Peter Zelinski

Peter Zelinski Editor-in-Chief

Just What is High Speed Machining?

High speed machining means something more than just cutting fast.

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Die/Mold

The Case for Software-as-a-Service ERP

The owner of a die manufacturing business describes why he prefers to subscribe to ERP software rather than buying it.

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Micro-Cooperation

The photo shows a 0.0004-inch-diameter end mill. (Photo courtesy Performance Micro Tool.) Micro-scale milling is, in many ways, a different process from milling at conventional sizes.

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Automation

Rapid OD Gaging—via Robot

Autonetics of Chapel Hill, North Carolina is a manufacturing automation specialist, but chief technology officer Chris Wezyk says the specialty is more nuanced than that.

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Take the CNC and Walk Away

Datron Dynamics believes that its new D5 Dental Mill is the only machining center in the world to be controlled by an Apple iPad.

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All the Ways Waterjet Works

Waterjet is arguably the most “fluid” metalcutting process.

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Measurement

Video: In-Process Scanning of a Turned Profile—via Robot

A robot reaching into a lathe measures along the entire part length in seconds, determining whether additional machining is needed.

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IMTS after 12 Years Away

The first time I went to IMTS was 1998.

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Try Tweeting for a Tool?

Here is how Twitter will serve the metalworking industry.

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Machining Operations You Might not have Seen

Machining is, in addition to all of its other virtues, just really cool.

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Hidden Costs of Offshoring

It’s not that offshoring itself is bad.

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“Shortage” is Not Exactly Right

Here is a recent article in which the mainstream press reports on manufacturing’s difficulty with finding and hiring enough skilled employees.

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