Derek Korn

Derek Korn Editor-in-Chief

Five-Axis

Why a Few Degrees Matter

3 + 2 machining might not be as captivating as five-axis contouring operations, but it can be just as valuable.

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Top Shops

Don’t Forget About the Top Shops Honors Program

In addition to receiving benchmarking survey reports, participating shops have a chance to be profiled in Modern Machine Shop. Learn more.

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Medical Shapes a Shop

Medical job and contract shops face challenges—some unique to the market they serve—that push them to become more efficient. Learn about the efforts this shop has made to clear the hurdles it has encountered along the way.

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Laser & Waterjet

Expanded Capabilities for Fiber Laser Cutters

New technology enables fiber laser cutting machines to be just as effective processing thick materials as they are cutting thin sheet metal.

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Safety Meeting Success

What makes for an effective safety meeting? Here are a few suggestions.

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Grinding

Bond. Vitrified Bond.

New vitrified bond technology features proprietary chemistry to achieve higher performance as well as extended wheel life for today’s advanced grinding machines.

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Software Simplifies ISO Certification

Learn how one manufacturer leveraged its shop management software platform to streamline its ISO certification process.

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Workholding

Shop Solution for Faster Jaw Change-Overs

This shop turned a problem into a product line.

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Friction Stir Welding for SLS Rocket

Esab has developed what is said to be the largest welding machine of its type in history for rocket fuel tank structures.

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Top Shops

Because There’s More to a Shop than Machining

It takes more than just having advanced equipment for a shop to be successful.

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Workholding

A Solution for Faster Vise Jaw Change-Overs

This an angle lock vise design is said to enable users to change jaws in 30 seconds.

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Of Schadenfreude and Firgun

Improving your employees’ self-esteem can minimize the effects of schadenfreude and possibly promote firgun. This clear as mud?

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