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Milling expert says shops can boost productivity and tool life with high-speed milling.

What happens after you install a flexible manufacturing system?

Feared by its enemies, revered by our side: the Abrams M1

After surviving a near-fatal fall, Clair Hain envisioned a manufacturing business to help people fall for fun.

Targeting only certain processes for automation and maintaining flexibility can pay big dividends.

Micro machine tools can be used for numerous applications, but manufacturers need to know the special considerations that come with operating them.

Thinner-wire EDMs are at the forefront of the miniaturization trend, delivering hard-to-see parts.

Staying Sharp October 2006

Thin-film coatings evolve to improve cutting performance and accommodate new tool and workpiece materials.

F&F Screw Machine Products continues to to diversify by producing the thread whirling tools applied to produce many medical parts.

Getting the most out of a modular drawer storage system.

A machine tool research conference explained how today's R&D is shedding light on the future of manufacturing.

By fostering creativity and teamwork among its equipment suppliers, an auto parts maker creates cost-effective automation technology.

A high school student working in a machine shop for a day offers this salute to machinists ... and the grease on their hands.

Staying Sharp September 2006

With the Big Three automakers facing hard times, transplants offer U.S. suppliers opportunities, challenges and a new way of doing business.

Orange County Choppers puts product before publicity.

Helical interpolation is an effective option when opening previously produced holes or machining large new ones.

Files and rotary burs are common metalworking tools, but choosing and using them correctly takes practice.

The fourth biennial CTE salary survey shows how much 'green' workers harvest.