PM Blog
Select an Efficient Cleaning System
For a shop to be as efficient as possible, management must take all aspects of the company into consideration, including its parts cleaning processes.
Read MoreTool Monitoring for Complex Machining
One of the biggest challenges to tool monitoring on a multitasking machine is coping with simultaneous cutting operations. Caron Engineering (Wells, Maine) designed a system to meet this challenge.
Read MoreWe Have a Winner!
A Romi CNC lathe was awarded to Marshall Manufacturing during an IMTS giveaway.
Read MoreQuick-Change Vise Jaws System
Quick-change workholding systems can provide a great opportunity to increase production while allowing relatively quick recovery of the cost.
Read MoreLarge Threading with Single Spindle
Oilfield pipes require large, quality threads. This Texas shop is getting the performance it needs from two recently implemented big bore lathes.
Read MoreTurning Exotic Materials
Heat-resistant superalloys and titanium alloys are difficult to machine. This overview looks at machining demands and some recent developments that have elevated performance and process security in turning these materials.
Read MoreCraftsman's Cribsheet: Lockout Tagout: Inspection
Providing lockout/tagout devices and ensuring that equipment is capable of being locked out/tagged out are key management responsibilities.
Read MoreConsolidate Orders to Save on Shipping
As a general rule of thumb, one big order ships for less than three smaller orders.
Read MoreGrowing PMPA Member Kalkaska Screw Products Values Active Involvement
Kalkaska Screw Products Inc. (KSP) was a machining division of an automotive filter manufacturing company until 1996 when the company decided to eliminate the division.
Read MoreVision, Mission ... Purpose?
A purpose statement describes the impact of the company’s activities from the customer’s point of view.
Read MoreMicro-Grooving Tools Provide Many Parts Solutions
This shop taps a range of advanced equipment to machine parts from materials such as aluminum, stainless steel and high-nickel-content alloys that often have application critical features. Micro-grooves fall into this category.
Read MoreAmerica Works Because America Works
For the majority of us, work is sustenance. Money is important, but often for many Americans, it’s about the doing, as well. If we can work, we will.
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