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Big data is just the beginning. In the future, optimizing the system will be a function of the system itself.
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Identifying and Overcoming Skill Vulnerabilities in Staffing
This shop tracks cross-training as a performance metric. Management sees how many employees are fully capable of running each different type of machine tool. The data have helped the shop improve in this area, particularly since employees see the very same data as well.
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High-Productivity End Mills Made Possible Due to Tech of Penn Plant
Seco Tools cites the Stabilizer 2.0 end mill as an example of the type of product it is able to manufacture because of the grinding technology that has been part of the improvement of its Niagara Cutter facility.
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Penn State Prof. Timothy Simpson Joins MMS as New Additive Manufacturing Columnist
A monthly column will focus on concepts particular to AM, exploring the ways that this method of making parts is distinct from conventional processes.
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Did Your Shop Recover from a Disaster? Tell Us Your Story
We’d like to do a series of articles looking at machining facilities that have risen up from a setback involving significant loss or damage to the shop. Could be fire, flood, etc.—we want to hear your comeback story!
Read MoreEliminating “Islands of Production” with More and Better Data
A portal that reminds me of Uber today holds the promise to perform like eHarmony in the future, its CEO says.
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Distributed U.S. Sourcing Matches China’s Price
Ability of broker-like service to organize the capacity of various independent shops provided for low-cost domestic production.
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Promise Seen in the Shift from Portfolio to Platform
Autodesk seeks advantages from integration that stand-alone software solutions are challenged to provide.
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Job Shop’s Peg System Simplifies CMM Inspection
A work positioning device deals with job variety while still allowing less experienced employees to inspect parts on their own.
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Ultrasonic Technology Poised for Advance into General Machining
Formerly applied only to exotic materials such as ceramics and gemstones, ultrasonic machining has been adapted to more general manufacturing. Titanium and CFRP are two workpiece materials in which the counterintuitive technology shows promise.
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Economies of Usable Cutting Tool Edges
Recent introductions from a major cutting tool maker illustrate the engineering and application of tools designed to deliver an increased number of useful edges.
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Additive Manufacturing Belongs in a Machine Shop
A fourth-generation family machine shop integrates metal additive manufacturing as another production operation.
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