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Taking on Titanium

The challenge for the aerospace machine shop is to produce titanium parts productively and profitably. The challenge for the machine tool builder is to help such shops meet this challenge.

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Machining Titanium for Today’s Advanced Aircraft

Several Global Titanium Day attendees were chosen to take flight in a reproduction of the Wright Brothers Model B Military Flyer.

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Exceeding My Expectations

Here is a close-up of the precision machined parts floating in the barrel of a pen.

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Touching Off the Show

This picture does not show an extra-dignified karate demonstration.

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Shops Finding a Role for Additive Manufacturing

This metal assembly was made by Mark Two’s innovative rapid manufacturing process.

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In-Country Outsourcing

Art Whelan is a senior vice president with Logistics Plus of Erie, Pennsylvania.

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Accidental Inspiration

The basic concept of the inverted vertical is to flip the traditional VTL design 180 degrees.

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Finding Business Face-to-Face

Here is one of the networking meetings at Qsine’s own shop.

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Pivot™180 - the Oscillation Sensation!

(Sponsored Content) Pivot 180 generates airflow 100 feet out, enveloping a 180 degree arc from side to side – a coverage area of an impressive 12,000 square feet. Pivot 180 installs on a column or other vertical structure proving the perfect air movement solution for areas with ceiling obstructions or tight spaces.

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To Find New Employees, Look to the Current Ones

For a leading lean manufacturer in the Northeast, offering incentives to current employees has proven to be the most effective route to finding quality new hires.

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This Caught My Eye at Eastec

The climate for new investment in metalworking equipment is starting to heat up—at least that seems to be the evidence at the Eastec show, which ran May 25-27 at the Eastern States Exposition Center in West Springfield, Massachusetts.

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Basics

Understanding Post Processors

What is a post processor? A software engineer from CNC Software, makers of Mastercam programming software, explains the different types of CNC post processors, the different types of post processor users and the different levels of functionality in post processors.

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