Tooling & Production

1. Industry godfather.(first cut)(Editorial)
Way back in 1972, learned a C in Economics 101. It wasn't an Ivy League "gentleman's C," either. It was the community college's "charity C." ...
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2. Auto production will peak before declining--Ward's.(news & analysis)
"Despite cutbacks already completed and more planned in 2007 and 2008 at General Motors Corp. and Ford Motor Co.," North America's auto production capacity "will ...
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3. Overseeing the leviathan.(straight talk)(Company overview)
Despite its importance to our industrial base, the machine tool industry is not considered by many as a core competency to that base. Most companies ...
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4. Test your thread knowledge--a quiz.(shop talk)
I hope you've been paying attention! The past few months we've been "back to the basics" talking about threads and taps. Now it's time for ...
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5. Fiber lasers' beam quality proves a cut above others.(lasers/marking)
Laser cutting has become a standard process throughout the entire automotive industry. It is being used by players in all tiers for processes ranging from ...
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6. Machine-readable identification holds the key to manufacturing efficiency.
Machine-readable identification, used to automatically identify a variety of products, is fast becoming a trend throughout many industry sectors. Manufacturers are marking parts with machine-readable, ...
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7. TM can spell better finishes as well as fewer tool wrecks.(tangential...
If you're facing a milling challenge on flat surfaces, from the hogging of die bases to the semi-finishing of slots, the odds are greater than ...
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8. This milling cutter fits bill for German manufacturer.(cutting tool...
Press manufacturer Schuler AG, Goppingen, Germany, fits into the category of the classical large-scale mechanical-engineering operation. The dimensions of individual components such as press uprights ...
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9. Here are five things CMM operators wish everyone knew.(quality)(using...
"If you don't know what you're dumb at--you're dangerous." Few people would disagree that a coordinate measuring machine (CMM) is often the most expensive item ...
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10. Armed and (not so) dangerous.(QM: Enterprise Metrology Sleuth)
Harry and Zeke used to own a small job shop in Berlin, NH. A couple years ago things got a little slow and they needed ...
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