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Five-Spindle Lathe Expands CNC Multi Line
Introduced at IMTS 2016, the Penta five-spindle lathe adds a CNC alternative to ZPS America’s line of six- and eight-spindle lathes.
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New Renishaw Facility – Headquarters and More
Renishaw Inc. is preparing to move into a new 133,000-square-foot facility that will act as the company’s new North American headquarters and will provide space for product development, testing, warehousing, and distribution.
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2017 Precision Machined Products Industry Economic Forecast
Gardner Business Intelligence (GBI) is the research arm of Production Machining’s parent company, and we gather our data from several industries that our magazines cover. As we look into this year and beyond, we see both positive and negative developments influencing the manufacturing and related industries that are important to our readership.
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Central Bursts, Chevroning in Cold-Drawn and Extruded Steels
The compressive stresses of cold working can result in failures by shear along planes 45 degrees to the applied stress.
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Kata Practice for Scientific-Thinking Skill and Mindset
Toyota Kata begins with this assumption and asks: what are the practice routines that will help managers outside Toyota develop the necessary skills and mindset to lead fundamental change in their organizations?
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PMPA Member Mueller Brass Co. Finds Success in Capital Investment and Product Diversification
Reflecting its growing competencies of alloys, the company changed its name to Mueller Brass Co. in 1924. Today, a century after its inception, Mueller Brass Co. has expanded its capabilities many times over.
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Titan Gilroy: Finding Your Career, and Yourself, Through Precision Machining
How Mr. Gilroy approached and dealt with the challenges he faced, in life, and in the shop, will be a positive guide to show us just how capable we are to meet the issues we too face, in life and on the job.
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Developing a Platform for Data-Driven Manufacturing
With the eventual goal of adding machine condition monitoring, this company began by installing an ERP system as a foundation to build upon, flattening the learning curve with each step toward achieving increased process oversight.
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Precision Cartridge Mandrel for Internal Clamping
A new mandrel provides consistent workpiece ID clamping of very small diameters for grinding, turning, milling, drilling and measuring.
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Manufacturer Honored by the British Crown
Dr. Tony Bannan was appointed an officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the queen’s 90th birthday honors list for 2016.
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Accelerating Future Leaders in Manufacturing
NIMS hosts a series of apprenticeship accelerator workshops where industry professionals can learn more about developing, implementing and registering an apprenticeship program.
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Gardner Business Index: Precision Machining, January 2017 - 56.0
In January, the index reached its highest level since January 2014.
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