PM Blog

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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Cutting Tools

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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Turning Machines

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.

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Parts Cleaning

Vapor 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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