Articles
Data-Driven Manufacturing Helps Shops Stay Competitive
MachineMetrics Inc. provides machine monitoring software that helps manufacturers make decisions based on real-time data, in one case helping a shop to gain almost 20-percent improvement in machine usage in the first year of use.
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December Reading Closes Out an Excellent 2017
December closes above 2017’s record-breaking average reading level.
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Find Out How You Compare with Your Peers
The 2018 Top Shops online benchmarking survey is now open, and you’re invited to participate. Participation is easy and fast with your information held in confidence.
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Chemistry and Machinability Impact Shop's Success
In Chris Felix’s article “Consistency with Indirect Extrusion,” three Sapa Extrusions employees sat down with PM to discuss how their shop benefited from enhancing the quality of its line of aluminum extrusions and analyzing the consistency of its products.
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VIDEO: Highlights from Okuma’s Winter Showcase
More than 700 machine tool professionals visited Okuma’s 2018 Winter Showcase to see the company’s latest developments in additive and other manufacturing technologies. Check out video of the event.
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Aqueous Cleaning Optimization
David Gotoff, product manager at Chemetall, explains how each area of an aqueous process must be optimized, including system design and mechanical action, chemistry selection, key performance indicators, soil management, maintenance, rust protection, rust preventive selection, water chemistry, and drying.
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Quick-Change Starts with the Lock Nut
TOMZ is a Connecticut shop that has begun using a new lock nut wrench and is enjoying its benefits on the shop floor where its operators are wearing significantly fewer bandages on their hands.
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Manufacturer Finds Solutions to Common Shop Issues
MicroSwiss Shop Owner Jeff Bonner doubled part production with a superior surface finish compared with previous processes. The medical device manufacturer runs one Citizen A20 and three L20 CNC Swiss lathes and lives and dies by its ability to provide more parts with better quality and efficiency.
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Multitasking Takes a Turn
Turn-mill machines are known for their capabilities in single-setup part production. Here are two very different examples of shops that are using multitasking to their advantage in medical machining.
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Making Hard Turning Routine
This article looks at many of the methodology requirements needed to help shops make hard turning more of the rule and less of an exception.
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Zone Provides Insight into CNC Milling and Drilling Machines
The PM Machining Centers & Milling Machines Zone is a comprehensive collection of new product listings, case studies, feature articles and suppliers related to machining centers and CNC milling and drilling machines, including automatic toolchangers and clamps for workpieces.
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How Technology is Affecting Manufacturing’s Future
Advancing at an incredible rate, technology continues to address many shopfloor concerns. But is it going after the biggest one? Here’s an interesting perspective on how to make sure it does.
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