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Wire Rethreader Hits The Mark
The rethreading system on a wire electrical discharge machine helps a U.S. manufacturer keep up with production requirements for a critical pistol component.
Read MoreThe Snowed-in Machinist
Much of the country is dealing with snow, blizzards and plummeting temperatures today.
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A Role to Remember
The performance of this company’s machine tools for turning and milling large workpieces is critical to applications such as environmental cleanups. Its part in the recent Gulf oil spill was a dramatic example.
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January MBI at 60.2 – Faster Growth Continues
With a reading of 60.2, the MBI showed that the metalworking industry continued its trend of steadily accelerating growth since February 2010.
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Does It Have to Cost Green to Be Green?
We wanted to ask about environmental or “green” initiatives in our “Top Shops” Industry Survey, but in discussing the matter among the MMS staff, we realized that it’s hard to pin down what “green” really means.
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The 400° Difference
Cryogenic machining achieves dramatic tool life gains not by flooding the cut, but by refrigerating the tool.
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Is There Still Time to Beat the Rush?
When is a good time to invest in new machine tools and other capital equipment?
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Seeing Machining in Japan
DMG/Mori Seiki’s Greg Hyatt, who heads the company’s Machining Technology Laboratory, offers a booth tour for editors during JIMTOF 2010.
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X-Class Machine Tools Offer Affordability, Rigidity, Stability
DMG/Mori Seiki’s X-Class machine line has been designed as a result user feedback on the company’s popular N Series.
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A Clean Fire Prevention Alternative for Machine Tools
This environmentally friendly fire-extinguishing system does not lead to ozone depletion. Plus, it is said to be ten times more effective in extinguishing fires than halon.
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EDM Energy Conservation Without the Effort
Most machine tool energy conservation systems simply track power consumption, placing the burden of actually reducing energy use on manufacturers. GF AgieCharmilles aims to change that with the EconoWatt II, an automated system for wire EDM.
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