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CAD/CAM

CAM Selection Criteria For Your Swiss-type

Programming complex Swiss-type lathes is simplified with a good CAM purchase. Here are some questions you should ask your vendor.

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Shop Management Software

Estimating Software Yields Higher Profits

Until early 1999, the shop quoted all its jobs using an Excel program developed in-house. Then, they began to use an engineering-based estimating program that provided more accurate representations of actual operating costs.

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New Educational Foundation Will Focus On Recruiting, Training And Retention

The Precision Machined Products Association (PMPA) creates an Educational Foundation to promote workforce development.

 

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Machines

Precision Machine Shop Profits From New Six-Axis Swiss-turn CNC Lathes

This Connecticut shop makes precision parts for medical, automotive, telecommunications and aerospace customers. Five years ago, Devon began preparations for the future of precision machining.

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Machines

Standardizing On Multi-Axis Machines

A Chicago shop is betting its future on faster and more versatile single-spindle CNC Swiss sliding-headstock machines that produce finished parts and eliminate secondary operations.

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Reading The Pulse Of The Precision Machined Products Industry

From a "robust pace" in the early months of 2000, to mid-year "softening," to a forecast of "plateauing" in the final quarter: This is the overall picture of the precision machined products industry after experiencing many unexpected "ups and downs" during the year.

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Straightening Solutions For High Volume Production

Maintaining straightness of shaftlike parts during production presents a difficult challenge for screw machine houses and coldforming shops.

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