Workforce Development
The Job Shop Is the First Half of the Business
By day, NTL Industries went from a lathe and a mill in a home garage to an 11-employee enterprise in under five years. By night, it tackles a new future.
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All-Around Mill Improves Productivity and Cost for Valve Job
Adopting a mill with a double-negative rake and pockets compatible with multiple insert geometries enabled Progressive Metal Service to increase feed and lower scrap rates for a valve.
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How to Grow the Business with Real-Time Job Status Data
ERP systems that focus on making data more accessible can improve communication within a shop, reducing wasteful errors and improving capacity.
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Manufacturing Jobs: Who's Hiring Right Now?
With Modern Machine Shop’s job board, stay current on which manufacturing jobs are available right now.
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A Career at the Top Helps Rebuild a Job Shop
A new approach to management propels expansion into Swiss-type and multitasking machining work.
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Close Collaboration With Customers Brings Job Shop Success
Contract machining operations win when they collaborate closely and openly with customers.
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Stars Slowly Align for Small Shop Merger
RPM Tool’s seemingly overnight expansion from a five-person machine shop to an almost 30-employee production business involved over a year and a half of planning.
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Hypertherm Education Program Awards 12 Schools
Hypertherm's Spark Something Great program, designed to provide real-world manufacturing training to students, has selected 2022's award winners.
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Next ACE Machine Tool Training Hub Planned for North Carolina
HBCU North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University partnered with The Institute for Advanced Composites Manufacturing Innovation to support a national machine tool training and innovation initiative, establish new hub.
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6 Tips for Training on a Swiss-Type Lathe
There are nuances to training a person to effectively operate a Swiss-type lathe. Derek Korn, Production Machining’s editor in chief, shares suggestions from a CNC machine shop.
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