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Think Makers
Driven to be manufacturers, this breed of go-getters will drive manufacturing.
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Crystallizing a New Approach to Today’s Turning Needs
A recently developed insert grade turns concepts for production turning operations on their heads. Shops cutting steel workpieces in high volumes may have to realign their thinking accordingly.
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Digital Edition of GEAR Production Now Available
GEAR Production is a new publication offered as a supplement to Modern Machine Shop and Automotive Design & Production. The theme of the first edition is seeing gear production as a supplement to your current manufacturing operations. Now anyone who wants to see this supplement can open its electronic version here for free.
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High-Tech Adhesives and Sealants Benefit the Machine Shop
This article from Henkel AG & Co. KGaA, the manufacturer of Loctite, Bonderite and Teroson brands of adhesives, sealants and surface treatments, reviews the ways strong bonds formed by these advanced materials help manufacturing companies.
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Changing the Landscape of Gear Production
The convergence of innovative cutter designs, five-axis multitasking machines and capable software is revolutionizing small- and medium-batch gear production.
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Abrasive Waterjet Machining Re-Examined
After attending Omax Corporation's 20th anniversary event in Kent, Washington, I have a clearer idea of why waterjet machining has special appeal to entrepreneurs, designers, engineers and inventors, as well as many other manufacturers. This versatile, precise and capable process cuts a range of durable materials, making it easy to turn ideas into prototypes and finished products.
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An Insider’s Look at MTConnect-Enabled Applications
A new whitepaper from the MTConnect Institute is designed to help software developers create client applications that take advantage of the valuable data generated by manufacturing equipment but previously more difficult to access.
Read MoreTurning Sixty
Every 10 years or so, I devote this commentary to my reflections on reaching a significant milestone on life’s journey.
Read MoreGear Making in Transition
As I prepared to write about InvoMilling for the article starting on page 17, I spoke with several production managers at companies that were on the verge of implementing this process on their multitasking machines.
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Manufacturing in the Sweep of U.S. History
Jim Ellison, noted leader in machine distribution, offers his insightful survey of how American manufacturing has supported the renewal of this country’s strength throughout its turbulent history.
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Mazak Implements MTConnect Factory-Wide
Mazak’s Florence, Kentucky machine tool plant will use the MTConnect open communications protocol for equipment monitoring and other applications.
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From Safety Glasses to Data Glasses
A new app enables Google Glass (spectacles with a heads-up Internet display) to show shop floor data using MTConnect functionality.
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