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Chip Control With Coolant
Directing high pressure coolant under the chip in turning applications can improve cutting rates, tool life and surface finish.
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Hold On With Vacuum Clamping
Because of the possibility of workpiece deformation, clamping using three-jaw chucks is not always suitable for final machining. In cases where tight machining tolerances must be upheld, this Danish cutting specialist relies on vacuum clamping technology to hold its parts.
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Drafting New Players For Swiss Precision
Consistent operations play a big part in attaining high productivity. That’s why, as a shop grows (as this Swiss shop has), it should look to add machines—and employees—that complement each other.
Read MoreBusiness Policy Roles At Your Company
Giving employees a clear understanding company policies and the their ability to apply discretion will foster better decision-making throughout the organization.
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Concrete Reasoning On Swiss Turning
This tech brief discusses the application of polymer concrete as a machine base material for precision Swiss turning.
Read MoreMore For Less, And I Want It Now
One way to succeed in today's competitive environment is to seek out partnerships with other industry leaders to mutually leverage each other's technology advances.
Read MoreAutomation Determines The Industry's Future
Industrial history will repeat itself. Automation technology will continue to drive productivity increases in the precision machining industry. Fewer skilled workers will be needed to manufacture ever-increasing volumes of parts. Offshore labor costs will become all but irrelevant. In Darwinian competition, manufacturers that focus on productivity will thrive, and those that don't will die.
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Read MorePM News: FMB Machinery USA Joins Forces With Hydromat Inc.
FMB Machinery USA (West Caldwell, New Jersey), a full-line manufacturer and global leader in bar feeder technology, has announced that Hydromat Inc.’s Bar Feeding Group (St. Louis, Missouri) will be a North American distributor of its magazine bar feeders and robotics line beginning January 1, 2006.
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Computer Standard To Streamline Shops
The communications protocol called MTConnect will allow all brands of machines, peripherals and managerial software to talk to one another.
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Changing Your Approach To Change-Over
When you make your living cutting parts, maximizing the time spent making chips is a good thing. Tooling a machine up and down and up again is dead time spent away from making your living. This Ohio shop has figured out how to dramatically cut its dead time. They have created cultural change that most shops can and should implement.
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Ensuring Zero-Defect Bores
Here’s how one shop makes certain that every bore meets specs for customers who believe one bad part in a million is one too many.
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