Articles

Ingersoll Rand Looking for Oldest Air Compressor, Tool

Upload photos of your oldest working Ingersoll Rand air compressor or tool and have the chance to win new ones.

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Toolholders

The Humble Pull Stud

I’ve said that the toolholder is the least appreciated element in many milling processes, but the pull stud (or retention knob) is perhaps the least appreciated component of the toolholder.

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A Summit of Their Own for Women in Manufacturing

The second annual Women in Manufacturing Summit (October 29-30) aims to attract more women to careers in manufacturing.

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Aerospace Company Goes All in for Titanium Machining

Aerospace Dynamics International has purchased eight Mag five-axis, five-spindle gantry profilers as part of a $90 million plant expansion.

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More Demanding Than Production

The challenges of prototyping have dramatically increased. This company reinvented itself to specialize in the tight-leadtime process development that prototyping now entails.

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CAD/CAM

CAM to Conversational to CAM

Despite having turning centers with conversational controls, this gear manufacturer has benefited from going back to CAM as its primary method of programming those machines.

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Committed to Kaizen

This shop has made a strong commitment to kaizen, so much so that it devotes five percent of company time to continuous improvement activities. This has led to multiple ideas that have enabled the shop to become more efficient and effective.

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Device for Manufacturing Students Made by Manufacturing Students

An online, game-like welding simulator helps students get a hands-on look at a career in welding. The interesting thing about this simulator is that student manufacturers helped make the device.

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Basics

Tips for Choosing Live Tools

The smarter you are when choosing the live tools for your lathe, the more efficient your machine becomes.

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Getting Started with Live Tools

The smarter you are when choosing the live tools for your job, the more efficient your lathe becomes.

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Manufacturing Employers Through a Recruiter’s Eyes

Bill Wright, the founder of CAD/CAM Recruiters in Charlotte, North Carolina, says manufacturing employers are frequently more logical about specifying equipment than they are about hiring employees.

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Turn/Mill

Making the Move to Multitasking

Implementing a done-in-one approach to production has to be managed carefully. This shop seems to have made all the right moves in what has turned out to be a truly transformative experience.

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