Eli Plaskett

Eli Plaskett Senior Associate Editor

Positioned to Prevail: Designing Processes Around People

Stecker Machine Company shows that getting the most value from employees means valuing your employees.

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IMTS

Digital Manufacturing Game Changers at IMTS

Stay on top of the technologies poised to shake up your shop floor. Here are some of the most disruptive digital manufacturing technologies on display today. 

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Cutting Tools

Microdrill Cuts Heat, Chip Buildup

With thousands of holes to drill in every part, this microdrilling application required the right strategies to overcome heat and chip buildup.

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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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Fabrication Machine Automates Production of Flat Parts

While generalized automation systems are certainly useful, sometimes narrowly focused automation is exactly what a shop needs.

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Turning Machines

The Right (Machine) Tool for the Right Job

This high-production shop uses both mechanical and CNC Swiss machines to make parts, but which machine is right for which job?

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topshops

Putting People First: a Profitable Strategy

Treating people fairly and valuing their contributions isn't only the right thing to do. It’s also a direct path toward greater profitability, as shown by this Top Shop.

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Turn/Mill

Flexible Approaches to Gearcutting

Multitasking machine performs multiple gear-cutting processes without the need for a dedicated hobbing machine, providing high-mix gear producers with improved flexibility. 

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Automation

TAITRA Event Highlights Advanced Manufacturing Strategies

At this year’s TIMTOS, the participating companies highlighted their automation and Industry 4.0 capabilities as they demonstrated a range of manufacturing technologies.

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Milling Tools

Is It Time to Reconsider Regrinding?

The advance of automation makes in-house cutting tool regrinding more accessible. An automated measurement cycle adjusts the tool path in grinding operations to make regrinding simpler to program and easier to automate.

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New Grinding Machine Utilizes Unique Kinematics

A novel grinding machine uses three rotary tables stacked off-center to provide full control over the grinding wheel’s X and Z axis, as well as its angular position, creating an unusual solution to grinding.

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Five-Axis

Choosing a Five-Axis Machine Tool With Automation in Mind

While much focus is placed on the machinery that moves parts, the features most important for automating five-axis machining are arguably found in the machine tool itself.

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