Articles
Manufacturing for Mars
Many times, high-value manufacturers are extremely secretive about their manufacturing processes so their competitors don’t learn their secrets. Luckily, a manufacturer for NASA doesn’t have to be so protective. Here’s what we learned.
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Is Now the Time for a Shopfloor CMM?
You’ve integrated more effective, efficient machining equipment to improve throughput. Perhaps now it’s time to take a closer look at how part inspection impacts your overall process.
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Multitasking Calculator
Does it make sense to replace a series of separate machine tools with a single multitasking machine that performs turning, milling and drilling all in one cycle?
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April MBI at 52.8 – Slower Growth Continues
The MBI showed that the metalworking industry continues to grow more slowly, falling from its peak rate of growth in November 2010.
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Is Inflation Coming?
Depending on your answer to this question, now might be the time to invest in equipment, or it might be a good time to hire.
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An Innovative Way to Use a Steady Rest
This shop found a way to modify one of its two-turret CNC lathes so that a tricky aerospace component could be properly supported for critical operations.
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Manufacturing and Innovation Are Connected
When manufacturing is offshored, we may lose many potential insights that can only come through the experience of producing things ourselves.
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Beyond Milling or Grinding
Ultrasonic machining opens new possibilities for NASA engineers using previously unmachinable materials.
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In Waterjet, Fast Cutting Found at Lower Pressure
Testing compared abrasive waterjet machining of steel and aluminum at different levels of pump pressure.
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Airing Dirty Laundry
A manufacturer we recently profiled plans to enable customers to track their jobs through the shop floor in real time. Will the benefits of such a policy outweigh the potential pitfalls?
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Tune in to IMTSTV for Industry Insights
Starting today at noon (ET), sponsors of the International Manufacturing Technology Show (IMTS) will broadcast the first part of a week-long series of special programs about IMTS and the manufacturing industry it serves. Watch the programs on your PC or mobile viewer—the program repeats hourly.
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