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Cellulose-based components mass produced with AP&T press line
CGTech announces worldwide reseller agreement
AM-produced mandrels provide new market opportunities
Composites manufacturing with advanced programming strategies
Composite material cutters offer a growing opportunity for toolmakers
The next generation of surface profilometer for in-process inspection
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Yearly competition helps students, industry
The 54th annual National Leadership and Skills Conference scheduled for June 25-29 in Louisville, Kentucky, is expected to draw more than 6,000 students, with a fraction of them competing to be named the best CNC milling specialist, CNC technician and CNC turning specialist in the nation.
Metal Michelangelos
I've had a problem recently with our vertical blinds. The damn things keep breaking. Every few weeks, I'll find a vane lying on the ground after the tab at the top busts loose, sending the 6'-long hunk of plastic flying.
Helping U.S. manufacturers: What works?
Advanced economies always lean toward services as they grow. But there are many other advanced economies out there with more robust factory sectors than the United States, employing much larger shares of their workforces and spinning off much more productive research and development.
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.
Getting a chatter diagnosis: General Industry Coverage
Puzzled by the appearance of a choppy, spiral-shaped set of chatter marks showing up on a workpiece, a shop sought a diagnosis from Jeffrey Badger, Ph.D., who writes the Ask the Grinding Doc column in Cutting Tool Engineering.
Despite its advantages, new technology isn’t always embraced
To ensure success of productivity-enhancing technology, shops and other manufacturers must understand and take into account the four main areas of the acquisition process: problem definition, conceptualization, implementation and realization.
Sports R&D company adds VMC
Looking to streamline its process and improve part quality, Automated Design Corp. moved into a facility that enabled it to set up a machine shop.
Avoiding Workholding Woes: Design & Engineering
Whether a fixture is hydraulic, pneumatic or mechanical, or whether it's built internally or subcontracted to others, it's important to understand your true costs and to consider workholding early in the part-design process.
