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5 Process Security Tips for Parting Off
Here are five rules of thumb from Scott Lewis, a product and application specialist at Sandvik Coromant, to optimize the parting off process, and as a result, maximize tool and insert life.
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Push You, Pull Me
How a metalworking shop researches, finds and selects what and from whom it procures the goods and services to help keep it running efficiently and competitively is a much simpler and faster task today.
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Kennametal Extrude Hone Consolidating in Germany
After a year of planning and construction, Kennametal Inc. has completed the relocation of Kennametal Extrude Hone GmbH to its new, purpose built location in Holzgunz, Germany.
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AME Launches Adopt-a-School Initiative
The Association for Manufacturing Excellence (AME) has announced a new educational initiative designed to provide high school and college students with access to valuable educational resources and constructive hands-on learning experiences.
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Too Many American Men are on Disability
It isn’t American men manufacturing the products being unloaded here, Mr.
Read MoreInnovation Creates Winners
Some of the most interesting shops I have been in are those that have developed their own products or methods that might give them a leg up on the competition.
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Laser Device Helps to Align Bar Feeders
One of the most common issues affecting bar feeder performance is wear and tear on the bar feeder liner or collet caused by inaccurate alignment between the bar feeder and the lathe.
Read MoreHeat Treating Can Result in Distortion
Heat is a powerful energy that has positive and negative effects on metal.
Read MoreA Gateway to Products, Services and Best Practices
The PM home page is a gateway to products, services and best practices from 14 years of targeted publishing aimed at informing the precision machined parts industry. It’s organized into zones, which make searching for specific topics efficient.
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Rotary Transfer Versus Swiss for Small Precision Parts
A little creativity goes a long way in meeting the challenges that this high-production application presents.
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Measuring System Speeds Up and Simplifies Inspections
Fralsen, Timex’s entity in Besançon, France, realizes that in order to run an efficient process to the end, the time it takes to do these things without error is especially important, even during part inspection.
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Contributing to the Big Picture
A society tends to improve and grow through interaction among its members, sharing important information and learning from others’ successes and failures.
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