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Choosing wire EDM workholders: Turning Performance
There comes a time when some chipmaking shops add wire EDMing to their repertoire.
Creating visibility with the cloud
Most manufacturers have made great strides in optimizing operations.
Fixing linear positioning errors: General Industry Coverage
In a typical machine-tool-axis positioning system, the workpiece is mounted on a table that slides along flat, straight guide ways.
Lost art of flame straigthening
>Flame straightening is one of those old-timer skills everybody has heard of but few have had the opportunity to witness.
Milling heads don’t get the shaft
Overcome excessive tool wear and poor surface finishes when machining flats on a steel truck shaft.
Mind your modules: Drilling Performance
Modular automation increases productivity and flexibility at a lower price point than custom solutions.
Plan to replace retirees: General Industry Coverage
What is your company doing to replace its retiring workforce?
Rapid ascent
Small shop becomes a big aerospace manufacturer -- with a little help from its friends.
Selecting and using the best gages
Tiny medical parts, mass-produced automotive components and multiple-ton power generation parts share a common activity: inspection.
Shop cleans up its act with MQL
Eliminate excess coolant to improve shop floor safety and cleanliness.
Smooth roughing: Turning Performance
Software for high-efficiency roughing makes moldmaking faster, more efficient.
Teflon on steroids: General Industry Coverage
The creation of superhydrophobic metals using femtosecond lasers.
Wave control: General Industry Coverage
New metamaterials that 'bend' acoustic and elastic waves.
Protecting digital assets: People & Companies
Machine shops need lots of tangible assets to make parts: machine tools, cutting tools and real estate, among other items.
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