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Inflation is Coming (Or Is It?)
Watching recent monetary policy, not to mention price activity, makes it easy to expect that significant inflation is on its way. That outcome is not a certainty.
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In Waterjet, Fast Cutting Found at Lower Pressure
Testing compared abrasive waterjet machining of steel and aluminum at different levels of pump pressure.
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Where More Flutes Make Sense
A tool with many flutes can be effective for achieving a productive metal removal rate in titanium, where speed and chip load are constrained.
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Renishaw Acquires MTT
The metrology company’s move suggests confidence in additive manufacturing.
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Measure Tools While Machines Are Cutting
For busy shops facing production constraints, presetters increase machining center capacity.
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See the Possibilities
Using an inexpensive Web camera purchased at a local electronics store helped this shop monitor its machines via the Internet.
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7 Tweets About Additive Manufacturing
An article in a well-known news magazine spurred MMS editor Pete Zelinski to renew his interest in Twitter and see what others had to say about #AdditiveManufacturing.
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Center Rock and Setups
Just because a machine can run a part in one setup, that doesn’t mean it should.
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New Idea in Shopfloor Gaging
In many manufacturing facilities, production measurement and programmable measurement are two separate things. Read how one company’s new product represents a new idea in gaging.
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The perceived decline of companies as reliable sources of employment may be an additional factor affecting manufacturing’s talent pool.
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How Center Rock Sees Setups
The company that made the rock drills used to free the Chilean miners last year is exploring the right level of multitask machining.
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Inspection System Brings Programmability to Shopfloor Gaging
Gaging device extends the reach of the CMM out to the production floor, and provides an alternative to dedicated gaging.
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