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Why Fast Quoting Delivers Better Business Opportunities
Shops that can’t respond quickly to RFQs may be spending hours quoting jobs that are already gone. It’s wasted time and lost opportunity. Here’s what you can do about it.
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How to Modify Feed Rate for Circular Motion Commands
Maintaining a constant feed rate between linear and circular milling easily leads to chatter — for most applications, increase feed rate on external arcs and decrease it for internal.
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Five 3D Printing Trends Mirrored in Machining
The underlying drivers of additive manufacturing’s advance are increasingly easy to spot on automated CNC machine shop floors.
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Avoiding a Failed Automation Integration
New features that simplify robot use have blurred the lines between tasks that shops can automate independently from those that will require the support of an integrator. Here’s what shops should keep in mind to avoid a costly failed integration.
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How to Save Time When Mounting Jaws on Three-Jaw Chucks
Precisely placing jaws on three-jaw chucks for CNC turning machines is difficult, but a laser pointer and clever programming can ease the issue.
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How Do Binder Jetting and Multi-Laser Powder Bed Fusion Match Up?
Both metal 3D printing processes are ready for production, but which wins out for speed and cost? Research from The Barnes Global Advisors offers a case study.
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Beginning the AM Journey: An Uphill Battle
Faster machines, cheaper feedstocks, new standards — with all of these advances, why is additive manufacturing still “an uphill battle” for so many?
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What to Know About Decoding Surface Finish Gages and Parameters
Long-wavelength waviness and short-wavelength roughness require a wide variety of instruments and parameters for proper measurement — and lower numbers aren’t always better.
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Starting with the End in Mind: An Exit Strategy for Machine Shops
John Shegda and Eric Wilhelm each had different ideas about how they wanted to phase into retirement. The exit strategies for the three successful manufacturing businesses the two men operated included a mix of seeking equity groups, selling the business, or transitioning into an employee stock ownership plan. All it took was a friendly suggestion from a mutual friend to set them on a different path.
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How to Match Thickness Gage Types to Proper Applications
Different thicknesses require different gage types during inspection — four common ones are handheld indicators, handheld micrometers, opposed air streams and gage blocks.
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