FEATURES

About the Precision Machining Industry

The precision machining industry created $9,791,795,000 of product shipments that year.

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Tooling

Clamping Thin Wall Aluminum

Because of its properties, thin-wall aluminum can be problematic to hold during a machining operation.

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Aerospace

Machining Exotics

Production machining has changed from large runs of parts carved out of free machining materials to smaller runs of parts from much more difficult to machine materials. Learn how to adjust to this challenge.

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Machines

Making Hire to Retire Work

This Canadian shop builds its succes around advanced machine tool tecnology, such as turn-mill, and an enlightened approach to employee relations.

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Member Profile: Vanamatic Company

Vanamatic is an innovative precision machining company that uses cellular manufacturing and lean practices.

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Machines

Multitasking Turning Center Enables Value-Added Service

Going the extra mile for customers is something that not all shops take advantage of for one reason or another.

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PMPA SpeakingOfPrecision Blog--Knowledge Retention

Attendees at PMPA’s National Technical Conference learned that the demographic changes in our workforce are having a powerful effect on how the people in our shops find the information they need.

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Parts Cleaning

Tight Specs for Parts Cleaning

Any time a part is machined, the oil or grease from the machining process as well as the chips present from the grinding process need to be removed before further part production takes place.

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Unintended Consequences

History is replete with examples of people, governments, empires and other institutions doing seemingly good or at least benign things that end up having far reaching and often devastating consequences.

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