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The Value of a Job Quoting Checklist for CNC Machine Shops
A more comprehensive quoting process might enable you to win the right amount of the right type of work for your shop while eliminating any surprises that might otherwise pop up when production of a new job ensues.
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For Milltronics, Technology Is the Key to Time Savings
The machine tool builder is introducing three new software technologies to enable machine shops to shave time during programming, setups and turning operations.
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Where You Focus Determines What You Do In Your CNC Machine Shop
Recent discussions with representatives from four successful shops revealed that their purchasing and strategic business decisions are largely shaped by the needs of their customers and employees.
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Time-Lapse Video Demonstrates Total Lifecycle Support
United Grinding shows what it takes to tear down and rebuild a grinding machine to support its philosophy of total lifecycle solutions.
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Quaser’s First IMTS (Sort of)
Taiwan’s machine tool builder Quaser has its own booth at IMTS for the first time.
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Is it a Cleaning Fan or a Ceiling Fan?
You can’t miss the ginormous, rotating cleaning fan display above Lang Technovation’s booth. You also should think about how that simple product can help complete an automated machining process.
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Top Shops Winners Talk Technology, Tactics
Successful machining businesses implement effective processes and strategies both on the shop floor and in the front office. Recent chats with representatives from this year’s award-winning Top Shops shed light on some approaches they have leveraged to their advantage.
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Why the Top Shops Workshop at IMTS Will Be Worth Your While
Our Top Shops workshop at IMTS will highlight processes and practices that successful shops are using to grow their machining businesses and become more profitable.
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Tips for Thread Milling Tricky Materials
Compared to tapping, thread-milling technology offers advantages for creating threads in challenging materials, such as tool steel, stainless steel and high-temperature alloys. Here are a few tips for establishing an effective thread-milling process in those materials.
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Using Cameras to Align Tools and Spindles on Swiss-Type Lathes
Installing cameras in the spindles of a Swiss-type lathe can simplify the alignment of tools with the main and subspindles as well as the alignment of those spindles with each other.
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NTMA Members Spotlight Shop Additions
While traveling with some members of the National Tooling and Machining Association, a few highlighted recent improvement efforts from which their operations have benefited a good deal.
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Machining Technology Trip to Japan
A recent trip with NTMA members to Okuma and Big Daishowa manufacturing facilities provided the opportunity to learn about their in-house production capabilities and new machining technology offerings.
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