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Cutting Tools

5 Process Security Tips for Parting Off

Here are five rules of thumb from Scott Lewis, a product and application specialist at Sandvik Coromant, to optimize the parting off process, and as a result, maximize tool and insert life. 

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Contributing to the Big Picture

A society tends to improve and grow through interaction among its members, sharing important information and learning from others’ successes and failures.

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CSI Group Partners for Political Advocacy and Business Success

CSI Group is a highly specialized group of companies offering unique manufacturing processes for mechanical components.

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Enough of Those Texts: Find Out What’s Coming Next

Step away from the world of 24/7 text messages, emails, Facebook posts, tweets, voicemails and so on, and set aside a few days to reconnect with your peers.

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Innovation Creates Winners

Some of the most interesting shops I have been in are those that have developed their own products or methods that might give them a leg up on the competition.

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Automation

Laser Device Helps to Align Bar Feeders

One of the most common issues affecting bar feeder performance is wear and tear on the bar feeder liner or collet caused by inaccurate alignment between the bar feeder and the lathe.

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Measurement

Measuring System Speeds Up and Simplifies Inspections

Fralsen, Timex’s entity in Besançon, France, realizes that in order to run an efficient process to the end, the time it takes to do these things without error is especially important, even during part inspection.

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Micro Deburring Gets Hot

“Micro deburring,” a name commonly used to describe the deburring of tiny small parts, is often considered more of an art than a science. Although this is true to some extent, deburring micro parts does not always have to require hand manicuring parts with a scalpel under 10× to 20× magnification.

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Precision Machining Industry: Rebuilding Our Bench

Our industry is addressing the Skills Gap by taking positive steps to increase employee knowledge and engage talented people seeking well-paying careers.

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Push You, Pull Me

How a metalworking shop researches, finds and selects what and from whom it procures the goods and services to help keep it running efficiently and competitively is a much simpler and faster task today.

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Machines

Rotary Transfer Versus Swiss for Small Precision Parts

A little creativity goes a long way in meeting the challenges that this high-production application presents.

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