PM Blog
Have Condition Monitoring Kit, Will Travel
Scheduled monitoring of the condition of your machine tools can help ward off avoidable downtime and expensive repair costs.
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Insight into Minimum Quantity Lubrication
This article is the result of an interview with Dr. Radu Pavel, who is chief technology officer at TechSolve Inc. and Optis LLC. He focuses on process design and optimization as well process monitoring and control.
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Gardner Business Index: Precision Machining, June 2016 - 43.0
Companies with 50-99 employees expanded for the fourth straight month.
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Millennials: We Can’t Live Without Them
Nate's story is one that is being repeated in shops across the country, as efforts by our industry and trade associations, such as PMPA, begin to bear fruit by educating people like Nate about the career opportunities in manufacturing.
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Okuma Donates CNC Machines to College
Okuma America Corporation recently donated an MC-V4020 CNC vertical machining center and an ES-L8II CNC lathe to the engineering technology programs at Central Piedmont Community College.
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CAM Software Helps Eliminate Scrap and Reduce Cycle Times
GibbsCAM 2016 was designed with the assistance of shop owners and shopfloor employees.
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Biennial Biorhythms
With each edition of IMTS, AMT - The Association for Manufacturing Technology, the show’s sponsor, comes up with new ways to capture attendees' attention and help them become better informed about the manufacturing world we inhabit.
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NIMS Announces Industry Standard for CAM
Developed over the course of a year-long, nationwide validation process, with more than 125 experts from companies who use a variety of CAM software, the standards define the competencies and skills expected by industry for entry-level CAM positions.
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Video: Tool Balance is Critical for High-Speed Machining
High-speed machining requires balanced tools in order to reach maximum speeds. This balancing machine is simple to set up and highly flexible, according to your machine shop’s configuration.
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Grinding—Really?
Working with Allways Precision, a systems integrator from Chicago, this shop is now able to produce motor drive shafts for one of its customers using a fully automated, robot tended cell. It’s working beautifully.
WatchAdd B Axis to the ‘A’ List
Since the B axis is capable of moving in an arbitrary five-axis plane rather than being restricted to the traditional live tool motions where a milling cutter can be positioned axially or radially to either the diameter or the face of the part, complex part machining can greatly benefit from a B axis.
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Beyond One and Done
Rotary transfer machining is one proven solution for high volume machining. Today’s CNC rotary transfer machines provide more than “set it and forget it” production; they are flexible enough for high mix and low volume production demands.
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