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Jan. 2010 Machine Tool Sales Show Significant Growth
According to the USMTC, January 2010 machine tool sales were up 14% and 38% compared to January 2009 in units and dollars, respectively.
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Machines Have Back Stories
Here is a trend I’ve noticed during the last year: Machine tools increasingly have back stories.
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One Man’s Insider View of Machine Tool History
Albert Albrecht, who spent most of his career in the machine tool industry, remembers when machine tool sales were most often based on personal relationships developed over time-and often over a fine steak dinner and a few drinks.
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Total Capital Goods Orders up 16.6% in January
Nominal total capital goods new orders were up 16.6% in January compared to January 2009. (I always compare to the same time period one year ago because economic data tends to be quite seasonal.) This is the first such increase since February 2008.
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Titanium Capacity Where You Wouldn’t Expect It
Now that the Boeing 787 has had its first flight, the demand for titanium machining seems set to increase.
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Which of These Tools is More Stable?
The photo shows two combinations of tool and toolholder that are used in the same machine.
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January Income Down, Spending Up – What Gives?
So, if income, a leading indicator for spending (see the third chart), is still falling how can spending be going up?
Read MoreFebruary MBI at 52.5 – Growth Slows Significantly
With a reading of 52.5, the MBI signaled that the pace of growth in the metalworking industry slowed considerably in February.
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64-Bit Implementation for CAM
A recent news bulletin from a CAM software developer caught my eye. Gibbs and Associates (Moorpark, California) is now shipping GibbsCAM 2010, the latest release of its software for programming CNC machine tools.
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Passivation of Stainless Steel Parts: The Recipe for Success
Passivation—the process for making stainless steel parts more corrosion-resistant—is affected by how well the part is cleaned. It’s also affected by the choice of acid. Nitric or citric?
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High Speed Machining 2.0
We just launched a revised and expanded version of our High Speed Machining Zone.
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More Efficient Turbine Blade Milling
Video shows a multitasking machine milling a turbine blade in a cycle that few machining centers could replicate.
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