March 2024 Issue
March 2024
Digital Edition
Features
Featured articles from the March 2024 issue of Production Machining
Gardner Business Index: Precision Machining January 2024
Precision Machining activity contracted again in January, ending at a level unchanged relative to December.
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Job Shop Discovers and Fills a Fishing Need
The promise of a product line for improved mounting of electronic fish finders led this Missouri job shop to an automated turning process.
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The Value of Mass Finishing, Shot Blasting for Aerospace and Medical Applications
The choice between mass finishing and shot blasting for CNC-machined parts depends on the specific requirements of the application.
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AI and Your QMS Procedures
Will artificial intelligence soon impact your quality system operating procedures? It could.
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Is a ‘Side Hustle’ on Your Horizon?
I’ve written about machine shops that have created a separate business for fun, as a complement to their existing operation or as a means to leverage their manufacturing prowess. Here’s a bit about a few of them.
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Is it Time to Update Your Scrap Processing Equipment?
Metalworking companies that are thinking about updating their metal scrap processing equipment have a lot to consider especially with how frequently production takes priority over waste management.
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How Well do You Know Granite Surface Plates?
Here are some tips for choosing, maintaining and customizing a granite solution that will best meet your shop’s particular inspection needs.
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Manufacturing Madness: Know When to Speed Up and When to Slow Down
Knowing which to do when can make the difference between world-class leadership and average management.
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Implementation and Tracking: Strategic Planning | Part 2
A strategic plan that you have to dust off does not advance your business.
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The Value of CMM Controller Retrofits
In this case, new controllers for two coordinate measuring machines — one 26 years old — with new programming software offers the possibility to enable multisensor inspection of critical, turned aerospace components.
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Onshoring Weather Report: Strong Tailwinds!
Onshoring, reshoring, nearshoring: these terms are showing up with increasing frequency in the news and online. But is there evidence that these are real?
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