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65 Years in Business
To commemorate its 65th anniversary, Kaiser has opened a second building, co-located with its newly expanded headquarters.
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Tips for Finding a Production Sweet Spot
A relationship exists between the cutting speed and the cost per piece.
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Of Course Manufacturing Still Matters!
The article focuses on state GDP figures published by the Bureau of Economic Analysis for 2012. The data shows the states that had the largest percentage of output attributable to manufacturing: The “10 states where manufacturing still matters.”
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Things are Hot in Japan: Week 2
After a somewhat gypsy-like first week, three hotels in 5 days, we settled into the Marriott in Nagoya as our base of operations for Week 2’s plant visits.
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Maximizing Machinery in Medical Manufacturing
Looking for a way to get the most from your machines? Isn’t everyone? One manufacturer of orthopedic implants such as bone screws, bone plates, and replacement joints, as well as surgical instruments, is using CAM software to maximize the potential of its increasingly complex machines.
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Understanding Machining Economics
The economics of precision machining can be understood with four factors: machining cost, material cost, tool cost, and cost of non-productive time (setup costs).
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High Productivity Through Remote Machine Monitoring
As of June 1, all new DMG/Mori Seiki machines equipped with MAPPS control come installed with an MTConnect Standard V1.1 compliant MTConnect adapter.
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Help Yourself and Our Veterans
Recently, carbide cutting tool makers have put recycling programs in place to reclaim the carbide and binder materials in inserts and solid tools. Sandvik Coromant is sweeting the pot for carbide recycling.
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Outsourced Job Moves In House to Save Money
Up against a tight deadline and down to a single insert to run an entire batch of hardened steel components, Metalmite turned to Sandvik Coromant to help overcome a tough threading operation and take an expensive outsourced job in-house for a fraction of the cost.
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The Meaning of Cold Work and Steel Parts
Cold work is defined as the plastic deformation of a metal below its re-crystallization temperature. The steel bars we machine are typically cold drawn (cold worked).
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Although you’re intrigued by the process of additive manufacturing, you might be under the assumption that it is beyond the capabilities of your shop; after all, something this different from what you are doing now is out of your league.
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