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Lone Shop Machinist Benefits From Five-Axis CAM Modules
This California shop owner applies five-axis strategies for more efficient milling of parts with challenging geometries, free-form surfaces and deep cavities.
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Machining’s Impact on Sustainability
Individual elements of the machining process such as machine tools, tooling and even CAD/CAM software play a role in overall machine shop sustainability. Observing the entire process especially when it comes to their influences on energy usage is key.
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8 Cybersecurity Best Practices to Implement
Cyber criminals employ a wide range of tactics to breach your defenses and exploit system vulnerabilities. By staying informed about these common threats, you can better prepare your business to face them head-on.
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Craftsman Cribsheet No. 128: Why Do Machinists Say Tenths Instead of Ten Thousandths?
In machinist parlance, a tenth is a tenth of a thousandth, not a tenth of an inch.
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Embracing Second Chances: The Untapped Potential of Hiring the Justice-Impacted
As workforce challenges continue, consider justice-impacted individuals for your next hire.
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One Shop’s Tale to More Standardized Tool Organization
Contract manufacturer JD Machine’s 5S mindset led it to discover a more sophisticated way to standardize tooling storage for its various production cells.
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Replaceable-Insert Spade Drill Basics, Advantages
Although solid carbide and indexable-insert drills have their place in a machine shop, replaceable-insert spade drills offer specific advantages for various holemaking operations on machining centers and lathes.
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Chuck Jaws Achieve 77% Weight Reduction Through 3D Printing
Alpha Precision Group (APG) has developed an innovative workholding design for faster spindle speeds through sinter-based additive manufacturing.
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Production Machining's Top 10 May Articles
From strategies for thread rolling to the importance of community engagement, Production Machining’s most-viewed May articles covered a diverse range of topics across the precision manufacturing industry.
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Shop Optimizes its Swiss-Turning Flexibility
Paramount Machine uses various Swiss-type lathes, some with a B axis, to produce parts more effectively than it did on conventional chucker lathes. Today, nearly every job under 1.5 inches in diameter runs across those machines even if the batch size is a mere 5 pieces.
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Some Assembly IS Required
This Colorado manufacturer added a separate facility dedicated to customer assembly work and inventory management to produce subassemblies and completed products primarily for medical customers.
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Leadership Deep Dive — Delegation
Being effective as a leader requires many different attributes. The ability to delegate to subordinates is one of the most critical.
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