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Are You Charging or Recharging

It goes without saying that shops and plants around the U. S. are facing intense economic and business pressures.

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Don't Blame the Workholding

Understanding all aspects of the production process and considering how they interact is the only way to ensure problems are addressed appropriately and proper solutions can be put into place.

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Drag Finishing: Surface Finishing of Delicate Parts

 For complex parts with high surface finish specs, production deburring and surface prep can be done using the Drag Finishing process.

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ESOP Fiduciary Concerns in Change-of-Control Transactions

Fiduciaries of many ESOPs are now considering new transactions.

 

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Have Guitars, Will Travel

The two bands that performed at last month’s PMPA Technical Conference aren’t "metal" bands, but their guitarists both work with metals every day. JoBreen is an acoustic trio that includes Brian Adams of R. F.

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Micro-Drilling: 9 Questions to Answer Before Beginning

Applications for micromachining continue to grow. Successful machining with small tools calls for a different set of process skills on the shop floor.

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We're the People Who Make Things

I just saw a news clip that highlighted some new-found attention to "people who make things. " It seems that, in a recent speech, the President of the United States recognized the value of the "people who make things. " Well, Mr.

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Who Will Make the Nails?

 It’s May and our economy is searching for a bottom thanks to malfeasance, mismanagement, greed and stupidity of people disconnected from the basic wealth production mechanisms.

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