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Last Domain Of Manuals: Occasional Use
A machine tool supplier contrasts manual machine tools with the basic CNC machines that continue to grow more popular.
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Provide A Service, Then Make The Part
The way this shop serves its customers brings in machining work by design.
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Leveraging Little Holes To Lure Additional Work
Not many contract shops can drill a 0.001-inch hole. This one can, and it uses its micro-hole-making capabilities to attract more 'traditional' machining work from its customers.
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Making It In Medical Machining
Examining this shop's healthy medical machining business shows that both medical components and medical customers require special care.
Read MoreDressed For Success
Here are some tips for getting the best performance from a grinding wheel.
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Picture-Perfect Manufacturing
The vision of a production process with little or no waste is the inspiration behind lean manufacturing. Value stream mapping is a graphical tool that this contract manufacturer uses to create that vision.
Read MoreInterpolating Axes On Manual Machines
A DRO makes it possible to follow circular arcs on a manual machine.
Read MoreExpanding Capabilities For Existing Controls
When the user of this capability specifies a target spindle load, the system adjusts the machine's feed rate on the fly in order to maintain that load. Even if a CNC already has some sort of adaptive load monitoring, this Black Box might do the job better.
Read MoreAn Indexable Insert
The solid end mill is a machine shop staple. Its positive cutting edge removes metal by slicing through the material, rather than by scraping.
Read MoreFive-Axis Machining When You Want It
This California job shop has managed to demystify the application of five-axis machining. Using a portable trunion attachment on a vertical machining center, five-axis capability can be on the machine or off the machine as the production mix dictates.
Read MoreHumility, Inc.
This shop has capabilities similar to others. It hires employees who have no experience. What sets the shop apart and accounts for its success is an unusual attitude of service toward customers.
Read MoreNew Turning Center Design Aims At Maximum Turning And Milling Rates
Much of machine tool development is based on an incremental approach to design. In such cases, each "new" design is more a refinement of the previous generation of proven technology than a reinvention of the machine type and its purpose. With Mori Seiki's new NL series of turning centers, however, the builder was
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