PM Blog
Mazak Hosts VMA’s Annual Workshop and Tour
From April 30 to May 2, Mazak Corporation will host a portion of the Valve Manufacturers Association’s (VMA) annual “Manufacturers Workshop and Tour” at its North American headquarters in Florence, Ky.
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Conversion of Hardness and Tensile Strength in Steels
Use of conversion charts and factors to convert hardness values in steels is widely done and typically based on ASTM methodology.
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Help Women Consider a Career in Manufacturing
Women are the "untapped resource" that can improve the shortage of skilled workers.
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Get Ready for the New Low Lead Requirements
In January 2014, federal legislation was enacted, aimed at reducing the allowable lead content of components used in potable water systems.
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Automate Programming with CAM
Even for those shops still manually programming their simple parts on Swiss machines, there are compelling reasons to automate the programming process now.
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Making the Case for B-Axis Machining
As precision part designs become more complex and the economic pressure to complete more operations in a single setup increase, turning center designs are changing.
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Manufacturing is Different
A trade magazine can save you time searching for suppliers by prequalifying the kinds of products and services you, as a reader, have told us you use.
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February PMBI at 56.6 -- Two Straight Months of Growth
This was the fifth month in a row that the index has increased compared with 1 year ago.
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Be a Mentor and Make a Difference in Manufacturing
I am thinking about what many of our shops need, what they think about this young talent waiting to be guided in our shops, and what they are doing to develop their talent. The first two things that come to my mind are training and education.
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Machine tool builders are moving away from hydraulics and pneumatics to conserve energy and reduce costs.
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Student Summit Returns for IMTS 2014
The Smartforce Student Summit has been a place at IMTS where educators, administrators, students and parents can experience an in-depth introduction to manufacturing.
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CAM Software Enables Machining Complex Parts Faster, in More Ways
When Advance Manufacturing Technology (Salt Lake City, Utah) acquired a multitasking machine in 2012, it licensed GibbsCAM MTM (multitask machining) software from Gibbs and Associates Inc. to enable programming the new machine.
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