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Micron Celebrates Receipt of Nobel Prize of Manufacturing
Micron Manufacturing Company of Walker, Mich. , recently celebrated its receipt of the 2009 Shingo Silver Medallion for Operational Excellence.
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Executive Dashboard Helps Drive the Business
Doing more with less is the order of the day. Quickly understanding how a business is doing on a daily (even hourly) basis is key to decision making.
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Quick Change for Screw Machines
New quick-change dovetail form toolholders bring lean operations at a lean price.
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Technical Member Profile: Henning Industrial Software
In the early days, the Hennings’ customers were primarily small- to medium-sized precision machining companies.
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4 Steps for Documentation Improvement
Whether you use a simple word processing program or a more sophisticated documentation software program, organizing your material and identifying the simplest way to meet your needs is the key to documentation success.
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A New Breed Of Turn-Mill Center
The turn-mill center continues to evolve its capabilities. This new machine from Index is an example.
Read MoreGlobal Stampede to Calgary
Imagine 900 young adults—aged 17 to 25—from 51 countries gathering in a single venue to compete for a gold medal in 45 skill categories. Now, imagine more than 150,000 people attending this event to see these kids compete. That gives you only an inkling of the scope of the World Skills Competition.
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Adding 5-Axis Capability to a 3-Axis CNC Mill
This attachment provides shops using thee-axis machining centers the option of on-demand four- and five-axis machining.
Read MoreTool Monitoring: A Must for ‘Lights Out’
Untended, lights-out manufacturing is often the goal for machine shops. To do this effectively, while producing quality parts, a reliable monitoring system must be in place to prevent tool crashing and breakage and ensure proper part transfer.
Read MoreTurn-Mill Machines Turn a Shop's Situation Around
It often takes seeing a machine in action to conjure up a solution to a shop’s problem. This was the case for Steve Walters, an engineer at TriContinent Scientific Inc.
Read MoreSpeaking of Precision
The Precision Machined Products Association has created a blog to facilitate the transfer of important knowledge that will help keep precision machining competitive, sustainable and profitable.
Read MoreAmateurs Talk Tactics; Professionals Talk Logistics
We need a comprehensive overhaul of the U.S. corporate tax code and the regulatory burdens on businesses . . .
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