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Mazak Hosts 27th Annual Precision Machining Competition
Mazak’s Midwest Technology Center hosted the 27th annual Precision Machining Competition, honoring excellence in precision machining skills among Illinois high school students.
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Machining Competition Reaches Out to Young Talent
Mazak Corp. hosted this year’s annual TMA precision machining competition for high school students at its Midwest Technical Center in Illinois.
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Additive Manufacturing Zone
PM added a zone for Additive Manufacturing (AM), technologies that build 3D objects by adding materials in layers.
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Big Kaiser Covers Key Topics at Breakfast & Learn
Big Kaiser Precision Tooling held its annual 3-day Breakfast & Learn event, with technical presentations and an open house that featured demonstrations of the company’s tool presetters, tooling, and zero-point workholding solutions.
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Medtech Show Offers Education, Networking and More
MD&M East, held June 12-14, in New York, New York, connects attendees with thousands of engineers and executives, as well as hundreds of leading suppliers in the medtech industry.
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Rotational Turning Bypasses Grinding
In order to meet close tolerance specifications, most hardened parts are transferred from lathes to grinding machines for final machining. Rotational turning technology, however, eliminates grinding because of special kinematics between the rotating workpiece and a rotating tool.
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The Biggest Bang for Your Automation Buck
Bar feeders are the primary automation option for the precision turned parts shop. Selecting the best bar feeder for the application is important for maximizing the production benefits of this technology.
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Cleanliness Compliance is Critical for Automotive Suppliers
Although not every shop has been affected by cleanliness specifications, many suppliers to automotive OEMs are already complying with stringent cleanliness standards. In Ford Motor Co.’s case, it has created its own cleanliness standards in order to save money and credibility.
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Working with In-House Integration Systems
When it comes to envisioning, engineering and integrating automation systems for its shop floor, this Ohio shop chooses to tap its internal resources to get the job done. This shop successfully implemented in-house integration to help make it a better business.
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Automation with a Purpose
Sustainability demands change, as this shop has done for almost 80 years. The current agent for change is automation. This article tells the story of how this company decided what it needed and then found suppliers to help make it happen.
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HPC Milling Cutters Increase Manufacturing Productivity
High-performance milling cutters should be designed for high process speeds. Certain factors must be considered when selecting the advanced cutting tools in order to shorten primary processing and non-productive times and significantly increase productivity.
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CRAFTSMAN’S CRIBSHEET NUMBER 66: 5 Ways Fine Austenitic Grain Size Affects a Machine Shop
While austenitic grain size is a result of chemistry, the changes it evokes in our processes are a result of material structure and properties, not just the chemical ingredients.
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