PM Blog

20 Jun 2011

Manufacturing Has an Answer

Like many of you, I was raised to try to repair something that wasn’t working correctly.

CAD/CAM 20 Jun 2011

Upgrade Your CAM Abilities

Anyone who programs a CNC today has to be using CAM software, and the odds are they didn’t acquire it last week.

15 Jun 2011

Clamping Devices Ensure Power Boost for Turbo Manufacturer

In order to efficiently manufacture more than 12,000 toothed parts with a range of dimensions having lot sizes of 1 to 50, a shop needs to focus not only on the cutting parameters, but also developing a strategy for handling the tremendous setup time.

15 Jun 2011

Austin, Texas, is the site for PMPA’s 78th Annual Meeting

Deep in the heart of Texas Hill Country—That’s where the PMPA’s 78th Annual Meeting will be held from October 21 to 25.

Workholding 15 Jun 2011

Practical Automation for a Variety of Turning Applications

A key way to reduce labor costs on turning centers is to add automation for part loading and unloading.

15 Jun 2011

Magic Bullets in Precision Machining

As a supplier of steel bars for machinists for more than 30 years of my professional career, I was often invited to help shops troubleshoot or problem solve.

15 Jun 2011

Managing Short-Term Production Loss

Here are some key strategies that are critical to flex your business in a time similar to a short-term volume crisis.

15 Jun 2011

Apprentices: Sustaining Our Industry

What is our plan to create our own source of skilled craftsman?

Parts Cleaning 13 Jun 2011

Parts Cleaning with Vapor Degreasing

Vapor degreasing is an environmentally friendly way to clean parts because safe solvents are used during the process, or in some applications, no chemicals at all. Sometimes the steam or vapor produced by the system is enough to clean the parts.

Turn-Mills 23 May 2011

The Evolution of the Y Axis on Turn-Mill Machines

Introduced to the turn-mill machine tool design in about 1996, the Y axis was first used on a single-spindle, mill-turn lathe with a subspindle. The idea of a Y axis on a CNC originated from the quality limitation of polar interpolation and the difficulty in programming, not from electronic advances in controls or servomotor technology as one might commonly think.