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Index Celebrates 100 Years in Business

Together with its subsidiary company, Traub, Index Group is one of the world’s leading manufacturers of CNC turning machines. 

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Don't Tell Them, Show Them

Precision manufacturing today is far different from the dirty factories that most people remember from the days of black and white television.

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Methods' Metal Storm 2014

On June 11 and 12, Methods Machine Tools Inc. hosted Metal Storm 2014—an open house at the company’s recently expanded and renovated headquarters and corporate technology center in Sudbury, Mass.

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A 4-Year Degree isn’t Necessary to Excel in this Field

The majority of the demand for skilled workforce in industry is in this area of engineering and production technology, requiring some post high school education or credential, but less than a 4-year bachelor’s degree.

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Cutting Tools

Presetters Make Way to Swiss-Type Machines

Manufacturing developments in presetters are now available to Swiss-type machines to ultimately increase their productivity and quality control.

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Cutting Tools

Milling Hard-to-Machine Materials on a Micro Scale

The idea of a tool that effectively controls heat with a special grade of carbide, a new coating and internal channels that deliver cooling through ports in the shank where the milling flutes begin, is worth a look.

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New Digs for Methods

  Methods Machine Tools Inc. will be holding a grand opening at its new, expanded Technology Center in Anaheim, California, on June 25 and 26 from 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. each day. Manufacturing professionals are welcome and encouraged to attend.  The new 11,40-square-foot Methods facility supports operations in Southern California and is located at 1980 West Corporate Way.

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Measurement

Reducing Downtime With Tool Presetting

It’s an ongoing challenge. To remain competitive, shops must find new and more efficient ways to increase production. Often they look to new, faster and more precise machine tools as the answer. Sometimes experimentation with a variety of different tooling

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Ways to Attract Youth to Manufacturing

LNS Research has come up with seven ways to attract youth to manufacturing. PMPA thinks they are right on.

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May Index Reflects Fastest Growth since January

Compared with 1 year ago, backlogs increased by 37.5 percent this month.

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Strolling Through the Schwaben

Last month, I was invited to visit Heller in Germany.

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Seco Customers Enjoy Indy 500 Practice

Seco recently invited customers from across the Midwest to attend an Indy 500 practice day at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway.

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