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VIDEO: The Benefits of Predictive Maintenance
Knowing when and how things will break and implementing predictive maintenance based on this knowledge allows significant savings on overall maintenance costs and downtime.
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Surprising Development in the Top 10 OSHA Violations for 2018
As we reviewed the top reported violations, we noticed a trend—a surprising trend. Let’s see if you can notice it, too.
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PMPA Member JC Gibbons Manufacturing Finds Success in Diversification and Exceptional Customer Service
“By working with the customer in mind, it really creates some good, long-term relationships,” Mr. Gibbons says. “We really make an effort to connect with and have all the answers for our customers, even if it’s for a job we can’t do.”
Read MoreCraftsman's Cribsheet No. 77: Top OSHA Violations for 2019
Here is a list of the 10 most common violations in our shops this year, according to the Occupational Safety and Health Administration.
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Slideshow: Eastec 2019 Recap
Eastec 2019 featured manufacturing technologies including software, inspection, cutting tools, automation systems and machine tools for industries ranging from aerospace and medical to automotive and more.
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VIDEOS: PMTS 2019 In-Booth Demos, in Case You Missed Them
Find videos from in-booth demonstrations from Absolute Machine Tools, Edge Technologies, Gosiger, Hardinge, Index Corp., Marubeni Citizen, Tsugami, and ZPS.
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Tornos Celebrates 60 Years in U.S. with New Customer Center
Celebrating 60 years of service in the U.S., Tornos recently held a ribbon cutting ceremony and open house at its new Customer Center Chicago.
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2018 Global Machine Tool Consumption Up 4.8%
World machine tool consumption increased $4.1 billion in 2018, despite consumption in China, easily the world’s largest consumer of machine tools, dropping $1.9 billion.
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Supplier Deliveries and Production Lift Precision Machining Index
Compared with the same month one year ago, the Index is 1.8% lower, indicating slowing growth.
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Burr-Free Micro Thread Whirling
Threading is usually the last operation when machining components, which is why the process needs to be reliable and highly precise. DC Swiss has developed an internal thread whirler, which leaves micro threads burr-free, even in demanding, hard-to-machine materials.
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5 Reasons to Attend parts2clean
The largest parts cleaning trade show in the world, parts2clean offers a peek into the future of U.S. parts cleaning regulations and technology in a travel-friendly part of the world.
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