PM Blog

13th Annual TopSolid Seminar in Prague

The 13th annual TopSolid seminar which took place in Prague January 15-18, 2014, gave Missler Software the opportunity to share with seminar participants the good news of its best sales results in the history of the company.

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Automotive

American Honda—Exporting More Cars than Importing

We love foreign direct investment. We love the fact that Honda is paying the wages of about 13,700 employees here in Ohio.

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PMPA Member Participates at White House CEO Roundtable

Michael Tamasi, CEO of Accurounds, was called to the White House to share AccuRounds’ successes in building a partnership to re-employ local residents in the manufacturing industry.

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PMBI Shows Fastest Growth Since March 2012

Production grew for the third time in 4 months, but the rate of growth was the fastest since the spring of 2012.

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Index Corporation Turns 100

To celebrate this milestone, the company is hosting an open house at its U.S. headquarters in Noblesville, Ind., near Indianapolis.

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Turn-Mills

The ABCs of a B Axis

The B axis on a machine gives operators the ability to manipulate a tool to any angle in precise increments.

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Defining Deburring and FOD

Burrs and foreign object damage (FOD) are considerations that are increasingly critical as precision machined parts are engineered from more challenging materials and to demanding geometries and applications.

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Basics

Workholding Offers Many Approaches

Take a look at an assortment of applications and the approaches that can be taken to narrow the workholding options to what will fit best.

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Tap your Suppliers' Knowledge Base

Whether a small CNC machine shop, a Tier 1, 2 or 3, or the production facility of a mega-corporation, manufacturers want to improve their processes, competitiveness and profitability.

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Turn-Mills

Machining Complex Workpieces Complete

Multitasking machines deliver many benefits.

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Swiss-Types

Shop Opts for Choice in Swiss Machines

Precision CNC (Lancaster, Ohio) is a traditional machine shop that has moved into Swiss machining. From the beginning of its Swiss operation, it has used “combination” machines in its stable of Swiss-types, which offer machining capability with or without a guide bushing. Here’s how and why it uses them.

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CAD/CAM

Done Deal

After a long ramp up, CAD software giant Autodesk announced on February 6 that it has completed acquisition of CAM software leader Delcam.

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