Workforce Development
A Career at the Top Helps Rebuild a Job Shop
A new approach to management propels expansion into Swiss-type and multitasking machining work.
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Close Collaboration With Customers Brings Job Shop Success
Contract machining operations win when they collaborate closely and openly with customers.
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Stars Slowly Align for Small Shop Merger
RPM Tool’s seemingly overnight expansion from a five-person machine shop to an almost 30-employee production business involved over a year and a half of planning.
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Hypertherm Education Program Awards 12 Schools
Hypertherm's Spark Something Great program, designed to provide real-world manufacturing training to students, has selected 2022's award winners.
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Next ACE Machine Tool Training Hub Planned for North Carolina
HBCU North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University partnered with The Institute for Advanced Composites Manufacturing Innovation to support a national machine tool training and innovation initiative, establish new hub.
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6 Tips for Training on a Swiss-Type Lathe
There are nuances to training a person to effectively operate a Swiss-type lathe. Derek Korn, Production Machining’s editor in chief, shares suggestions from a CNC machine shop.
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Women in Manufacturing Education Foundation Announces Board of Directors
The educational arm of Women in Manufacturing has appointed 22 board members for 2022 that offer a broad range of experience and a deep pool of expertise.
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Chipbreaker Improves PCD Productivity in Non-Ferrous Jobs
Tungaloy’s NS chipbreaker improves its PCD inserts’ chip management, reducing machine downtime and improving surface finish on non-ferrous materials.
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Back to School: CNC School Co-Locates With Machine Shop
By allowing this CNC school to operate inside its facility, this machine shop benefits as much as the school does.
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Video: Shifting into Shop Ownership
Mike Budde, owner of Budde Precision Machining, shares his experience with buying a machine shop and what he’s learned in his two years of shop ownership.
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