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Big Inspection With Little Difficulty

bond toolA portable laser tracker let this shop increase not only its machining range, but also the range of its services to customers.

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Reducing Downtime With Tool Presetting
1/1/0001 Production Machining
It’s an ongoing challenge. To remain competitive, shops must find new and more efficient ways to increase production. Often they look to new, faster and more precise machine tools as the answer. Sometimes experimentation with a variety of different tooling
In-House CMM: An Efficient Choice
12/4/2008 Production Machining
MAPCO Precision Machining, a Canton, Mich.-based CNC parts manufacturing business, agrees that having its own CMM capability is an essential part of contract manufacturing today. 
Measurement Technologies Step Up to Production Machining Needs
11/25/2008 Production Machining
The increasing capabilities of high-production turning equipment such as Swiss machines have also raised expectations for inspection technology. Determining the best solution requires a close look at the application and the needs of the end user.
Getting New Business with Big Machines
11/24/2008 Modern Machine Shop
These shops saved themselves from dependence on the declining automotive sector thanks in part to their commitment to large-scale machining capacity.
Replacing Turning with Grinding
10/28/2008 Modern Machine Shop
This compressor maker’s custom impeller profiles used to present a sticky machining problem. Now, the parts no longer need the wax that turning used to require.

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Inspection & Measuring Equipment

Inspection and Measuring Equipment includes all of the tools and devices that are used to verify that a part’s dimensions all conform to the tolerances required by the part’s design. Included are various hand-held gages such as calipers and micrometers, as well as more simple gage blocks or plug gages. However, inspection and measurement in most shops also goes beyond hand-held gages to include coordinate measuring machines (CMMs), the measurement machine tools able to execute programmed measurement routines. Also included in this category are devices such as profilometers that measure the finish of machined surfaces.


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