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Tooling

Quick Change for Screw Machines

New quick-change dovetail form toolholders bring lean operations at a lean price.

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2009--Precision Machining Industry Shoots the Rapids

The year 2009 will be remembered by many of us as a teacher—a cruel teacher, perhaps—but a teacher, nevertheless. There are several important lessons that we learned as an industry, as small- to medium-sized businesses and as manufacturers.

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Workholding

Change This Chuck: Save Setup Time

 Quick change workholding is one way shops are reducing setup when dealing with higher-mix/ lower-voulme work.

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Tooling

Continuous Improvement Streamlines Throughput on CNC Swiss-types

Applying continuous improvement is how this Swiss shop keeps ahead of the crowd. 

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Executive Dashboard Helps Drive the Business

 Doing more with less is the order of the day. Quickly understanding how a business is doing on a daily (even hourly) basis is key to decision making.

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Micron Celebrates Receipt of Nobel Prize of Manufacturing

Micron Manufacturing Company of Walker, Mich. , recently celebrated its receipt of the 2009 Shingo Silver Medallion for Operational Excellence.

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