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Kennametal Expands Modular Tooling Line
A new partnership between Kennametal and EWS Tool Technologies will work toward making driven tool setup both fast and accurate.
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The Basics Never Get Old
“Bar Feeder Basics” gives the reader some factors that should be considered when justifying a bar feeder for a shop’s turning operations.
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RoHS Exemptions Delayed Again in EU
According to Electronics Industry Portal I-Connect007, the EU is unlikely to publish the RoHS exemptions for lead any time soon. The EU Commission is only now in the process of preparing draft legislation to be sent to the member states for consideration.
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F. Zimmermann Opens Subsidiary in the U.S.
Besides servicing its traditional gantry customers, the U.S. staff of 13 will also focus on the new five- and six-axis FZH400 HMCs, which are ideally suited for highly efficient machining of structural components in the aerospace industry.
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Benefits of Becoming a Certified Women-Owned Business
Certification can provide a competitive edge
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Moving into Medical Machining
A background in aerospace manufacturing provided this company with the skills it needed to begin medical machining.
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TDM User Day Showcases Tool Lifecycle Management
TDM Systems recently welcomed more than 110 participants to its newly opened technology center for User Day, which highlighted innovations in tool lifecycle management.
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Robotic Cell Cuts Cycle Time, Improves Part Quality
Sew-Eurodrive Inc. worked with Okuma America’s authorized systems dealer to design an automated cell that includes an automatic magazine bar feeder that loads 6-ft. lengths of barstock into the machine. The shop also switched to an Okuma twin spindle, twin turret turning center so all of the machining operations are completed in one setup.
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‘Someday’ has a Happy Ending
After discussing various aerospace machining issues, the Kennametal representative turned Stellar Precision Components on to a solid ceramic end mill for difficult, nickel-based alloys often found in aerospace.
Read MoreLockout Tagout: What Management Needs to do for Periodic Inspection
Providing lockout/tagout devices, ensuring that equipment is capable of being locked out and tagged out are other management responsibilities and are typically well in hand in the shops I visit.
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Network in Nashville
For more than 40 years, through good times and bad, the Management Update Conference has been providing PMPA members with the education, insights and management tools to help your businesses adapt and thrive. The 2017 conference is no exception.
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EDM Enables DIY Form Tools
This manufacturer uses its EDM unit to make and sharpen form tools for its production equipment. Strategically, learning new skills in-house may lead to future commercialization of a value-added process not previously available. It could be a model for other shops.
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