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Article February 15, 2018 Keith Jennings

Owning company communications: People & Companies

Manager's Desk columnist Keith Jennings underscores the need for shop owners to remind their staff that it is the company—not its employees—that owns all business calls and electronic communications.

Article January 15, 2018 Michael C. Anderson

In Digital Manufacturing, the Product Is Intellectual Property

In the digitized manufacturing world that is being born, the product that a job shop produces is less a piece of machined metal and more a piece of intellectual property.

Article January 15, 2018 Greg Bartlett

Starting mass finishing: General Industry Coverage

There is much to consider when choosing a mass-finishing system, what with operational variables from machine size and design to cutting media, compound abrasives, water volume, cycle time and more.

Article January 15, 2018 Michael C. Anderson

Machine monitoring lets manufacturers improve future processes

Machine monitoring lets manufacturers gather, analyze and share data to improve future processes.n

Article January 15, 2018 Alan Richter

Tips for preventing workhardening when boring

One of the challenges when boring workpiece materials susceptible to workhardening is recognizing whether the prebored hole is already workhardened.

Article January 15, 2018 Kip Hanson

FMSes uncork bottlenecks: Turning Performance

Top managers at three manufacturers weigh in on the merits of flexible manufacturing systems.

Article January 15, 2018 Michael C. Anderson

Cybersecurity defenses found lacking for manufacturers

A report from global cybersecurity company Kaspersky Lab, Woburn, Mass., found that in the first half of 2017, manufacturing was the industry most susceptible to cyberthreats, with the industrial control system computers of manufacturers accounting for almost a third of all attacks.

Article January 15, 2018 Alan Richter

Eye-tracking studies said to reduce training time, improve safety

To reduce training time and improve worker safety in the high-risk environment of industrial manufacturing, Tobii Pro Insight administers eye-tracking studies.

Article January 15, 2018 Michael C. Anderson

Poll reveals CNC likes and dislikes

CTE's "CNC Chef," Bob Warfield, polled the readers of his CNCCookbook blog in September on what they like and dislike about their CNCs.

Article January 15, 2018 Michael Deren

Raising the level of skills

Michael Deren, who writes the Machinist's Corner column for CTE, spent the holidays reflecting on a couple of events from 2017. One was his promotion at work. The other? Three machines failed within 24 hours.

Article January 15, 2018 Harry Mosesian

Silo systems can’t maintain equipment

Some parts manufacturers try to manage their computerized maintenance management systems (CMMS) with Microsoft Excel spreadsheets, Microsoft Access data-bases or stand-alone third-party applications. Although these methods offer incredible flexibility, six primary reasons exist for why they fail in all but the smallest of job shops.

Article January 15, 2018 Tom Lipton

Flat stones for fine finishing

Abrasive stones commonly found in machine shops are fine for run-of-the-mill deburring and abrading, but absolutely not suitable for precision stoning. For that, you need a pair of carefully prepared, precision-ground flat stones.

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