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What Machine Shops Should Know About Material Bar Straightness
Many operations require a high degree of bar straightness, especially when the material is to be presented to a machine by a bar feeder. For that sector of the market, the following is a brief review of the steps your bar supplier can take to ensure positive results.
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Video: How to Choose the Best Ultrasonic Cleaning Unit
Blackstone-Ney Ultrasonics covers ultrasonic cleaning beyond cavitation and implosion in this webinar.
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Video: Emerging Leader Allison Heil ‘Leans’ on Shopfloor Data to Help Customers
Heil does her job well with the help of her lean manufacturing background. She earned her Six Sigma Black Belt while working as a manufacturing engineer at a company prior to her employment at Amper.
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Built-In Robot Optimizes Turning Processes
A robot integrated within CNC lathes enables part loading and unloading, chatter suppression and chip removal, ensuring that each machine is consistently operating at its highest efficiency.
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Craftsman Cribsheet No. 100: Built Up Edge — What It Is and What To Do
Because Built Up Edge changes the effective geometry of the tool, it can have either positive or negative effects.
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PMTS 2021 Tool Chest Prize Finds Good Home
After Matthew Detzler won the $1,600 tool chest by completing the show’s Digital Scavenger Hunt, he knew right where he’d put it to use.
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Video: Athena Offers Voice-Operated Assistance for Machine Tools
This voice-operated assistant promises to guide, simplify and optimize tasks for experienced and inexperienced CNC machine tool operators alike.
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Video: Emerging Leader Jesse Ziegler Trains Employees to Their Highest Potential
Jesse Ziegler uses his experience of the challenges and lessons he has learned in his 17 years at Swissturn/USA to not only be a positive example but to train his team well.
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Happy Workers are Good Workers
According to an extensive study in 2019 by the Oxford University’s Saïd Business School, a conclusive link between happiness and productivity was found — happy workers are 13% more productive.
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Precision Machining Eastec Technology Preview September 2021
Production Machining highlights some of the latest precision machining advances and technology updates that will be showcased at Eastec 2021, Oct. 19-21 in West Springfield, Massachusetts.
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Machine Shop Employee with Disabilities Shines in the Workplace
Using an untapped talent pool for finding skilled labor might open doors to a mutually beneficial partnership.
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Video: Emerging Leader Michael P. Reader is Dedicated to Bringing Company to Next Level
Growing up working on the shop floor at Precision Plus Inc. and knowing his heart was in manufacturing at a young age, Michael P. Reader now plays a prominent role at the company as V. P. of engineering.
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