Derek Korn Editor-in-Chief

8 Jul 2016

Capturing Captive Knowledge

Tell me if you’ve established a means for culling your experienced machinists’ shopfloor knowledge before they retire.

Workforce Development 1 Jul 2016

Take Your Son to Work Day (Sort of)

A recent visit to a local machine shop enabled young folks, including my son, to get a better appreciation of what modern manufacturing is all about.

Five-Axis 20 Jun 2016

The Value of 3+2

Full-five-axis machining is complex and neat to watch, but five-axis positioning is appealing in its own right.

Workforce Development 9 Jun 2016

Young Folks Spend a Day at a Machine Shop

It's hard to have conversations with young people about manufacturing if they have never been in a shop. Luckily, MMS editor Derek Korn recently got a chance to take some millennials to a nearby advanced machine shop. Read their impressions following the trip.

Toolholders 2 Jun 2016

Inside Haimer’s Expanded North American Headquarters

The company’s shrink-fit, balancing and tooling technologies are on display in a new 25,000 square-foot facility.

Workholding 1 Jun 2016

Shop Favors Different Flavor of Five-Axis Technology

Campbell Engineering benefits from a new twist on the tombstone workholding concept, which enables one of its HMCs to perform 3+2 machining to reduce scrap while supporting the higher-volume needs of its medical customers.

Five-Axis 1 Jun 2016

What Does 5-Axis Machining Look Like to You?

Just because a machine offers five axes of movement, doesn’t mean they all have to be moving at once to take advantage of them.

Automation 18 May 2016

Three Technology Takeaways from FANUC Tour

New CNC, automation and Internet of Things technologies stood out during a recent event at FANUC’s manufacturing campus in Japan.

Workforce Development 12 May 2016

Launching an Apprenticeship Program for $130

This shop uses an inexpensive plug-in for a website-hosting platform to manage its custom, in-house apprenticeship program.

Medical 1 May 2016

Multitasking Offers Medical Benefits

This shop uses a bar-fed turn-mill with a B-axis milling spindle and custom workholding strategies to more competitively machine components complete for low-margin medical devices.

Inspection and Measurement 1 May 2016

“Pay As You Go” Probing

This part- and tool-setting probing system minimizes upfront costs by using a “pay as you go” model, whereby users purchase a six-month credit token that enables unlimited use of the system during that period.