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A Wisconsin high school manufacturing class funds itself by operating as a business. The program provides a model for other school systems seeking to advance manufacturing instruction. Leaders in one Ohio county recently explored this idea.
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Live: Watch a Machine Shop Make Energy
With an acre of solar panels on the roof, this shop generates 40 percent of its own electricity needs. An online display shows the power-generation data in real time.
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The magazine about Additive Manufacturing of functional parts
We don’t cover 3D printing as it relates to making design models, movie props, sculpture or swimwear.
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What Do Manufacturers Want in Training?
A regional association asked that question of its member machining businesses, and developed a program aimed at meeting those needs.
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Anderson Machining Finds Its Unicorn
For this formerly family-owned shop, the generational transition and the shop’s future prospects were both better served by letting a new owner take the business bigger. The family was happy to discover that an owner like this does exist.
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Put Employees’ Skills on Display
A shop interested in cross training publicly scores its employees according to how much time they spend with different types of equipment.
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NTMA Members Share after Japan Manufacturing Tour
U.S. shop owners and managers comment on the plants they visited, automation and culture, and the value of getting to see manufacturers far away in the company of other shop leaders.
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Video: Update on Cardinal Manufacturing
State legislators produced this video promoting the Wisconsin high school shop program run as a for-profit business. See the shop for yourself at an open house May 18.
WatchDoes Precision Have to Be Painful?
The more effective and efficient processes result from accuracy being easy.
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Don’t Sweat the Setup: Probing the Position of Complex Workpieces
This manufacturer uses a software tool to tailor the machining program to the location and orientation of each contoured part.
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Machining Is Its Own Outreach, Says Young Engineer
Modern CNC machining technology is so distinct from other manufacturing operations that it will attract and draw in the people best able to fill the machining-related positions of the future.
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CNN Reports on Students Who Are “Paid to Go to College”
“This is so much more than a ticket through college—this is your life,” says a student quoted in the news network’s report on CNC machining apprenticeships.
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