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How We Misread Productivity Gains in the Debate About Manufacturing Jobs
By: Peter Zelinski
Manufacturing appears to lead other sectors in productivity growth, but productivity measures pick up factors besides automation. Recognizing this fact changes the terms of part of the public debate.
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Mark Albert: Manufacturing as a Way of Making a Better World
By: Peter Zelinski
In a video conversation with his MMS colleague, Mark Albert looks back on 39 years of reporting on the advance of metalworking technology.
Video: Chipbreakers Are Not All the Same—How to Break Chips Effectively
By: Peter Zelinski
Different chipbreakers are engineered for different parameters. Machining footage shows the difference in effectiveness between chipbreakers used in the right and the wrong applications.
Video: PVD vs. CVD—How to Choose the Right Tool Coating
By: Peter Zelinski
Machining footage of different coatings in both roughing and finishing passes reveals how choosing the right coating can have a dramatic effect on the performance of the process.
Video: What Can Force Analysis Tell You About Your Machining Process?
By: Peter Zelinski
See cuts and force profiles corresponding to tool failure, built-up edge and a tool that is too positive for the setup.
10 Ways to Think Differently about Robotic Automation
By: Peter Zelinski
Take another look: A lot is happening in and around robotic automation. What robots might mean for machining and manufacturing is getting ready to change.
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10 Things to Know About Creep-Feed Grinding
By: Peter Zelinski
Because of the high material removal rate creep-feed grinding can deliver in challenging materials, grinding might not be just the last step in the process—it might be the process.
7 Impressions of IMTS 2018
By: Peter Zelinski
The up-and-coming technologies hinted at during previous shows have now arrived, and they are being accepted as part of the now-standard means of making parts.
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New Okuma Hybrid Brings New Possibilities in Additive, Five-Axis and New Materials
By: Peter Zelinski
The machine stands as an example of process automation within a booth showing other automation examples such as adjacent machine tools performing trunnion-to-trunnion handoff.
Interactive Wall Illustrates YCM’s Approach to Industry 4.0
By: Peter Zelinski
IoT platform developed and refined on the company’s own extensive production campus.
HP 3D Printing President Announces Company's Move into Metal AM
By: Peter Zelinski
New HP binder jetting machine aimed at production quantities of metal parts leverages technology related to document printing. HP’s introduction of the new machine begins with an online additive manufacturing parts-production service.
“Athena, Transform Manufacturing”: Voice-Activated Machining Technology in Multiple Demos
By: Peter Zelinski
Makino and iT SpeeX demonstrate a new digital assistant for machining. Athena brings voice control to CNC and voice-actuated access to information the machinist needs.
