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Q&A with Cardinal Manufacturing
A Wisconsin high school manufacturing class funds itself by operating as a business. The program provides a model for other school systems seeking to advance manufacturing instruction. Leaders in one Ohio county recently explored this idea.
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Anderson Machining Finds Its Unicorn
For this formerly family-owned shop, the generational transition and the shop’s future prospects were both better served by letting a new owner take the business bigger. The family was happy to discover that an owner like this does exist.
Read MoreDoes Precision Have to Be Painful?
The more effective and efficient processes result from accuracy being easy.
Read MoreYour Shop, Too, Will Have a 3D Printer
In the future, we will take it for granted that a small 3D printer is among the resources routinely used by machining job shops.
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TMA’s Training 2.0
A different and newly equipped training program addresses the needs of Illinois-area manufacturers as those needs have changed in recent years. The success of the new program suggests questions for leaders in other regions of the country.
Read MoreWhere 4.0 Might Go
If the full promise of Industry 4.0 could be realized, what would that look like and how would our experience of manufacturing change?
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The Podcast’s Larger Message
“Making Chips,” a podcast focused on metalworking, just finished its first full year of episodes. Its creators are two manufacturing business owners demonstrating the value of following an interest and doing something different.
Read MoreThe Limits of Prediction
Forecasts about the future derive all of their information from the present.
Read MoreOpening Up as Standard Practice
How difficult would it be to offer periodic facility tours to the local public? Perhaps not difficult at all. By comparison, the rewards that might come of this could be considerable.
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