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Inside the Premium Machine Shop Making Fasteners

AMPG can’t help but take risks — its management doesn’t know how to run machines. But these risks have enabled it to become a runaway success in its market.

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Piezoelectric Sensor Technology: Moving Toward more Efficient Machine Monitoring

A new system that uses simple and compact force or strain sensors, which can be integrated inside toolholders or mounted on surfaces such as spindle housings, can facilitate CNC machine monitoring.  

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How To Select a Solutions Provider

As companies have worked to meet new challenges while capitalizing on emerging opportunities, many have discovered the need to radically rethink fundamental aspects of how they do business.

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Automation

The Value of Auto Adjust Magazine Bar Feeders

This bar feeder is designed to offer the flexibility to enable CNC turning centers to perform short-run work that would otherwise require frequent setups over a range of barstock diameters.

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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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Precision Machining Technology Review: March 2024

Production Machining’s March 2024 technology showcase includes some of the latest technology from Unisig Deep Hole Gundrilling Systems, Kyocera Precision Tools, Swiss Steel USA Inc. and more.

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Inverting Turning and Five-Axis Milling at Famar

Automation is only the tip of the iceberg for Famar, which also provides multitasking options for its vertical lathes and horizontal five-axis machine tools.

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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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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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Production Machining's March 2024 News Highlights

Production Machining’s March 2024 news highlights include manufacturing education programs, new partnerships and more.

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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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Medical

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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