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Unleaded Brass May Be in Your Future

I’ve been following the growth trend in unleaded metals since it started in California earlier this year. Basically, the idea is to establish certification standards for plumbing and drinking products in an effort to reduce public exposure to lead.

Now it appears that NSF International is into the act. NSF is an independent, not-for-profit organization, which certifies products and writes standards for food, water and consumer goods to help minimize adverse health affects. You may have seen its sticker on restaurant equipment.
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The New Wave of Video Communication

Remember when television first started gaining popularity because of its effectiveness in conveniently communicating to the masses? Neither do I, but I’m confident that its growth can be paralleled to the use of video on websites. Today, Production Machining offers a number of articles on its website that include video clips that help communicate the articles’ messages more clearly.

When video first started appearing on the Web, large file sizes and slow Internet connections made viewing cumbersome, and the value was obscured. As with television, technology needed time to catch up to Web video’s inherent value.
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Chip Control

I’m still learning every day about the technology in the metalworking industry—I’m “green,” as our editor-in-chief Chris Koepfer would say. So when I first heard the term “chip control,” the one thing that came to mind was the process of what happens to chips after they exit a machine. Chris was quick to inform me of my misunderstanding.

Not to be discouraged, I read up on the technology in articles previously published in Production Machining that are available at ProductionMachining.com. I discovered that chip control actually means controlling chips as they are being cut off of a workpiece.

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