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Disaster in Japan: A Spirit of Generosity Will Prevail
Despite last week’s horrendous disaster, Japan will carry on.
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The Other Face of EMCO Maier
Just classroom training machines? No way! Visiting machine tool builder EMCO Maier in Austria, its home country, showed MMS Editor Mark Albert that the company is an important producer of advanced turn-mill machines and CNC precision lathes for both production houses and job shops.
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How Electro-Chemical Machining Works
Machine tool builder EMAG has produced a very nice video that explains and illustrates how the electro-chemical machining (ECM) process is able to perform simple deburring operations as well as produce precision surfaces and shapes.
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Special High-Temp Alloys Spark Interest in EDM
Today’s wire EDM technology preserves the surface integrity of proprietary titanium alloys and other high-temperature materials, so aerospace and medical applications using this process are booming.
Read MoreMore Than Meets the Eye
As U.S. manufacturing moves toward high-value-added processes and advanced technology, it is becomingly increasingly secretive. I wish we all could see more of what is going on.
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EMO: The “Brainy” Machine Tool Show
EMO Hannover 2011 is Europe’s big “trade show for the metalworking sector,” but the event is billed as “more than machine tools.” Show sponsors say that exhibits will both reflect and support current research at the frontiers of production automation.
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CNC Machining and Music Making
A common theme is that CNC machining complements the craftsmanship that is the essence of fine musical instruments.
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Hey, That’s Not Scrap. It’s Art!
*Art Not Art According to a recent news release from the Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries (ISRI) the theft of valuable bronze sculptures from an art museum was solved by a posting on the scrap industries’ online theft alert system.
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Wire Rethreader Hits The Mark
The rethreading system on a wire electrical discharge machine helps a U.S. manufacturer keep up with production requirements for a critical pistol component.
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A Role to Remember
The performance of this company’s machine tools for turning and milling large workpieces is critical to applications such as environmental cleanups. Its part in the recent Gulf oil spill was a dramatic example.
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Is There Still Time to Beat the Rush?
When is a good time to invest in new machine tools and other capital equipment?
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Who Won The Bike? Bob Did!
One of the things I like about IMTS is the festive, fair-like quality of what exhibitors do to draw attendees to their booths.
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