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CRAFTSMAN’S CRIBSHEET NUMBER 64: Leaded Steels: What You Should Know

Lead is not banned by the European Union’s “End of Life Vehicles Regulations” for machining purposes in steel, aluminum and brass.

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Training the Next Generation: For Those Too Busy for Customer Relationships, There’s An App for That, But …

Some of the fastest-growing disruptive technologies we see these days are online, cloud-based parts sales brokerage companies.

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PMPA Member Cox Manufacturing Finds Success in Product Innovation, Serving a Diverse Clientele

Long before he bought the machine that laid the foundation for Cox Manufacturing Co., William Cox, Sr. worked on airplanes for the United States military.

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Letter to My Son About Lead in Machining

Hi, Son, Thanks for asking about whether or not lead is a hazardous material.

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VIDEO: The Misconception of Declining Manufacturing Jobs

In this video, Gardner Business Intelligence Chief Economist Michael Guckes discusses the decline of manufacturing jobs and argues that although operators have decreased, programmers and engineers have increased.

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BIEMH Show in Bilbao Features 1,300 Exhibitors

More than 1,300 international companies have confirmed their attendance to exhibit at the 30th BIEMH biennial international machine tool exhibition, May 28 to June 1, 2018.  

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Indy in May isn’t Only About Racing

Mark your calendars for May 16 and 17 to visit Technology Days at ZPS America and hitch a ride to the Indianapolis time trials. This event also marks the introduction in the U.S. of the ZPS Swiss line, so the company will have several models tooled up with parts running.

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Parts Cleaning

Cleaning Workshop Offers Training on Chemistry, Regulations, and More

The Quality Product Cleaning Workshop is a hands-on and in-class training course that will teach shop technicians and managers how to monitor current cleaning processes and troubleshoot cleaning problems.

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Adding Medical Machining to Your Catalog

The article “Moving into Medical Machining” looks at a machine shop that cut its teeth in aerospace parts manufacturing and is transitioning to medical manufacturing.

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Choosing the Right Cleaning Tests

The successful manufacturer doesn’t only avoid costs, but also values knowing as much as possible about the benefits and limitations of a cleanliness test, and of staying on top of process trends.

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Shop Updates Equipment to Meet Certification Standards

This article focuses on a shop that needed to attain AS 9100C to accommodate the aerospace and defense industries. To do that, it implemented a CNC centerless grinder.

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Eriez Metalworking Demo Truck Kicks Off 2018 Tour

The Eriez Metalworking Demo Truck, a 32-foot Peterbilt diesel rig with a 24-foot equipment showroom, is once again traveling across North America to deliver hands-on training and education to customers and distributors.

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