Basics

Basics

What to Know About Automatic Gages

The potential for increased productivity and cost savings could justify a purchase.

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Basics

What a Machining Center Really Costs: Total Lifecycle ROI

A white paper explains why it’s important to look at the entire lifecycle of a machine to determine its true costs and benefits.

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Looseness — An Enemy of Precision

When a gage isn’t coming up with accurate measurements, the culprit could be a connection that simply isn’t tight enough.

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Grinding

When Grinding Is Like Turning

This shop leverages a high-speed peel-grinding process that resembles turning to effectively grind challenging materials such as carbide. Inherently low grinding forces mean high material-removal rates are possible.

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Grinding

Why Forming a Machine-Tool Buying Committee Is a Good Idea

With a decision as heavy as buying a new machine tool, it’s important to consider how such a purchase will touch all the relevant departments of the shop.

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Basics

Automating Surface Metrology for the Shop Floor

Machine operators are likely to get improved results when the surface finish gage is smart enough to choose the best measuring parameters.

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Basics

How to Succeed in Metalworking? The Answer’s in the Data

In a recent survey, more than 300 businesses using metalworking technology shed light on their outlook for future business conditions, greatest challenges and which strategies are working best for addressing those challenges.

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Five Design for Manufacturability Tips for Designers

Leading machine shops offer design for manufacturability (DFM) advice to customers to reduce machining cost and lead time. Here are five examples.

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Data-Driven Manufacturing Deconstructed

"Data-Driven Manufacturing" can be broken into three areas for better understanding: the conceptual, the technical and the practical.

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Five Tips for Effective Machine Monitoring

A machine shop’s successful entry into machine monitoring reveals important points about what to do and what to expect.

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