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BIG Kaiser Hosts Grand Opening of its new Headquarters
Click on the photo above for highlights of the ribbon cutting and building tour.
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Does a Shop for the Blind Differ from a “Regular” One?
These calipers “speak” measurements to those who aren’t able to see them.
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Consumer Durable Goods Spending Up 10.1% in March
While income continues to remain stagnant, spending on consumer durable goods grew at its fastest pace since July 2005 in March.
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Real Recovery with March Income Stagnant?
You may have seen it reported by the Bureau of Economic Analysis and the news media that income was up in March.
Read MoreApril MBI at 56.0 – Industry Expands Faster
With a reading of 56.0, April's MBI showed that the metalworking industry expanded faster for the second straight month.
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Tech Days and the Volcano
On April 17, I was ticketed on a flight from Atlanta to Stuttgart, Germany at the invitation of cutting tool maker Horn USA. Unfortunately, the eruption of the Eyjafjallajökull Volcano disrupted my trip.
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Solving a Sticky Workholding Issue
Workholding on a CNC router can be a challenge because vacuum plates or tables have limitations.
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Holding Small Parts for Effective Machining on a CNC Router
A non-woven porous material with a special coating enables vacuum chucks and tables to hold sheets of metal and other materials more effectively on CNC routing machines. The material, called Vilmill, is used as a substrate between the sheet or plate material to be machined and a suitable vacuum table or vacuum chuck where it is held securely in place by the vacuum.
Read MoreWhat's the Best Process for Machining a Precise Hole in Aluminum?
This small hole is actually large enough that any of three different processes might be used.
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How to Overcome an Acc/Dec Limitation in High Speed Machining
A small pocket in a graphite workpiece limits productivity. Part of the expert’s response is to consider how a lower feed rate might actually be more productive—because the machine will spend more time at the programmed rate.
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Why Do Cutting Tool Charts Give Recommended Parameters in a Broad Range?
The answer has to do with the differences from cut to cut, as well as the differences that make some shops more capable than others.
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