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Parts Cleaning

Slideshow: Faster Cleaning & Deburring

Conveyor integration and other time-saving features are common amongst the products covered in this month’s slideshow.

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Fluid Recycling ROI

Not only will it save you money on new coolant costs, a fluid recycling system will improve employee health, workplace safety and foster environmental compliance.

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Grinding

New Hybrid Unites Additive Manufacturing and Grinding

A machine performing surface and profile grinding, along with milling and laser metal deposition, is believed to be the world’s first hybrid grinder.

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Video: New Customizable Consumer Car to Be Made by Additive Manufacturing

The sponsor of the upcoming Additive Manufacturing Conference in Knoxville, Tennessee, has revealed the electric car that it will produce in this city.

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Metal Alloy Analysis Made Affordable

This handheld spectrometer for metal alloy identification features new X-ray technology and a price point that’s attractive to a wider range of manufacturers.

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RAMTEC Ramps up Academic Outreach

Technology instructors in the RAMTEC Ohio program are expanding credentialing courses available to program enrollees, helping address the state’s “manufacturing gap.”

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What Does Your Shop’s Website Say in 0.05 Second?

In an ideal world, a shop would be judged on its machining performance, not its online presence. We don’t live in an ideal world.

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A CNC Machine with Nine Controls

One obstacle to training the next generation of machine operators and engineers is exposing them to the variety of machine types and controls they are likely to encounter when they are hired. A community college in Illinois has the answer—training machines from Emco Maier with exchangeable control panels. Find out how students and their potential employers benefit.

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Print & Assemble—the Future of AM?

While this technology for home 3D printers may be functioning on a small scale, the pick-and-place concept could hold potential for larger industrial applications.

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You Are Already Paying for Training

Training saves cost in the form of higher efficiency and reduced rework. It’s just that the costs of not training are difficult to quantify, affecting the perception of training’s ROI.

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A Modulated Approach to Deep-Hole Drilling

After years spent trying to overcome the challenges it had encountered drilling a deep hole in a tiny workpiece, this shop finally discovered the solution in a technology called Modulation Assisted Machining.

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New to Swiss-Type Turning?

What are some nuances to training a person to effectively operate a Swiss-type lathe? This shop offers some suggestions.

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