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Benchmarking: An Invaluable Business Tool
91ÊÓƵÍøÕ¾ÎÛ’s Top Shops program shows shops their strengths and opportunities for improvement, and provides recognition for high-performing businesses.
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Manufacturing Madness: Colleges Vie for Machining Title (Includes Video)
The first annual SEC Machining Competition highlighted students studying for careers in machining, as well as the need to rebuild a domestic manufacturing workforce.
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Swiss-Type, Live Tooling Lathes Help Turn Company Around
New leadership’s investment in Swiss-type and live tooling lathes has enabled Rathburn Tool & Manufacturing to expand into new markets, reversing the company’s sluggish growth.
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Better Together: Combining Cobots and Palletization
Using a collaborative robot to tend a machine with a pallet changer can help shops maximize unattended machining time.
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Five Digital Manufacturing Trends Reflected in 3D Printing and Machining
As the digitization of machining accelerates, it’s seeing more crossover with its innately digital relative, additive manufacturing. On this episode of AM Radio, Julia Hider and Matt Danford discuss common themes in machining and 3D printing.
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Preparing a Shop for Automation
Ensuring a stable, predictable production process can prevent automation from multiplying existing problems.
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Using (And Scaling) FDM 3D Printing for Production
Maxwell June’s razor press, which is designed to combine the ease of use of a disposable razor with the environmental and cost benefits of a wet shaving system, is made via FDM 3D printing. How did the company make this choice, and how does it plan to scale up?
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New Machining Technology Works With Old to Restore WWII Submarine
A set of donated boring bars that can be used in a 1954 boring head will enable volunteer machinists to recreate a pair of binoculars for the USS Pampanito.
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HTML-Based HMI Puts Users in Charge of Machine Customization
By building a human-machine interface using more accessible HTML instead of a custom API, users will be able to more easily customize their machine controls, making them easier to use, more secure and ready for Industry 4.0.
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Micro 3D Printing Solves Big Problem for Tiny Parts
3D printing is a well-known tool for prototyping, but only recently has the technology reached the point that it can handle the tiny features and tight tolerances of micro parts.
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Diversity Helps Manufacturers Overcome Challenges
The 2021 Women in Manufacturing Summit celebrated manufacturing’s role in overcoming the challenges of the past two years, but it also addressed how diversity (in suppliers and people) can help the industry face ongoing difficulties.
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An Additive Manufacturing Machine Shop
Finish machining additively manufactured implants requires different pacing and workflow than cutting parts from stock — different enough for an experienced manufacturer to warrant a dedicated machine shop.
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