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Innovations in Five-Edged Parting and Grooving Inserts
Here's an alternative to the standard circlip-type grooving system, offering five cutting edges with fast indexing from either side.
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External-Coolant Live Tooling Heads Get an Upgrade
One of the most important aspects of effective coolant usage is precise delivery to where it is needed in the cut.
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Hard Turning’s Strong Finish
With the right methodology in place, this alternative to grinding can often save money while adequately meeting surface finish requirements.
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Learn More About Enterprise Resource Planning and Related Software
Browse through our ERP, Management and Related Software Zone where you'll find new product items, a supplier list, feature articles on this topic and more.
Read MoreVapor Degreasing Offers Time Savings and Cleaner Parts
Look into a new vapor degreasing system that is not only self-contained, but saves energy, reduces labor and efficiently cleans.
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In-Kind Grant Gives Students Access to Popular Technology
TST Tooling Software Technology and Vero Software have made an in-kind grant of $750,000 worth of Edgecam software to Lawrence Technological University.
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Beware of Proposed Tracking Rule
We agree with the president. “If we cannot trust the executive branch with our data, we’re going to have some problems.”
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Signs of Improvement, Finally!
According to Gardner's precision machining index from November 2013, production grew for the second month in a row.
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Kennametal and Sumitomo Electric Agree
These two signed a licensing agreement under which Sumitomo Electric will provide and support Kennametal’s KM4X spindle solution to its customers globally.
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Variables in Heat Treating
Changes in dimensional sizes are a big concern for parts with tight tolerances. This complicated issue involves many variables. When heat treating is brought into the equation, the picture can become even blurrier.
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OSHA Adds Chapter about Noise
OSHA just added and published a new chapter addressing noise to the OSHA Technical Manual.
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Free Training Program Draws Interest in Manufacturing
As manufacturing continues its desperate plight for qualified machinists, companies in the industry are taking steps to reach out to the public to educate them about careers in this field.
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