PM Blog
Are Bar Fed Machining Centers the Next Big Thing?
Advanced mill-turn machines with bar fed material handling can overcome several inherent weaknesses of production machining on vertical machining centers.
WatchChip Control
I discovered that chip control actually means controlling chips as they are being cut off of a workpiece.
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Horizontal Axis Crushers Manage Tough Chips
There are a few shop processes that are necessary evils: One of them is chip management and removal.
Read MoreThe Show Must Go On
According to AMT, the IMTS sponsor, more than 1,100 exhibitors are scheduled to come out of their bunkers to demonstrate what they’ve been working on for the last 2 years.
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The Franklin Partnership: PMPA's 'Boots on the Ground' in Washington, D.C.
PMPA’s latest advocacy effort intensified 3 years ago when it engaged The Franklin Partnership as its lobbyist in the nation’s capital.
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New Opportunities with CAM
A shop’s first steps into programming with CAM can be intimidating. But this company found success in fearless flexibility and the right software to fit its applications.
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Material Impacts on the Precision Machining Industry - June 2010
All of the crucial raw materials that we track are up double and triple digits compared to the same month last year. Material cost component of our manufactured products is up, and holding, but subject to variability of global forces as well as local and market demands.
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New Use of Hard Machining Can Replace EDM
Throughout the past decade, new developments in cutting tools and machining center technologies have opened the door for milling of complex component shapes and geometries in hardened materials previously accomplished through Electrical Discharge Machining.
Read More'Ferris Wheel' Machining
Trunnion machining is a type of rotary transfer machining whose plane of motion resembles that of a Ferris wheel.
Read MoreReducing Cycle Times with Vertical Turning
Here's a look at Emag's 250 platform, the company's latest lineup of inverted vertical turning lathes.
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Automated Chip Processing Meets Demanding Goals
Forward thinking manufacturers know they need to optimize every aspect of their manufacturing operations in order to survive and prosper.
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Faster Centerline Drilling with Continuous Pecks
One of the most difficult small-part turning operations does not involve a turning tool at all, but instead involves a drill.
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