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Efficient High-Speed Roughing
The Vortex roughing strategy produces tool paths with a controlled engagement angle for the complete operation.
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Big Visions for Micro Parts
Micromachined parts place unique demands on dimensional measurement systems. It pays to know the most effective approach for a given application.
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Achieving Precision Surface Finishes with Slurry Blasting
Wet blasting is a dust-free and static-free process that removes burrs, scale, oxidation and rust, marks, paint and coatings, oils and grease while preparing the surface for other coatings or processes.
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Craftsman's Cribsheet: How Society Drives Technical Innovation in Precision Machine Shops
The parts that we produce in our precision machining shops are usually embedded into other products that are sold.
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PMPA Membership Provides Business Advantage to Laurel Steel
Laurel Steel has and continues to experience business and competitive advantages as a result of its almost 30-year-long technical membership in PMPA.
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Portable Sump Cleaner Brings Savings
For efficient operations and a positive, healthy work environment, companies need to keep in mind the overall cleanliness of the facility as well as important details such as the machine tools themselves and the cutting fluids being used.
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Meet the New PMPA Executive Director
Following an extensive search process, the board of directors of PMPA selected Michael T. Kobylka II as the new executive director of the association. He formally started his new role on August 1.
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Shorten the Training Curve with Cognitive Mapping, Part 1
I am convinced we have done a very poor job in training our workforce. If we do not provide the employee with the right type of training material, he or she will have a much longer training curve.
Read MoreRobotic Part Handling Reduces Labor Costs
To remain competitive, many manufacturing companies are looking for accurate, reliable and maintenance-free machine tools offering fast change-over, programming and setup.
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Supplier Deliveries Made the Biggest Improvement in August
Gardner’s precision machining index showed that business activity contracted for the sixth straight month in August.
Read MoreOpen Doors Can Open Minds
Increasingly, the message to manufacturers looking to keep manufacturing strong for the future is that it’s up to us as an industry to get the message out. There is no help coming from anybody but us.
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Sandvik’s Virtual Hub Offers an E-EMO Experience
In addition to its booth at EMO 2013 in Hannover, Germany, next week, Sandvik Coromant will host a Virtual Hub digital exhibition on Tuesday, September 17, for those unable to attend the show.
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