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Using Jaws as Grippers Enables Flexible, Low-Cost Automation
VersaBuilt’s automation systems significantly boosted Innovative Fabrication’s revenue. In return, the shop has helped VersaBuilt optimize its products.
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High RPM Spindles: 5 Advantages for 5-axis CNC Machines
Explore five crucial ways equipping 5-axis CNC machines with Air Turbine Spindles® can achieve the speeds necessary to overcome manufacturing challenges.
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How to Mitigate Chatter to Boost Machining Rates
There are usually better solutions to chatter than just reducing the feed rate. Through vibration analysis, the chatter problem can be solved, enabling much higher metal removal rates, better quality and longer tool life.
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5 Tips for Running a Profitable Aerospace Shop
Aerospace machining is a demanding and competitive sector of manufacturing, but this shop demonstrates five ways to find aerospace success.
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How to Troubleshoot Issues With Tool Life
Diagnosing when a tool is failing is important because it sets an expectation and a benchmark for improvements. Finding out why gives us a clue for how to fix it.
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EDM, Laser Micromachining and More at GF Medical Demo Center
At GF’s Medical Center of Competence, the company shows off EDM and laser features that could make a large impact on medical manufacturing — and elsewhere.
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How this Screw Machine Shop makes Wooden Baseball Bats
Some people might call them batty, but this screw machine company has branched out into woodworking. Our sister publication Production Machining covers how W.H. Bagshaw purchased a wood lathe and began making custom baseball bats under the name Walter Bats, proving that you can't be afraid to swing for the fences on a new venture.
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Toolpath Improves Chip Management for Swiss-Type Lathes
This simple change to a Swiss-type turning machine’s toolpath can dramatically improve its ability to manage chips.
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Becoming a More Efficient Shop With the Right Processes and Software
After refining its machining processes for more efficient production, this shop still needed a better way to track its data. Here's how it found a software solution.
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Most Metalworking GBI Components Contracted in May
Four components contracted slightly more than in April, including production, new orders, exports and backlogs.
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Addressing the Manufacturing Labor Shortage Needs to Start Here
Student-run businesses focused on technical training for the trades are taking root across the U.S. Can we — should we — leverage their regional successes into a nationwide platform?
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ERP Captures Process Know-How Before it Retires
As shops struggle to overcome the skills gap, ERP systems can improve the onboarding process and help document processes as skilled workers retire.
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