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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.

News June 20, 2018 Kip Hanson

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.

News June 19, 2018

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.

Article June 15, 2018

Gaining control of a blanchard grinder

Adding a CNC to a Blanchard grinder makes the machine easier to operate and maintain.

Article June 15, 2018

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.

Article June 15, 2018 Alan Richter

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.

Article June 15, 2018 Greg Bartlett

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.

Article June 15, 2018 Kip Hanson

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.

Article June 15, 2018 Jeffrey Badger, Ph.D.

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.

Article June 15, 2018 Christopher Tate

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.

Article June 15, 2018

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.

Article June 15, 2018 Kip Hanson

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.

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