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Recruitment Machines
Are you involved in a robotics league? These competitions attract and identify young people who could thrive in a manufacturing career.
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Video: Quiet Heavy Milling of Titanium
During test cutting with a new tool-and-toolholder combination for titanium, this video was shot to record the sound (or lack of sound) from a deep milling pass.
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Robot Machining Unit
A robot-based machine tool provides a simple and flexible option for certain machining applications.
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Eliminating Tool Pullout in Titanium Milling
Toolholder employs a secondary locking system to counter the high axial cutting forces encountered during the development of a tool for high-metal-removal-rate milling of titanium.
Read MoreThe Esteem Incentive
Does your shop’s culture encourage knowledge sharing among employees?
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Presetting Becomes Prevalent
Next Intent implemented presetting and shrink-fit toolholding when it bought a five-axis machining center, but it has since seen these resources deliver value to machining centers throughout the shop.
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Slideshow: Vibration Isolators
An aerospace shop shows further examples of complex machined parts used to mitigate vibration.
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Laser Encoder Feedback for 40-Meter Wing Parts
Large machine travels, long machining cycles and changing aircraft manufacturing precision demands necessitated a non-contact approach to machine-tool position feedback.
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Aerospace Manufacturer’s Connection to “Gravity”
A shop that manufactured a special cordless drill successfully used by NASA to service the Hubble Space Telescope saw that tool used again in the recent movie "Gravity."
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Beginning Guide to Metals
A machining business gave young people visiting the shop a set of blocks made from various metals to help them understand the work of manufacturing, and the knowledge of materials that manufacturers put to use.
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Experiences with ERP
Job shops reach a point in their growth when they need to face the issue of information management. Here are links to 10 shops’ experiences with enterprise resource planning software.
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The Case for VTLs
The vertical lathe configuration offers advantages that go beyond large-part machining.
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