PM Blog

Merry Christmas from PM!

We would like to wish all of our readers a wonderful holiday season and a prosperous new year. Today we stray slightly from our typical industry content to offer you a little bit of Christmas trivia.

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Lean

The 'Skinny' on the New Year

One New Year's resolution you should seriously consider for your shop is to work on going as lean as possible, and our articles on productionmachining.com can help you reach your goal.

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Toolholders

More Tools for Swiss-Types

Iscar is expanding its line of square-shank toolholders for Swiss-type automatics and CNC machine tools by adding new tools for high pressure coolant and also tools without the internal coolant feature.

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Hands-On Training Offers Students Priceless Experience

Machine tool builders are hearing the cries of machine shops (their customers) desperate for skilled workers and are funding educational programs themselves.

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Automation

Checklist for Lights-Out Manufacturing

Many shops of various sizes are trying to hop on the lights-out bandwagon. This article looks at some things to consider and check out before “hopping.”

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Turning into 2014

Shops need to pay attention to the growth in capability and OEM participation data collection and dissemination systems such as MTConnect.

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Fanuc Merges Operations

Fanuc has officially merged all of its operations in the Americas into a single company named Fanuc America Corporation.

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PMPA Offers Members Disaster Recovery Plan

QS9000 requires suppliers to have contingency plans. Sometimes, natural disasters and acts of God are also in play.

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Craftsman's Cribsheet: Quality System Improvements

Here are four steps to help you organize, define, simplify and improve your quality system.

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Not Just Another Show in Las Vegas: Management Update to Deliver Tools You Can Use

When the PMPA comes to town next month at The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas, February 21 - 23, this weekend program will be filled with strategic information that you’ll put to immediate use at your company.

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Workshops for Warriors Helps Fill the Skills Gap

The overarching mission of Workshops for Warriors is to place veterans and wounded warriors into manufacturing careers by providing training, nationally recognized portable credentials, work experience and job placement.

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Why You Shouldn't Predict Firm Metals Pricing for the Year Ahead

“Our job as responsible, sustainable, competitive suppliers is to intelligently manage risk.”

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SolidCAM
Marubeni Citizen CNC
SPC Innovations, In-machine gaging and attachments
World Machine Tool Survey
Efficient, Durability, Advanced CBN Abrasives
manufacturer of machine tools
Horn USA
Star swiss-type automatic lathes
Efficient, Durability, Advanced CBN Abrasives