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Iscar Leader Describes Tool Technology for Machine Shops Acting on Data

As more sophisticated insight into machining performance reveals opportunities for efficiency gain, the value of tooling choices that save time will become increasingly clear.

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Latest Phase of Outsourcing Favors U.S. Suppliers

An expert with a view from both sides of the OEM/supplier divide sees the narrowing of this divide as one of the major positives favoring manufacturing in the United States.

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Basics

A.I. Will Become Our Inventor

We know how to engineer automation, but can we automate engineering? This possibility is nearer than we might expect, and it will have implications for manufacturing. 

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We Are Investing in the Print Magazine

We are doing so because our audience is there. Some findings suggest that’s not likely to change soon.

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Are U.S. Machine Shops Choosing to Stay Small for the Long Haul?

Spending plans offer a clue to the new way shops plan to expand their output.

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The Drug Testing Dilemma

Even if attitudes are shifting toward greater tolerance of drug use, manufacturing employers see little choice but to keep up their screening.

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Pick the Next Business Segment in which Your Shop Will Succeed

In machining, market segmentation is an important strategy for success. An executive of a major contract manufacturer offers advice.

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Do Not Underestimate Your Value to Customers, and Other Advice for Shops

Sharing a few of the takeaways from the recent NTMA Sales and Marketing Conference.

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The Arrival of Low-Cost Metal AM?

Systems just introduced promise to lower the price of entry for 3D printing metal parts.

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Theory and Practice of the Shop Visit

There is certain information that can only come from standing in the facility.

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DN Solutions
Koma Precision
JTEKT
715 Series - 5-axis complete machining
Hurco
Paperless Parts
SolidCAM
TIMTOS
Twin-spindle with CHIRON Group - 25 Series