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5 Ways to Use Slow Business Periods as an Opportunity

Start looking at slow business periods as an opportunity to make your shop better and to prepare for the economic turnaround.

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Continuous Improvement and New Functionality Are the Name of the Game

Mastercam 2025 incorporates big advancements and small — all based on customer feedback and the company’s commitment to keeping its signature product best in class.

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Faster Programming and Training Helps Automotive Shop Thrive

Features that save on training, programming and cycle times have enabled Speedway Motors to rapidly grow and mature its manufacturing arm.

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A Balancing Act for Differential Gaging

Differential gaging measures using two devices, which has advantages over standard, comparative measurements using a single sensing head. These include the ability to measure size without regard to position.

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Custom Motorcycle Parts Made Here: Video Tour of a Family-Owned CNC Machine Shop

Lee Wimmer invited us to tour his second-generation family-owned machine shop in Perkasie, PA. This video explores the production processes behind precision-machined parts for both Wimmer Custom Cycle and LS Wimmer Machine Co., and shows how ingenuity and determination are still at the heart of American manufacturing. Today, both companies are now managed by Wimmer’s three sons.

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The Future of High Feed Milling in Modern Manufacturing

Achieve higher metal removal rates and enhanced predictability with ISCAR’s advanced high-feed milling tools — optimized for today’s competitive global market.

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Top Shops: Designing a Shop to Meet Customer Needs

Working closely with customers and making careful investments has enabled this Wisconsin machine shop to tackle difficult jobs with tight deadlines as a core part of its business.

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Video: Machining and Directed Energy Deposition (DED) Additive Manufacturing Aid One Another and Work Together

Video: Machining and Directed Energy Deposition (DED) Additive Manufacturing Aid One Another and Work Together

Automate 2024 Recap: Software Accelerates Robotics

Automate 2024 Recap: Software Accelerates Robotics

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Heidenhain CNC Platform Provides Adaptable Interface

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Made in the USA - Season 2 Episode 6: Why, and How, Hardinge is Reshoring Machine Tool Production

In this episode of Made in the USA, several executives and senior staff at Hardinge give their first-person account of how they formulated the plan to shift the manufacturing of its milling and turning product lines from its Taiwan plant to its plant in Elmira, New York, the major challenges they encountered and the rewards that made it worth the effort.

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Made in the USA - Season 2 Episode 4: A Measured Approach

The L.S. Starrett Co. has been manufacturing precision measurement tools in Athol, Massachusetts, since 1880. Attention to U.S. manufacturing often focuses on reshoring manufacturing from other countries, but Starrett never left. The facility in Athol employs hundreds and produces thousands of tools that remain vital for measurement in machining and other fields.

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Made in the USA - Season 2 Episode 3: The Robots Come Home

The latest episode “Made in the USA” podcast explores a company that uses collaborative robots, one of the key tools helping US machine shops and other manufacturers compete with lower cost countries by automating production.

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Kyocera End Mill Line Enables Ramping, Helical Interpolation

Kyocera SGS Precision Tools Inc. presents its Z-Carb XPR end mill line with plunging and ramping capabilities, equipped with an open end tooth design and two standard coatings for extended tool life. 

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Cutting Tools

Ceratizit Promotes Managing Director for Cutting Tools Division

Ceratizit USA has promoted Troy Wilt from national sales manager to managing director of Ceratizit USA, cutting tools division.    

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Mahr Contour Measurement Device Features Specialized Probe System

The MarSurf CD 140 AF is designed to measure many different kinds of workpieces, making it suitable for a wide range of measurement tasks.

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Dillon Hard Jaws Enhance Small Diameter Machining

Dillon Manufacturing’s extra-long hard jaws feature extended reach, making them well suited for machining small diameters.

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Kaiser Milling, Grooving Tool Provides Greater Circular Accuracy

The Mill A Groove tool can be used to cut step grooves, convex and concave radius grooves, chamfered edges, angles and special profiles with a single insert.

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Lyndex-Nikken Appoints New President

Lyndex-Nikken has promoted Osmar Takeuchi to the role of company president.

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