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Aqueous Cleaning Optimization
David Gotoff, product manager at Chemetall, explains how each area of an aqueous process must be optimized, including system design and mechanical action, chemistry selection, key performance indicators, soil management, maintenance, rust protection, rust preventive selection, water chemistry, and drying.
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Quick-Change Starts with the Lock Nut
TOMZ is a Connecticut shop that has begun using a new lock nut wrench and is enjoying its benefits on the shop floor where its operators are wearing significantly fewer bandages on their hands.
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Manufacturer Finds Solutions to Common Shop Issues
MicroSwiss Shop Owner Jeff Bonner doubled part production with a superior surface finish compared with previous processes. The medical device manufacturer runs one Citizen A20 and three L20 CNC Swiss lathes and lives and dies by its ability to provide more parts with better quality and efficiency.
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Multitasking Takes a Turn
Turn-mill machines are known for their capabilities in single-setup part production. Here are two very different examples of shops that are using multitasking to their advantage in medical machining.
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Making Hard Turning Routine
This article looks at many of the methodology requirements needed to help shops make hard turning more of the rule and less of an exception.
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Zone Provides Insight into CNC Milling and Drilling Machines
The PM Machining Centers & Milling Machines Zone is a comprehensive collection of new product listings, case studies, feature articles and suppliers related to machining centers and CNC milling and drilling machines, including automatic toolchangers and clamps for workpieces.
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How Technology is Affecting Manufacturing’s Future
Advancing at an incredible rate, technology continues to address many shopfloor concerns. But is it going after the biggest one? Here’s an interesting perspective on how to make sure it does.
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Shop Streamlines Chaotic Workplace
In order to streamline a chaotic workplace, Phoenix Medical hired a new shop leader, who went about increasing the number of machines and helping employees learn a new way of thinking.
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Desktop computers are becoming a thing of the past, whether we like it or not. “Mobility” is the key, and that’s true in manufacturing as well. Henning created a mobile app to use on a tablet or mobile phone right at the workcenter. The app eliminates the need for shop personnel to go elsewhere in the shop to input data into the system.
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Moving your Shop Out of its Comfort Zone
Many shops are facing changing demands from their customers. In the article, we look at a second-generation, family-owned precision machined parts manufacturer that is making the internal and technological changes necessary to accommodate changes its customers are asking for.
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Weak Placements are Detrimental to a Business
In his “About Your Business” column, Matthew Kirchner argues personal weakness is actually a failure on the part of a leader to adequately align the personality traits of their team members with the proper position in an organization.
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November Index Shows Expansion at Slower Rate
For the year-to-date period, the index has averaged 55.5 and increased by approximately 1 percent in 2017.
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