EQ Beats IQ in Driving Leadership Success
By: Merilee Kern, MBA
Unlike IQ, EQ can be nurtured, developed and increased. These insights, if followed, will help develop leadership EQ, both in an organization and within oneself.
3 Common Filtration Questions Answered
By: Hubbard-Hall Inc.
Learn about the variety of filters for removing particulates from a cleaning fluid, how to determine cleaning fluid life and more.
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Production Machining’s April 2022 News Highlights
Edited by Angela Osborne
With so much uncertainty around the globe, one thing is certain … our industry is focused on supporting the next generation of manufacturing professionals and the latest precision machining technologies.
Starting Small with Automation
Edited by Derek Korn
Quick-change workholding and flexible robotic automation started this small shop on the path to success.
Cash Prizes for High School Skilled Trades Teachers, Programs
Edited by Lori Beckman
Harbor Freight Tools for Schools is awarding $1.25 million for 20 of the best public high school skilled trades instructors and their programs.
#workforcedevelopment
Shop Optimizes its Swiss-Turning Flexibility
By: Derek Korn
Paramount Machine uses various Swiss-type lathes, some with a B axis, to produce parts more effectively than it did on conventional chucker lathes. Today, nearly every job under 1.5 inches in diameter runs across those machines even if the batch size is a mere 5 pieces.
Knowledge Retention — What’s Your Process?
By: Miles Free
Our processes and work instructions provide the information needed for our performers to understand “the who, what and how” to do the task. But where do we keep the information needed so everyone understands “the why and the reasons behind” our work?
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System Offers Fast, Catastrophe-Free Fire Suppression
By: Lori Beckman
This fire suppression system supplies a chemical agent directly to a fire within a machine tool, helping extinguish it in less than 10 seconds, leaving no machine damage.
Good Bonding and Coating with Contact Angle Measurements
By: Darren L. Williams, Ph.D., Leader of the Cleaning Research Group and Professor of Physical Chemistry at Sam Houston State University
Darren Williams answers common questions about using a contact angle measurement to determine part cleanliness. Using water to test cleanliness reveals the effectiveness of a cleaning process.
Bar Feeder Basics
By: Chris Felix
Some primary factors are often overlooked when considering how to justify the implementation of a bar feeder for turning operations.
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Automated Multitasking Machine Drops Parts Complete
By: Lori Beckman
This automated multitasking machine with an integrated robot eliminates the need to run parts across multiple machines, saving floor space, setup time and manpower.
February Index Similar to January Report
By: Jan Schafer
Precision Machining saw expanding activity in Orders, Production and Backlogs at increased rates in the second month of 2022.
Craftsman Cribsheet No. 104: Common Applications of CNC Machining
Provided by W.H. Bagshaw Co. Inc., Nashua, New Hampshire
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Precision Machining Technology Review March 2022: Software
Edited by Angela Osborne
Production Machining’s Software showcase includes Siemens Digital Industries, Open Mind Technologies, iTSpeeX, FANUC, Paperless Parts, Wintriss Controls Group and TDM Systems.
Should You to Continue to Outsource Passivation?
By: Derek Korn
Considering the growing acceptance of citric passivation, shops might find bringing this process in-house can lower manufacturing costs and speed delivery lead times.
A Shop Using a Machine That Loads Itself
Edited by Derek Korn
Instead of investing in an external robotic loading system, this shop adopted technology that lets a machine tool use its spindle to load and unload parts.
The Consolation Hire
By: Matthew Kirchner
Never, ever settle for the wrong team member. Always, always have the discipline to wait for the right candidate and have a strategy to aggressively seek them out.
What’s in a Name? Pride.
By: Carli Kistler-Miller
Titles matter to employees. Are your operators actually operators? Or do they read prints, check quality, change tooling and adjust oil lines like a machinist? Hmmm...
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Production Machining’s March 2022 News Highlights
Edited by Angela Osborne
The metal cutting industry is continually in motion with more collaborations, training and updated technology to advance precision machining practices and processes across the country and around the world.
The Value of Dual Thread Whirling Units for Bone Screws
By: Derek Korn
Dual thread whirling units on a Swiss-type enable it to produce medical bone screws with two different thread leads in one setup, eliminating the need for time-consuming, single-point threading.
