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Micro-Cooperation
The photo shows a 0.0004-inch-diameter end mill. (Photo courtesy Performance Micro Tool.) Micro-scale milling is, in many ways, a different process from milling at conventional sizes.
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Rapid OD Gaging—via Robot
Autonetics of Chapel Hill, North Carolina is a manufacturing automation specialist, but chief technology officer Chris Wezyk says the specialty is more nuanced than that.
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Optimism and Willingness to Invest in Capital Rise Together
The latest “30-second survey” conducted by 91ÊÓƵÍøÕ¾ÎÛ shows that more than 23 percent of respondents say they are very likely to buy capital equipment in the next 12 months.
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Take the CNC and Walk Away
Datron Dynamics believes that its new D5 Dental Mill is the only machining center in the world to be controlled by an Apple iPad.
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October MBI at 60.1 – 15th Consecutive Month of Growth
With a reading of 60.1, the MBI showed that the metalworking industry continues to grow at a strong pace.
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Confessions of a Rivet Counter
Manufacturers must pay attention to detail because their customers do.
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The Auto Bailout was the Right Move
Though my gut told me the government shouldn’t bail out the auto industry, self-interest (36 years in machine tools) may have influenced my grudging support.
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Balancing Act
Lathe spindle balancing enables this shop to turn key features of castings rather than performing boring or facing operations on a mill.
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Radio Flyer - Bringing Joy to Kids with the Help of 3D
Remember the bright red Radio Flyer wagon you had as a kid?
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