Lori Beckman

Lori Beckman Executive Editor

Cutting Tools

Micro-Grooving Tools Provide Many Parts Solutions

This shop taps a range of advanced equipment to machine parts from materials such as aluminum, stainless steel and high-nickel-content alloys that often have application critical features. Micro-grooves fall into this category.

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Refer to MyShow Planner for Follow Up

If you went to IMTS 2014, it's time to follow up with companies that interest you. Let MyShow Planner help.

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Machine Tool Business Looking Bright

A busy IMTS proves the machine tool business is out of its slump.

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IMTS 2014 Proved Manufacturing is Strong and Innovation Leads the Way

While exploring all four exhibit halls at Chicago’s McCormick Place during the International Manufacturing Technology Show (IMTS) 2014, all of the attendees, including me, could hear and feel the buzz of excitement that surrounded them.

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Software Creates Perfect Tool Paths for Five-Axis Machining

A week’s programming with Edgecam CNC software provides a U.K. manufacturer of orthopaedic instruments with 12 weeks of machining time for its highly complex products.

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Marubeni Citizen Hosts Celebration at IMTS for 30 Years in U.S.

Guests were treated like family at the Shedd Aquarium dinner and reception.

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IMTS ShowDaily Website on your Smartphone, Tablet

If you didn’t make it to Chicago for IMTS this week, or if you did and you want the latest news from the show floor without picking up the ShowDaily hard copy, it’s easy to visit the website.

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VIDEO: Lean Factory Tour on a Razor Scooter

Take a look at this fun, informative behind-the-scenes video at FastCap that will get you and your staff talking about ways to improve your lean processes.

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An Efficient Way to Create Non-Round Shapes

The rotary broaching process creates a non-round shape on the inside or outside of a part.

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Remote Access and Monitoring Reduces Service Calls

By implementing this system on its CNC turning machines, the company, Monogram Aerospace Fasteners (MAF), reduced machine tool service calls by more than 25 percent, saving time and increasing productivity.

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Automation for Your Machine Shop

A free white paper from Gosiger Automation discusses the reasons that metalworking manufacturers from small CNC shops to large-scale operations benefit from automating many machining functions.

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NIMS at White House Summit on American Apprenticeships

I would like to change it to say: NIMS staff attended the White House Summit on American Apprenticeships to provide their informed standpoints on today’s apprenticeship system and its future.

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