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Workholding

Precision Workholding Matters

This article explains some of the advancements in precision workholding demands and the solutions that are available to improve production and quality in shops making precision parts.

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IMTS 2018 Attracts Buyers and Sellers from Around the World

International Manufacturing Technology Show • September 10-15, 2018 • McCormick Place • Chicago, Illinois

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Workholding

Magnetic Workholding for Production Parts

The use of magnets for workholding has grown well beyond its traditional role for flat plate materials. Control of magnetic flux is now precise enough to securely hold a much wider array of workpiece configurations.

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Apprentices Inspire a New Generation of Engineers

Renishaw recently saw 55 of its apprentices volunteer at MACH 2018 in support of the Education and Development Zone. The initiative involved tours, talks and demonstrations for students aged 11 to 19.

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Basics

Craftman's Cribsheet Number 68: Ten Important Things to Know Before Working as a CNC Machinist

The machinist is a bag of water, and the tools and workpieces are harder and sharper.

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PMPA Member Ashley Ward Finds Success in Equipment Investment and Vertical Integration

Established more than a century ago, Ashley Ward Inc. has become one of the United States’ largest companies in the screw machine industry, with five locations across the country.

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Basics

Seduction or Intention: Choosing Your Time Wisely at IMTS

PMPA’s latest “Business Trends Report” shows that shops are busy working overtime and juggling their schedules to produce the almost unprecedented demand for components from our customers.

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Emerging Leaders

Manuel Merkt, President and COO, Hermle Machine Co.

Manuel was once a young factory worker in Germany who navigated his way to where he is today—the president and COO of an international manufacturing company based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

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Milling and Turning: Blurring the Lines

This story looks at an example of one such shop that transitioned from machining center-based metalcutting to multitasking on mill-turn machines.

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Top Shops Comes to IMTS 2018

At IMTS 2018 this year, Modern Machine Shop’s Top Shops program hopes to deliver actionable insights based on input from real machining businesses that can be taken back to a business and applied immediately.

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Business Index Produces Another Choppy Reading

The Precision Machining Index reports another month of volatile up and down readings.  

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Emerging Leaders Series: Parrish Castor, Director of Quality and Technology, DaCruz Manufacturing

Although Parrish Castor’s background includes a degree in criminal justice, a brief stint playing minor league baseball and then working as an underwriter, he was destined for a career in manufacturing.

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