4/30/2024

Production Machining's Most-Viewed April Articles

Throughout April, our discussions spanned various technologies, yet a common thread emerged: workforce development. Take a look at the most-viewed articles in April, based on Google Analytics.

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Content Marketer, Gardner Business Media, Inc.

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4/29/2024

You're Almost Out of Time to Take Top Shops Benchmarking Survey

The Top Shops 2024 survey for the metalworking market is now live, alongside a new homepage collecting the stories of past Honorees. This year's survey ends April 30, though.

Buy a Solution, Not a Machine

INDEX collaborates with customers to find a total solution to meet their needs.

Turn-Mills 4/26/2024

When a CNC Turn-Mill Doesn’t Turn

A shop in Big Sky Country uses a B-axis multitasking machine to produce complex, prismatic medical parts that require no turning complete from barstock.
#basics

Derek Korn Editor-in-Chief
Production Machining magazine

NEWS 4/29/2024

GF Machining Solutions Appoints New Managing Director

Onik Bhattacharyya will oversee the GF Machining Solutions product portfolio for the North American market region.

Cutting Tools 4/29/2024

Kyocera Milling Tool Provides Reliable Cutting Performance

The MB45 series is designed to cater to a broad spectrum of machining applications, giving customers a cost-effective solution for a wide range of possibilities.

Cutting Tools 4/26/2024

Monaghan Drills Optimize Chip Evacuation

MK Tools Rambo Speed Drills are well suited for high-speed applications where efficiency is key, including connecting rods, injection pumps, wheel carriers, guide wheel shafts and more.

NEWS 4/26/2024

Sandvik Coromant Host Open House for Women in Manufacturing

The Girls Take Over Tech event enabled more than 65 students to interact with Sandvik Coromant experts and tour of the company’s advanced manufacturing facility.

NEWS 4/25/2024

SMW Autoblok USA Appoints New President, CEO

Larry Robbins has over 35 years of experience in machine tool manufacturing, including various leadership roles at the company.

Toolholders 4/25/2024

Sowa Shrink-Fit Machine Conserves Toolholder Life

The ShrinkSmart shrink-fit machine’s Smart Coil assesses the distinct resistance of each toolholder to prevent excessive heating.

4/19/2024

Precision Machining Technology Review: April 2024

Production Machining’s April 2024 technology showcase includes some of the latest technology from Sumitomo Electric Carbide Inc., Horn USA Inc., Seco Tools, Tungaloy, Edge Technologies, The L.S. Starrett Co., Emuge-Franken USA and more.

Chris Pasion Managing Editor, Modern Machine Shop | Production Machining

4/23/2024

Job Candidate Questions and What They Tell Us

Individuals who ask thoughtful, original questions in the interview set themselves apart.
#columns #workforcedevelopment

Toolholders 4/23/2024

Lyndex-Nikken Collets Enable Accurate Small-Diameter Cutting

The MMC Mini-Mini collet chuck is well suited for high-speed machining applications where clearance is needed, such as die mold, aerospace and medical parts.

4/22/2024

Shop and School Symbiosis

PMPA member Clippard Instrument Laboratory has been working with Butler Tech for over 45 years and the benefits keep growing.
#pmpa

NEWS 4/19/2024

Tyrolit Group Expands Facility With New Production Line

The 1,700-square-meter expansion to the company’s Stans, Austria facility will enable more efficient machining.

Measurement 4/18/2024

General Inspection Gaging System Provides Rapid Part Measurement

The VisionLab gaging system provides comprehensive data reports and graphs with data collection that can be exported to third-party SPC packages.

CNC & Machine Controls 4/16/2024

Standard Control Functions with Swiss-Types in Mind

Features in this line of machine-specific CNCs assist setups, offer synchronized movement commands and provide other standard, not optional, capabilities to streamline Swiss-type programming.

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Video Tech Brief: Quality Control is Using the Right Software

Lori Beckman | Jan 17, 2023

This machine shop’s mapping software program runs on its gaging system to increase the accuracy of the probe’s tolerance measurement on the thin-walled aluminum tube machined by the shop.

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Video: Why a Production Machine Shop Started a Baseball Bat Company

Derek Korn | Apr 04, 2023

A 153-year-old manufacturer of precision, metal pins recently started a side business creating custom wooden baseball bats. The reasoning behind establishing this new company is intriguing, as is how it has helped create a stronger bond with the local community.
#horizontal-and-vertical-lathes #basics

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Video Tech Brief: Live-Tool, Y-Axis CNC Lathe with a Compact Footprint

Derek Korn | Oct 19, 2023

This small footprint, big-bore lathe offers a generous work envelope. The addition of Y-axis and live tooling enables milling, drilling and tapping for increased machine capabilities.

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Cutting Tools 4/16/2024