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Infrastructure ROI
Encouraging investments in manufacturing may yield better ecomonic returns than spending on highways and wind mills.
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Laser On Multi-Sensor Inspection Systems Works In Deep Slots
A new laser system gives multi-sensor measurement equipment more flexibility. This system improves the equipment's ability to measure deep recesses and features with high walls.
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Micropulse Technology Comes To Fast-Hole EDM
Holes in turbine blades are critical because the internal cooling airflow provided by these holes prevents the parts from overheating during operation. One of the most promising technologies for making these holes is fast-hole electrical discharge machining (EDM).
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How One Shop Machines Advanced Ceramics
Years of trial and error combined with the appropriate machining technology allow this company to produce custom parts made of alumina, zirconia, boron nitride and other advanced ceramic materials. One example of key machining technology is a five-axis machining center used exclusively to produce the complex, tightly toleranced geometry that fire-hardened workpieces require.
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JIMTOF Report: From the Field
The Japan International Machine Tool Fair (JIMTOF) is Japan’s most important machine tool show. The 2008 show reinforced the trends observed at the International Manufacturing Technology Show (IMTS) that took place in Chicago two months earlier. Along with a review of the show, this article summarizes editorial visits to two new machine tool factories. The report shows that Japan continues to be a dynamic force in machine design and construction.
Read MoreReport From JIMTOF
Following our own International Manufacturing Technology Show (IMTS) by less than 2 months, JIMTOF used to set itself apart by being the event at which many of the Japanese machine tool builders previewed the technological advances under development for future machine tool models. These prototypes or “concept machines” presented a glimpse of new directions in machine design. This is less true today.
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No Gloom And Doom At IMTS
September’s big show in Chicago indicated that investment in new manufacturing technology is likely to remain relatively strong despite uncertainty in other sectors of the economy.
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Sharing The Big Picture
The theme of visibility in manufacturing finds expression in numerous ways at this shop. One of the most conspicuous is the use of plasma displays in strategic areas to summarize the company’s performance as reported by its shop control/data-collection system.
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Precisely Passionate
Doing precisely the right thing at the right time is as important as staying fired up about a single, overarching objective.
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Keeping Things In Focus
Machine-mounted video cameras are part of a system that help a shop owner get more work done while spending less time in the shop. He can monitor and control what’s happening on his machines remotely. He’s also developed strategies for reacting to events such as unexpected tool wear or sudden tool breakage without returning to the shop to fix the problem.
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