata Wiedemann Centrum 2000 turret punch press and a guided tool system from Mate Punch and Die (Anoka, Minnesota) that dramatically increases part accuracy and reliability. The bar code plates contain critical specification information for the manufacture and assembly of specific automobile models.
Read MoreA Highly Evolved Fab Shop
In today's manufacturing environment, it's survival of the fittest. This fab shop found that an automated fabricating cell was a natural selection. Continuing this process of evolution, a new species of job shop may emerge.
Read MoreCNC Turret Replaces Lathe's Manual Tool Post
Installing a CNC such as a turret can give a real productivity boost for shops. With a CNC turret, more tools can be carried at one time.
Read MoreA Closer Look At Look-Ahead
This CNC capability is helping make machine tools move far faster, and more accurately, than ever before. Here's how it works.
Read MoreIlluminating High Power Lasers
Here's what you should know about cutting with higher power lasers and what they can bring to your business.
Read MoreAutomated Wire EDM In Action
From the ground up, this new shop was built around the concept of fully automated, fully palletized wire EDM.
Read MoreAccurate Cost Estimates-Fast
Accurate cost estimates - fast. Costimator RapidCost is designed to simplify the job and help estimators produce accurate quotes quickly enough to satisfy deadline pressures.
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