Miles Free Director of Industry Affairs, PMPA
CRAFTSMAN’S CRIBSHEET NUMBER 66: 5 Ways Fine Austenitic Grain Size Affects a Machine Shop
While austenitic grain size is a result of chemistry, the changes it evokes in our processes are a result of material structure and properties, not just the chemical ingredients.
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CRAFTSMAN’S CRIBSHEET NUMBER 65: 5 Ways Coarse Austenitic Grain Size Affects Your Machine Shop
Steel has a coarse austenitic grain size, a material characteristic that is usually reported on test reports and certification documents for the steel materials machined in shops, a result of not adding grain refining elements to a heat of steel.
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Training the Next Generation: Two PMPA Members Selected for 2018 STEP Awards
Nancy Peterson, chairman and CEO of Peterson Tool, and Joan Wrenn, co-owner, Hudson Precision Products, were this year’s nominees by PMPA for the Manufacturing Institute’s 2018 STEP Awards for excellence in manufacturing.
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When Things Go Bad, Don’t Ask Who, Ask ...
The performer is only one aspect of our system of providing products to our customers.
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CRAFTSMAN’S CRIBSHEET NUMBER 64: Leaded Steels: What You Should Know
Lead is not banned by the European Union’s “End of Life Vehicles Regulations” for machining purposes in steel, aluminum and brass.
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Letter to My Son About Lead in Machining
Hi, Son, Thanks for asking about whether or not lead is a hazardous material.
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CRAFTSMAN’S CRIBSHEET NUMBER 63: A Primer on Wear in Our Shops
There are three main kinds of wear, and these each have some common modes of occurrence.
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CRAFTSMAN’S CRIBSHEET NUMBER 62: A Cribsheet for 2018
PMPA’s Business Trends Report has been reporting an eight percent or more increase in the level of sales and shipments for our industry in 2017.
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What Does the Customer Expect of the Salesperson?
Customers are the purpose of our businesses. They have the needs that we fill. They are the judge of the quality of our offerings. What does the customer expect of our salespeople?
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Top 10 OSHA Violations in 2017
Here are the top ten violations, along with the number of citations.
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Indicators that Drive Your Shop’s Performance
There are indicators that drive what gets managed in our business. What indicators do you follow to drive your company’s performance? Are they the correct indicators for what you are trying to achieve?
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