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Turning Heads with Presetters
As lathes and turning machines pivot toward quick-change tooling models from traditional stick tools, presetters present benefits of keeping chips flying while reducing human error and increasing precision.
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Vapor Degreasing Fluid Meets Aerospace Application Requirements
The development of environmentally safe, yet effective solvents has kept vapor degreasing at the forefront of cleaning operations for metalworking.
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8 Easy Tips for Spindle and Toolholder Hygiene
A minute chip floating in coolant swarf left to dry on a toolholder taper can eventually become a serious interference at the machine tool spindle-toolholder interface.
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Medical Machining is in the Genes
Sometimes it’s difficult to stay away. This company is an example of a precision machining family that simply can’t stop doing what it does.
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Fire Blazes Path to Shop Safety
This shop doesn’t let its first mistake happen again after purchasing a fire suppression system.
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e-Technology Energizes the Future of Gripping and Clamping
This clamping and gripping system incorporates electrically powered steady rests, clamping heads, grippers, cylinder systems, clamp release units and tool locking systems.
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Single-Cell Automation Simplifies Shop's Growing Production
Ask Michael Olano, president of Dynomach Inc., how to be a profitable high-volume production shop. His answer: self-contained, single-cell automation, or more specifically, twin-spindle machines outfitted with bar feeders and automatic parts catchers.
Read MoreCraftsman's Cribsheet: Three Contributors to Plating Problems on Steel Parts
Plating difficulties are invariably related to three potential contributors: inadequate cleaning, insufficient stock removal and features of the part being plated.
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Technical Training for Employees Factors into Company Success
Griffith Training provides in-plant training and consulting for quality, productivity and improvement for manufacturers.
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Deal Differently with Certainty, Risk and Uncertainty
Let's take a look at the differences between certainty, risk and uncertainty, examples of each, and how we make decisions when faced with these situations.
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Precision Parts Cleaning: Secondary No More
In our February issue, we will include a parts cleaning section that features products, processes and services to help make shops better aware of the latest technologies in the parts cleaning field.
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