PM Blog
Do We Really Believe In Competition?
In precision parts manufacturing there are winners and losers. Companies that create a competitive edge by investing in the business through productivity enhancing technologies and process improvements will outscore those who do not.
Read MoreDials Are No Longer A Traditional Concept
The addition of automatic tool changers (ATCs) brought more flexibility to the dial-transfer machine.
Read MorePresident's Message
Please join me in welcoming Tim Andrassy to PMPA as our new executive vice president. Tim brings more than 25 years of association experience to PMPA, and he is only the fourth executive vice president in our 69-year history.
Read MoreEntry Level Automation: Is It Right For You?
Most, if not all, shops have at one time or another thought of full automation on current products they run or are currently quoting. A lot of companies are already engaged in some form of automation. We at Fuji hope to take the mystique out of this process and encourage potential shop owners of all sizes to qualify their need(s) for automation. This is a step-by-step process for evaluating your company to see if automation is right for you.
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Moving Up To CNC Swiss Screw Machines
Three new CNC Swiss machines in 18 months have provided real growth for this Illinois shop.
Read MoreGetting The Most From A CNC Swiss-Type
It didn't take long for this shop to realize how important an efficient programming scheme was in the pursuit of achieving the potential productivity enhancements its new Swiss machines offered. The software they selected is a visual CAM system developed specifically around the needs of multi-axis and Swiss-type lathes.
Read MoreEvolving From Conventional CNC To Advanced Swiss Technology
In 1999, this company and its management team started comparison shopping and decided to buy a this single spindle, Swiss-style CNC sliding headstock machine from their distributor. Now, the company says it can attract different types of work, especially high-precision jobs, because of the technology and versatility of this machine.
Read MoreThread Whirling--One Of The Oldest New Products In Town
What's new is whirling's recent and growing acceptance in the United States. It has become widely used in the manufacturing of 'large' parts, such as steering gears, worm gears, acme threads, ballscrews and other threaded parts.
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Breaking Down, Cleaning Up
Bioremediation is a process we live with every day. More specifically, bioremediation is a natural process in which certain strains of microbes have been identified for their ability to break down or digest contaminants that we do not want in our environment, such as oil, petrochemicals and other compounds.
Read MoreCourses Teach Solution For Swiss Machining
Close confines found in Swiss-type machines make tool changes time consuming. A new quick-change system is helping reduce this problem.
Read MoreBars Don't Just Feed Into Lathes
A new concept of a VMC with a bar feeder. The idea is that you can machine a five-sided component from bar stock in "one hit" much easier than loading individual billets to a chuck on an NC rotary table.
Read MoreMarketing Committee Releases Revised Buyer's Guide
The Precision Machined Products Association's marketing committee recently revised its Buyer's Guide, which has been fully updated to include the latest information on the purchasing of precision machined products. The committee released this document via the PMPA Web site, and it is available to purchasers of precision machined products worldwide.
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