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Cost-Effective Material Selection

 
 
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Sep
21

American Machinist Weekly Update

 
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Machine shops and other manufacturers are doing more with the parts they produce, in order to provide more to their customers and get more in return.
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Compressed air has become increasingly accepted as an effective and cost-saving alternative to nitrogen and oxygen as an assist gas for plasma and laser cutters. Watch Air-Assisted Laser Cutting Explained to see if this solution can work for you.

Simulations indicating aluminum aerospace parts could be milled twice as fast directed a Michigan shop to a Starrag machine with a wide work envelope, large tool magazine, high speed-and-feed rates, and rapid acceleration.
When you know how material selection impacts your bottom line, you can make better decisions about your resources.
"Insourcing" production of systems for printing polymers and metals is a step to optimize inventories, improve production quality, and speed up deliveries.
How you do anything is how you do everything. Your tradeshow display is a visual representation of how you present your brand to the world across many other channels.
That unsettling noise can reduce productivity, complicate maintenance, and impact cost-effectiveness and customer service. Now there is an explanation – and a concrete solution – for the long-standing problem.
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Live tools for lathes are well suited for high production runs, offer easy installation and fast processing time.
Diameter adjustment accuracy of one micron makes the DRO effective for holding precision hole tolerances on high-value parts.
The high-performance HSS-E thread-forming tap suitable for through holes and blind holes in a wide range of materials, with toughness, hardness, and heat resistance to the entire tap.
 
 

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