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What Makes a Production Machining Shop a Production Machining Shop?
A production machining shop is one that makes the things that give us the highest standard of living and safety, and quality of life.
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Recovery, Recrystallization and Grain Growth — Three Phases of Annealing
Below are some of the terms and effects applicable to annealing steel.
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Highest and Best Use for Operating Expenses
To keep your business going, you need more than workforce, equipment and materials. PMPA Affinity Partners can enhance your workforce safety, protect your investment in plant and equipment, provide lower costs for energy and shipping, and expedite your quoting process.
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Data-Driven Manufacturing — Profitability GPS
What data drives your shop? Here’s an unexpected look at the kinds of data that you ought to be using to make your shop the most competitive and sustainable that it can. Spoiler alert — no new sensors or IT technologies are required to get the payback from these data tools.
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Cold Work: Work Hardening and Your Precision Machining Shop
The pros and cons of cold work, work hardening.
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Welcome Tom Halladay, PMPA’s New Board President
Tom Halladay talks about H&R Screw Machine Products, his history with PMPA and his vision for PMPA this year.
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Finishing Services that Remove or Reshape the Component Surface
Cribsheet provided by PMPA member Pioneer Service Inc., Addison, Illinois
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Interview with Cate Smith About PMPA’s Annual Meeting 2020
PMPA’s executive director, Cate Smith, shares her first experience at PMPA’s Annual Meeting which took place in person on October 22-25 at Big Cedar Lodge in Ridgeville, Missouri.
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Precision Machining — What Has Changed Since COVID-19 Began?
Is new technology the change? The essential workers that have been making parts that make a difference are the real change — and it is a positive change that bodes well for manufacturing, workforce and our economy.
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The Most Common Types of Finishing Services for Precision Machined Components - Part 2
Cribsheet provided by PMPA member Pioneer Service Inc., Addison, Illinois
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