Let’s have a one-on-one about goals
Michael Deren stresses the importance of setting goals and setting aside time to discuss how to meet them.
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Choosing the best in advance condition monitoring
Learn the main differences between continuous remote monitoring and wireless route-based monitoring to help you choose the right type for your business.
For this shop, it’s about more than making parts
Western Precision Products backs up its commitment to high-quality service and a top-notch customer experience by investing in the equipment and technology to get the job done.
Good machines can come in small packages
There are relatively small, budget-friendly machines on the market that might meet your needs.
Get the word out on your shop
Are you positioned to be found when someone urgently needs a shop?
Leap of Faith
Owning a print magazine such as Cutting Tool Engineering may not seem like a natural move for someone who has served as its electronic media editor for the past 11 years, but then jumping headlong into the great unknown is kind of a thing with me.
Honing provides benefits for all types of tools
Honing the edge of a cutting tool improves tool life, improves workpiece surface finish, reduces spindle load and reduces overall manufacturing cost.
Gaining control of a blanchard grinder
Adding a CNC to a Blanchard grinder makes the machine easier to operate and maintain.
Natural disaster plan a must
While everyone hopes for the best, it's smart to plan for the worst. There are five areas of a manufacturing business that should be evaluated to stay prepared for whatever may come your way.
Grinding ceramic medical parts requires (diamond) grit, patience
Grinding ceramics is unlike most other grinding operations. These superhard, brittle materials need a slow and steady hand.
Technological advances make laser machining more practical
Over the past 30 years, laser machining has evolved into a formidable industrial practice. Gone are the large, expensive, finicky machines. Now fiber lasers, with their compact size, high reliability and affordable cost, have taken hold.
Shop-floor data analysis not negotiable
Like it or not, Industry 4.0 is here. The networked nature of our cars, appliances and, yes, machine tools will only increase. Choosing to ignore that fact won't keep you from producing parts, but it could mean that at least some of those parts end up being produced at a more efficient, technologically savvy machine shop.
