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Eli Plaskett Senior Associate Editor
Eli Plaskett joined the Modern Machine Shop team in the fall of 2017. He is a native of Youngstown, Ohio and graduated from Ohio University in 2012 with a bachelor’s degree in Creative Writing and English. After college, he wrote freelance and traveled the country before moving to Cincinnati, Ohio.
He is currently Senior Associate Editor at Modern Machine Shop and Content Writer and Designer at Gardner Business Media, the magazine’s parent company. He writes and edits blog posts and feature-length stories for the magazine as well as for its sister publications.
His articles include: Building Capacity Through Automation, Putting People First: a Profitable Strategy, and A Job Shop Approach to Automation.
Five-Axis Machines Speed NASCAR Engine Production
Moving from an aging set of five-axis mills to more advanced machines enabled Hendrick Motorsports to dramatically improve its engine production.
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Top Shops: Designing a Shop to Meet Customer Needs
Working closely with customers and making careful investments has enabled this Wisconsin machine shop to tackle difficult jobs with tight deadlines as a core part of its business.
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Fives Machining Systems Hosts Daily Tech Talks
Fives Machining Systems will be hosting a series of tech talks at their booth this IMTS
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Index Debuts Cost-Effective Turning Center
Index showcases a variety of machine tools this IMTS, including the debut of a turning center with FANUC control.
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United Grinding Highlights Customer Successes
United Grinding is showcasing four customer success stories at its booth this year, highlighting real-life use cases for its technology.
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Why Are You Coming to IMTS?
Why are people coming to IMTS this year? We chatted with these creators about what keeps them coming to the show year after year.
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How I Made It: Boris Soldo
Coming from the war-torn Balkans, Boris Soldo started working in a machine shop at 18 years old. Over the next thirty years he founded his own successful shop and gone on to found the software company Shopguru.
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Building Bridges: The Power of Connection at IMTS 2024
Fostering connections between technology providers and forward-thinking manufacturers is not only vital to the health and security of the country, it also represents the theme of IMTS – The International Manufacturing Technology Show in September. IMTS 2024 will not only serve as the hub of those connections, but also promises to bring new perspectives and participants to the forefront of the show. Here’s our take on what to expect at IMTS 2024.
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Machine Tool Markets See Minor Changes, U.S. Sees Growth
While global machine tool activity in 2023 was rather unremarkable, the U.S saw growth across all metrics tracked by the survey.
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Open House Showcases Technology Ahead of IMTS
Zoller’s open house in Ann Arbor, Michigan, provided attendees with a glimpse of the connectivity and efficiency the company’s products offer to users.
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Orthopedic Event Discusses Manufacturing Strategies
At the seminar, representatives from multiple companies discussed strategies for making orthopedic devices accurately and efficiently.
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A Peek Inside TMTS
For the Taiwan International Machine Tool Show (TMTS) this year, we spoke to representatives from several companies who discussed how they approach sustainability and smart manufacturing — the themes of this year’s show.
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