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Lean Thinking Results with 'Blu Balls' Coolant Nozzle

Although Lean thinking often results with an elimination of a step or waste, Bill Hovey, owner of Telemark CNC LLC, used lean thinking to develop a new coolant nozzle. 

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Where Steel Properties Come From

The properties of the steel materials we machine in our shops are the result of a complex interplay between chemical composition, developed by hot and cold work, and further controlled by various thermal treatments to develop microstructures.

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4 Questions for Customer Delight

Operational excellence, product leadership, customer intimacy—one of these rules them all. Miles Free visited PMPA member, Horn, at its headquarters in Germany and returned home with four questions that can be used to determine customer delight.

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PMPA ListServes are Power: A Peek Behind the Scenes at PMPA

Carli explores the power behind PMPA ListServes that provide answers,  recommendations and solutions through a peer-to-peer email network. 

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Craftsman's Cribsheet: How Sulfur and Manganese Improve Machinability

Because manganese and sulfur are intentionally added to the steel, manganese sulfides are present in the steel and at the edge of the tool where they optimize our machining process.

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Failure is Not an Option at Criterion

Founded in 1953 by Mike Ondercin as a general machine shop, third-generation owner, Tanya DiSalvo, shares how Criterion Tool and Die in Brookpark, Ohio, continuously improves in “no failure” industries.  

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PMPA Member Tornos Profile

The company particularly benefits from PMPA’s various conferences, including its National Technical Conference.

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A Peek Behind the Scenes at PMPA: A Morning with Miles Free

Thanks to the acoustics in our building, I have the privilege of hearing what Mr. PMPA does during the day.

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VUCA: We Can’t Plan, but We Can Prepare

We can diversify our markets, customers, markets and materials in order to prepare for the day when VUCA and its impacts arrive at our shops.

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Shop Visitor Checklist

Here is a checklist to make sure your visitors and your shop have covered everything regarding hazards, safety, security and rules for proper dress and behavior.

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SolidCAM
SPC Innovations, In-machine gaging and attachments
Marubeni Citizen CNC
Horn USA
manufacturer of machine tools
Efficient, Durability, Advanced CBN Abrasives
Kyocera
Star swiss-type automatic lathes
manufacturer of machine tools