PM Blog
Protecting Against Tooling Pullout
When milling heat-resistant super alloys, tool pullout is a familiar occurrence. This heavy duty milling chuck helps keep your tooling in place and your machine in motion.
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GenSwiss Partners with Swiss Tooling Maker
GenSwiss parnters with Louis Bélet SA, which has heritage as a supplier to the Swiss watch industry.
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A Resource for Rotary Transfer
Visit PM’s Rotary Transfer Machines zone for useful information about this technology, from new products to application stories to quick access to suppliers.
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New IMTS Balloon Hits the Road
The new IMTS ballon is the third model built for AMT - The Association for Manufacturing Technology.
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Lessons for Turning Exotics
While exotic materials bring some important advantages to the table, they also create machining challenges. With careful planning and the right tools and methodology in place, these challenges can be effectively met.
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Getting the Most out of Drills in your Shop
The three keys are keeping the drill short, getting the feed rate right and replacing the drill on schedule before it dulls.
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Virtual Resources for Cutting Tool Info
Smartphone apps, machining calculators and technical information to assist with identifying the best tool for a particular application can be found here at the click of a mouse.
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LMC Workholding Celebrates 100 Years
The company was founded in Logansport, Indiana, in 1916. Although it is headquartered in the Midwest, it has established relationships in Taiwan, Germany, Italy and Sweden.
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The Digital Driven Machine Shop of the Future
How CAM software, the cloud and the Internet of Things are converging to change the way our industry is doing business.
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Collaborative Addresses the Skills Gap
Education and workforce development are the bedrock of 21st century manufacturing.
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Shorten Cycle Times for Tube Machining
Suhner, in cooperation with Wagner (a German manufacturer for OD thread rolling heads), has developed a special process that allows threading operations in short cycle times.
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