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Despite setbacks, a South Carolina shop thrives, develops winning production strategy.

Gage repeatability and reproducibility studies improve measurement systems.

If your shop is looking for a low-cost, simple and effective way to reduce setup time, consider zero-point clamping.

The pressure to decrease costs and drive up profitability means getting every ounce of efficiency from machine tools and cutting tools. To this end, shops constantly strive to reduce cycle times and extend tool life. However, while pursuing these goals, it is easy to push tools past their useful life, allowing excessive wear and its corresponding problems to occur.

My first experience with welding was when my dad taught me to stick weld in the basement of our home. When I was about 9 years old, he came home with a new welding hood. I remember asking him who the hood was for and being mortified when he said it was for me.

Increase productivity when parting off a component. A new parting and grooving tool that practically tripled machining parameters.

Boost productivity when machining keyways into a Nitralloy steel cutting tool head. Switch the work to a vertical machining center and obtain a custom 90° angle head.

Overcome a CAM system's limitations when transitioning to machining more complex parts. New CAM software.

Shop growth is much easier when your credit is solid, even with slight profitability, suggests Keith Jennings in his Manager's Desk column for the April 2014 issue of Cutting Tool Engineering magazine.

The rotating elements in machine tools often generate unacceptable forces due to unbalance, and manufacturers usually take corrective action to reduce the forces.

A tool clamp that permits optimal coolant delivery on Swiss-style machines.

An industrial-grade, wearable computing device.