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Measurement Software Adopts Multi-Touch Interface
This interface shows how multi-touch technology creates an enhanced experience for users of metrology software on the shop floor.
Read MoreThe Internet of Things
The push to make manufacturing a fully integrated Internet-of-Things world is gaining momentum
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MTConnect Challenge 2 Now Open
Developing software that uses MTConnect to add more intelligence to the manufacturing process can win you $100,000.
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Freedom Is a Risky Business
Although the outcome is uncertain, it’s our right as Americans to take a chance at achieving success, fulfilling our dreams or finding what makes us happy. Mark Albert comments on this freedom and what it means in commerce and in life.
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Toward the Perfect RFQ
Whether you request quotes for contract work or respond to ones from customers, an analysis of what makes an RFQ effective offers valuable insights and advice.
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Real Products, Real Learning
Like many metalworking companies, Cardinal Manufacturing promotes its special capabilities at trade shows and other industry events. In this case, however, the company is a machine shop run by high school students.
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A Visit to Hyundai Wia in South Korea
Both this machine tool builder and this country are on the move, as I learned on a recent visit.
Read MoreThe Freedom to Fail
The freedom to fail is precious, yet we often have little esteem for this particular freedom because the price for keeping it is personal and social responsibility.
Read MoreGears Turning in My Head
New ways to produce gears are creating opportunities for users of CNC machining centers as well as sparking reasons to think differently about current developments in machining technology.
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How One Job Shop Tackled Tungsten
When this aerospace job shop settled on machining tungsten alloys and other heavy metals as its specialty, it had to have a machine tool, cutting tools, workholding and process know-how to succeed.
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Shop Floor Monitoring with MTConnect
A new white paper released by the MTConnect Institute demonstrates the benefits of monitoring a manufacturing plant using MTConnect to collect data and information from the shop floor.
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A Visit to TechSolve’s Machining Lab
The M. Eugene Merchant Technology Development Center at TechSolve is a well-equipped machining lab dedicated to developing advanced machining processes and conducting machining-related research. The current projects in the lab reflect critical issues facing metalworking manufacturers, as I learned at a recent open house.
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