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Reconsider College as an Investment

We have plenty of jobs for sharp people and a career path that will include some college--but not years of college debt and lost earnings.

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Medical Shop Increases Tool Life with Hex Broaching

A manufacturer of spinal implants and surgical instruments achieves immediate results in a switch from rotary broaching to hex broaching.

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Parts Cleaning

Power in Compact Cleaning

Capital improvement decisions can often be “no risk/no reward.” This shop passed on potential production equipment in favor of a new cleaning system and found great reward.

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Magnetic Filtration Leads to Premier Finish

Magnetic filtration can be used in almost any environment where ferrous and paramagnetic contamination of a liquid is a problem.

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Beyond Secondaries: Vertical Machining Center Enhances OEM's Capability

Like many turning based shops, Clippard Instrument Laboratory first applied vertical machining centers to perform secondary operations on its screw machined parts. That view has changed for the better.

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Technologies for Chip and Coolant Management

To the casual observer, removing the chips created during a metalworking manufacturing process may seem about as complicated as emptying a waste basket.

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Small, But Mighty

Machining center designed for small spaces.

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Time is the Only Finite Resource

In many cases, your very livelihood depends on efficiency. If you can’t produce a part, get it out the door and make a profit doing it, your business is not long for this world.

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Turning Machines

Vertical Turning Frees Up Brake Production

When it comes to machine tools, Andreas Jung, plant manager at Siegerland Bremsen, Haiger, Germany, is not so easy to fool.

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IMTS 2012: Have it Your Way

One thing that the metalworking industry teaches is there are generally several ways to manufacture a given part.

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Hardinge Inc.

The company originally known as Hardinge Brothers was founded in 1890 by Canadians, Henry and Franklin Hardinge.

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Quality–Same or Separate Team?

Is there an ISO requirement that states that the quality manager cannot report to the director of manufacturing?

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