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Consider a Systems Approach to Tooling
8/24/2010 Production Machining

How parts are processed is the key to reducing cycle times, especially when using Swiss-type and turn-mill machines.

Software/Tooling Partnership Promises Easier HSM
8/12/2010 Modern Machine Shop

High-efficiency parameters are calculated automatically—partly using a slider that lets the programmer set the level of aggressiveness.

Composites Machining for the F-35
8/3/2010 Modern Machine Shop

Lockheed Martin’s precision machining of composite skin sections for the F-35 provides part of the reason why this plane saves money for U.S. taxpayers. That machining makes the plane compelling in ways that have led other countries to take up some of the cost. Here is a look at a high-value, highly engineered machining process for the Joint Strike Fighter aircraft.

Chip Control
7/19/2010 Production Machining

I discovered that chip control actually means controlling chips as they are being cut off of a workpiece.

Electric Valve Gate and Sequencer
7/1/2010 Plastics Technology

The first product of the recently announced alliance between DME Co., Madison Heights, Mich., and P.E.T.S., Auburn Hills, Mich., is an electric valve-gate system aimed at medical and high-volume consumer markets.

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