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3 Resolutions We Must Keep This Year
It’s January—the time when most of us resolve to do things better in the coming year. The gyms are packed.
Read MoreGaining Better Sight for Productivity
American Optisurgical Inc. (AOI) products help people have a clearer view of life and their surroundings.
Read MoreCreating the Indexable Insert
In the shop, we are often told how to use a cutting tool, but not necessary the mechanics behind the tool itself or how the tool is manufactured. A few articles Production Machining has published in the past discuss this topic.
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Examining Non-Contact Inspection for Small Part, High Volume Production
This article looks at current video measurement options for precision measurement.
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Custom Holder Keeps Needle Maker on Point
One department at Phoenix Medical Products (Mountain City, Tenn. ) is devoted entirely to needle design, production, sterilization and packaging, as this work has a unique set of challenges and all the concerns of any machine shop that does work for the medical market.
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Change This Chuck: Save Setup Time
Quick change workholding is one way shops are reducing setup when dealing with higher-mix/ lower-voulme work.
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Continuous Improvement Streamlines Throughput on CNC Swiss-types
Applying continuous improvement is how this Swiss shop keeps ahead of the crowd.
Read MoreMicro-Drilling Calls for Considerations
“Tiny” usually comes to mind when the term “micro” is used. So it is easy to assume that micromachining equates to very small parts found in the medical and electronics manufacturing industries.
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2009--Precision Machining Industry Shoots the Rapids
The year 2009 will be remembered by many of us as a teacher—a cruel teacher, perhaps—but a teacher, nevertheless. There are several important lessons that we learned as an industry, as small- to medium-sized businesses and as manufacturers.
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Micron Celebrates Receipt of Nobel Prize of Manufacturing
Micron Manufacturing Company of Walker, Mich. , recently celebrated its receipt of the 2009 Shingo Silver Medallion for Operational Excellence.
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Executive Dashboard Helps Drive the Business
Doing more with less is the order of the day. Quickly understanding how a business is doing on a daily (even hourly) basis is key to decision making.
Read More4 Steps for Documentation Improvement
Whether you use a simple word processing program or a more sophisticated documentation software program, organizing your material and identifying the simplest way to meet your needs is the key to documentation success.
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