PM Blog

5 Tips for Developing a Succession Plan for your Machining Business

These are not the typical tips you might get from an estate planner, attorney or business broker. Instead, they speak to the “soul of the business” and the legacy of the owner.

Read More
Automation

The Value of a CNC Multi-Spindle Chucker

For near-net-shape workpieces, a multi-spindle chucker might make sense when part production volumes are high.

Read More
Parts Cleaning

Taking Care of an Industrial Parts Washer

Proper parts washer maintenance is key to a long life for the system and reliable parts washing.

Read More

Production Machining’s May 2021 News Highlights

Optimization is happening in a variety of meaningful ways throughout our industry. Learn how precision machining is moving forward — from collaborative partnerships and in-person industry events to the latest manufacturing facilities, service training programs and more. Precision machining is always looking toward continuous improvement.

Read More

Visit to Clippard Reveals Value-Added Projects

Senior Editor Lori Beckman describes her experience visiting Clippard Instrument Laboratory to write her June feature article and reveals a medical monitoring value-added project that the company is working on for a customer. 

Read More

Compact Second-Op CNC Mill Gets Makeover

New control and programming capabilities make this small VMC well suited for second-op work or use as a standalone production milling machine.

Read More
Micromachining

Micromachining Turns Images of the Queen into Tiny Portraits

Engineers at the University of Sheffield Advanced Manufacturing Research Center (AMRC) used a turn/mill center to reproduce a series of tiny portraits of Queen Elizabeth II, down to only 1.4 mm wide, onto brass.

Read More
PMPA

Steel Defects Slivers on Rolled Steel Products

Steel defects slivers are, by their very nature, “injurious defects,” and as such rejectable.

Read More
Digital Demos

Quick Setup Multi-Spindle Machines Offer Production Flexibility, Speed

Gnutti explains how its models of multi-spindle machines can work with a variety of material types while offering faster setups and cycle times compared to conventional multi-spindle models.  

Watch

As a Business Evolves, So Does its Machining Technology

Gent Machine, now under its fourth-generation of family ownership, has made operational and equipment decisions to position it for continued success moving forward.

Watch

Museum Captures Spirit of U.S. Manufacturing Innovation, Problem-Solving, Design

American Precision Museum opens 2021 season May 1 with new interactive displays focused on the origin story of interchangeable parts.

Read More

How AI Will Revolutionize Your Business: 11 Predictions

Artificial Intelligence is already revolutionizing manufacturing. Small- and medium-sized businesses that ignore its impact do so at their own peril.

Read More
SPC Innovations, In-machine gaging and attachments
Marubeni Citizen CNC
Horn USA
Techspex
Star swiss-type automatic lathes
Efficient, Durability, Advanced CBN Abrasives
manufacturer of machine tools
SolidCAM
Kyocera