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When Little Things Mean A Lot
Measurement technology plays a role on machining centers used at high speeds.
Read MoreMore Than Just The Machining
Boeing representatives describe what they are looking for when they evaluate a machining supplier.
Read MoreThe Meaning Of Price
A story I heard recently may be apocryphal, but it illustrates an important point. A company that made bearings offered two different classes of product—a cheaper bearing with a certain limited performance rating, as well as a more expensive bearing that could be run harder or longer.
Read MoreCleanliness Is An Asset
The company described in this month’s cover story has a second-floor meeting room with a window overlooking the shop floor. One characteristic of the shop is immediately clear from this perspective: The shop is clean.
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The Knowledge System
This company sees knowledge to be a vital production resource. Capturing and sharing information are now routine functions on the shop floor. Here are lessons the company learned.
Read MoreMachining And Manufacturing
Is there an exodus of manufacturing? I can tell you what I’ve seen and heard. A number of shop owners have witnessed the international competition for machining work first-hand.
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Five Sides And One Zero: Shopfloor Programming For Five-Side Parts
A five-side machining program can be thought of as five different three-axis programs stitched together. Does that mean the task of programming a five-side job has to be five times as difficult, or five times as time-consuming?
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How to Choose the Right Tool for Milling Titanium
Milling titanium is different from other metals because of the risk of heat build-up. Thanks to the metal’s low thermal conductivity, overly aggressive milling may even pose a risk of combustion. With titanium, in other words, there may be more than one reason why the cutting speed can’t be increased. And yet the speed of production still can be increased.
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Fast Machining With Fewer Tools
Machining centers capable of precise motion at high feed rates can reduce the number of tools it takes to complete a part.
Read MoreWhat You Don't Know Holds You Back
As you read about the shops profiled in this issue, try looking at their successes through the prism of one word: consistency. Elite Mold focuses on a specific type of work so that it can serve its chosen niche more effectively.
Read MoreThe Difference The Software Makes
Looking back, this shop can see clearly what the clues were that it was time for the software to change.
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