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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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A Rolling Cutting Tool Boosts Turning Efficiency
Rollfeed turning adds a third axis to turning operations that moves simultaneously with the X and Z axes to “roll” the cutting tool with a special insert geometry across the surface of the part. The result is reduced machining times, minimized tooling costs and high surface qualities.
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Coolant Supplier Optimizes Customer’s Machining Process
When a precision manufacturer wanted to rebuild the production process for a medical part made on a rotary transfer machine, its metalworking fluids supplier provided more than a new cutting oil.
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Horn USA Commits to Thinking Globally, Acting Locally
By moving manufacturing operations closer to the people who use the product, Horn has proven its commitment to the simple philosophy of “think globally, act locally.”
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Employers Can be Their Own Stumbling Blocks in the Battle for Talent
Employers need to make their offer so enticing, the employee must say yes.
Read MoreWhat Robotics Means for the Cutting Tools Industry
Friend or foe? Helper or fiend? Here’s what robotics really mean for the cutting tools industry and which pitfalls to avoid.
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VIDEO: Vapor Degreasing Process Uses TCE Replacement to Eliminate Hazardous Waste
A solid relationship with a solvent manufacturer has aided Electro-Spec Inc. with the implementation of a trichloroethylene replacement material in its vacuum degreasing unit to clean a customer’s micromachined parts more efficiently.
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So Many Cutting Tool Options
Life is full of choices. The metalworking industry is no different, and cutting tools are a great example—lots of variations, lots of suppliers. Knowledge is power in the decision making process.
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