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Our Precision Machining Industry Responds

This moment-in-time article describes the challenges multiple precision machine shops faced — and met — to support customers’ and employees’ needs during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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It’s Meant to Make People Quit

Lessons on Surviving the COVID-19 Crisis from a Navy SEAL

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Automatically Optimize Your CNC Machining Feed Rates

New feed-rate-optimization technology can enable CAM programmers to reduce cycle times and increase tool life for milling and turning operations.

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Strong Leaders of CNC Machine Shops will Create the New Normal

Strong leaders don’t just accommodate change, they embrace it. Strong leaders also don’t merely adjust to the new normal, they create it.

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PMPA

Communicating in an Isolated World

With the COVID-19 pandemic, communication has never been more critical and new communication channels influence change.

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PMPA

Legacy Policies are Dead. Long Live the New Policies!

Growing up, I learned that necessity is the mother of invention. During the recent COVID-19 crisis, many of us found out that necessity is indeed a cruel mother.

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PMPA

The Bottom Line is the Byproduct of Good Work

Victor DaCruz, owner of DACRUZ Manufacturing in Bristol, Connecticut, shares industry experiences and his perspective on PMPA.

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PMPA

Craftsman's Cribsheet - Heat Treat

What else to look for when choosing a heat treater.

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Grinding

Electrochemical Grinding Makes a Point

A programmable pointing and material handling system used on electrochemical grinding machines can accommodate a range of needle point designs while eliminating a variety of pre- and post-process operations.

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New Podcast Reports on Technology, Management, Safety and Quality

The “Speaking of Precision Podcast: Monday with Miles” features Miles Free, sharing his precision machining industry knowledge with listeners.

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Workholding

Turning to an Adhesive for Lathe Workholding

Adhesive cured by ultraviolet light is an option for securing parts for machining that could otherwise distort when traditional, mechanical clamping techniques are used.

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Parts Cleaning

The Function of a Vacuum Vapor Degreaser

Vacuum vapor degreasing is among the fastest growing parts cleaning technology because of all the benefits the process offers. 

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