PM Blog
Changing your Comfort Zone
Through the years, leaders of many companies needed the courage to make the technological leap from machining precision parts on single-spindles to investing in their first rotary transfer machine.
Read MoreStill Kicking After Half a Century
In September 2013, Rick Kline, president of Gardner Business Media, celebrated 50 years with the company. It’s more than a milestone, it’s a testament.
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Okuma Opens New High-Efficiency Factory
Okuma Corporation has held a formal dedication ceremony celebrating the opening of the first building of its new manufacturing facilities in Oguchi, Japan.
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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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