In a recent survey conducted by
LoSasso Advertising and
Techspex, more than 1,000 members of the metalworking industry responded to a variety of questions about the state of their businesses and trends within the industry. More than 700 of the survey participants answered an optional question regarding the election this November. A whopping 62 percent [...]
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Many workers in today’s world of constantly evolving technology worry that machines and automation will take the place of hardworking Americans. Some sense that their jobs are being taken by the very things they helped build
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… Statistics from AgWeb on the impact export markets have had for U.S. farm machinery manufacturers…
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Many American manufacturers companies are experiencing strong growth due to export markets. The favorable exchange rate seen by other countries is dramatically increasing the amount of U.S. sales abroad.
A recent survey of more than 375 job shops in the U.S. supports this. A full 37 percent of job shops report that increased business has come [...]
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The July Metalworking Business Index data has been updated. The MBI remains virtually flat at 44.5 from 44.7 in June. Exports are up, and several other indicators have slowed their down trend. July was a strong month for equipment sales with a 2.5% increase over June, and although growth is still hard to predict, the [...]
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If you need to manufacture a boring tool that will hold tolerance to the micron level, it follows that you need a pretty sophisticated manufacturing and inspection process to produce it. But to see it first hand is something else. I had the good fortune to make a visit to the
Kaiser manufacturing facility in [...]
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A recent survey conducted by
Techspex and the research division of
LoSasso Advertising Inc. was completed by more than 1,000 respondents from within the North American metalworking industry. There were several notable trends that surfaced in the study, but it was clear that the strongest performing businesses are those that are adapting to new technologies [...]
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Mitsubishi EDM just published a video of a new touch screen EDM control - pretty cool stuff. Take a look…
Mitsubishi EDM Touch Screen Control
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I had the opportunity to spend some time with Steve Hensley, a new editor for
Modern Machine Shop. We took in a beer and a Cubs game while we chatted about his new role. He’s still getting used to being off the shop floor and using his hands to communicate instead of manufacturer, but he [...]
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High Speed material removal with minimal raising
This is a video of a roughing application that is running at above 500 ipm. And yes, we can hold extreme accuracy at this speed too. If you want to compete with low cost labor, you need to embrace high speed machining. It is a complex science, but with [...]
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