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If there is a primary goal for what companies in this sector want to deliver to their customers it is quality. But throughput comes in a fairly close second.

Materials science has opened new possibilities for designers of cars, planes and other products. Metal alloys are now as precisely engineered as they are machined. The result is longer lasting, stronger parts. But with a wider selection of materials comes risk—how can you be sure that one piece of gray metal stock is different than another? Careful warehousing procedures and paperwork only go so far.

Glenn Bridgman describes the difference between his shop’s manual grinders and its newest state-of-the-art CNC ID/OD grinder, a Studer CT960 OD/ID from United Grinding (Miamisburg, OH), as “feel vs. facts.” Bridgman, president of Bridge Tool & Die (Buckley, MI), believes that manual grinding is a somewhat personal operation.

Laser welding is a superior technology for repairing defects in tooling, plastic injection molds, stamping dies, blow molds, turbine blades, and nearly any tooling component made of stainless steel, aluminum, copper alloy, cast iron, and all tool steels.

IMTS to highlight how wide-ranging processes are finding fresh ways to work together.

Metalforming companies continue to expect little change in business conditions during the next three months, the Precision Metalforming Association (PMA) .

Parting and grooving operations are everyday occurrences in a typical turning department. Is your shop performing them most effectively?

Our annual celebration of leaders from every aspect of manufacturing who are bringing it into the future.

Machines are designed for ease of use and versatility to fill the gap from the shortage of experienced operators.

How lasers are changing metal cutting.