PM Blog

11 Oct 2013

Slideshow: Design Catches On

It seems to me that we have reached a tipping point and that the use of ergonomic and attractive machine design has come to stay.

Workforce Development 8 Oct 2013

Manufacturing is Where the Jobs Are

I thought it was interesting that even during the depths of the last recession, the classified ads in the major newspapers still showed opportunities for setup and machinists in our precision machining sector of advanced manufacturing.

Automation 7 Oct 2013

Haas Partners with College to Train Future CNC Machinists

Lincoln College of Technology knows there’s only so much students can learn in a classroom. That’s why it offers hands-on experience for its students, now by using Haas Automation equipment.

4 Oct 2013

Five-Axis Technology: Does it Make Sense for Your Shop?

Gibbs and Associates announced that it will collaborate with Gardner Business Medias’ Modern Machine Shop (sister publication to PM) to present a free webinar at 2 p.m. Eastern time (11 a.m. Pacific) on October 16.

3 Oct 2013

Nexturn Has a New Home

Absolute Machine Tools has been appointed the exclusive importer for CNC Swiss-type turning machines manufactured by Nexturn Co. Ltd.

2 Oct 2013

Produce a Part More Efficiently with Turn-Milling

Turn-milling is the action of cutting with a rotation milling tool while the workpiece is also rotating.

1 Oct 2013

Energy Efficiency Improves

Significant decline in energy use and intensity by manufacturers show improvements in both energy efficiency and changes in manufacturing output mix.

Workholding 27 Sep 2013

Celebrating 40 Years by Giving Back

To honor the 40th anniversary of LNS Group (based in Orvin, Switzerland), the company’s more than 800 employees have committed to give back to their communities through public service.

25 Sep 2013

Brainstorming with Employees

Manufacturers often get their best ideas for production efficiency and quality improvements straight from the shopfloor personnel.

Workforce Development 24 Sep 2013

Shorten the Training Curve with Cognitive Mapping, Part 2

We can give someone information, but that does not mean that that person has converted that information into usable knowledge.

Automation 23 Sep 2013

Programmable Gages Help Create Automation Cell

Conroe Machine (Conroe, Texas) is doing what most machine shops only dream of: hard turning a family of parts around the clock in an unmanned cell that operates a “self-controlled” process.

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